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Bride," and others -with their seedlings of similar habit 

 of growth and constitution. 



Buds will often grow out the first year, and I have 

 even had them in bloom, but it is not good, for the 

 wood seldom ripens enough to resist the frost ; if it 

 does it must be pruned back close in the spring, but 

 until then as soon as it is large enough it must be tied 

 up to a stick or cane to prevent it being blown out by 

 the winter winds. The end of March or beginning of 

 April will show what buds have survived, and when 

 they have grown large enough a cane should be in- 

 serted In the ground close up to the shoot, which should 

 be tied to it lightly but securely with raffia. This is 

 budding — namely, the removal of the wood from the 

 most essential, for although the union is formed and 

 the shoot is growing well, yet it is none too strong 

 the first year, and it is easily blown out or damaged. 



A shoot is generally ready to tie to a stick or cane 

 when it has grown four inches and has three or four 

 good leaves, at which time it is wise also to pinch out 

 the heart of the shoot ; this will cause the buds at the 

 base of each leaf to push forth a sturdy shoot, with 

 the result that instead of one long shoot you will have 

 a well-formed tree. Keep a very close eye for insect 

 pests the first year, and on the first sign syringe with 

 Abol or some well-known insecticide, for the young 

 trees are very tender, and without care are easily lost. 



Grafting. — One of the most interesting and at the 

 same time one of the most profitable methods of Rose 

 culture is that system by which it is possible to in- 

 crease a valuable stock of Rose trees at a trifling ex- 

 pense. The price of new varieties when first placed 

 upon the market is so prohibitive that many a Rosarian 

 is obliged to wait at least twelve months after their 

 introduction before he or she feels justified in securing 

 for the Rose garden such a costly addition. Let all 

 those, therefore, who are desirous of enriching their 

 Rose gardens with a goodly number of the latest 

 varieties at the smallest cost follow those methods 



