80 PROPAGATION. 



Remember your seedling- must be kept to the 

 side. Thus complete, select from your stocks, which 

 are grown in pots either of Manetti or Briar, only 

 take those that are vigorous, and in whic'h the sap is 

 running freely. Then tie your little bundle to the 

 stock so as to bring the two stems together, and with 

 your budding knife make an incision as in budding 

 and insert the stem of the seedling and bringing 

 the two together wrap carefully with raffia. The 

 sap of the stock will soon find the seedling, and 

 in about four weeks a good union will have been made. 

 Both the seedling and the stock must be kept watered 

 whilst the union is being formed, and as soon as there 

 is good growth the head of the stock can be cut off 

 back to the point of union, and then the seedling can 

 be severed from its miniature pot. 



In two months after inarching, if all goes well,, 

 the grower will have a good-sized tree, which will give 

 him full-sized flowers, and determine for him the value 

 of his rose. Further, he will have a good supply of 

 wood for early budding and grafting should he desire 

 to propagate the variety. 



If the union is a failure, which is not likely, the 

 seedling can be removed and potted up agam in the 

 ordinary way, or tried with another more vigorous 

 stock. The whole process is very simple, and experi- 

 ence will teach far more than pages of letterpress. 



The great points to remember are : Keep your 

 plants in a healthy growing condition, and your house 

 of a regular temperature; keep the soil moist, and 

 regulate the ventilation of your house in the ordinary 

 way. 



Budding. — Budding is really such a simple opera- 

 tion, and so interesting withal, that it is a matter of 

 surprise to me that amateurs do not more g;enerally 

 take it up. I grant you that there is nothing like a 

 well-grown tree procured from one of our nurseries 



