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^* Grumbles from New Rose 



Raisers ^^ 



and how Roses are Raised. 



The raising- and testing- of new Roses is an ex- 

 pensive process and entails careful, painstaking work 

 to bring- results. The uncertainty of the work, and 

 the space and time required to prove out seedlings is 

 something that few people realise. 



The raisers and distributors of new Roses are 

 entitled to more charity and less censure than they 

 receive, as it is practically a labour of love, and rarely 

 does a raiser make any money out of this end of his 

 business. 



When varieties distributed in good faith prove 

 disappointing, the grower should take his share of the 

 medicine uncomplainingly, as the raiser has done before 

 him, of the loss of time, land, and square feet of glass. 

 These disappointments and losses are incident to the 

 onward progress and improvement of the Rose. 



The firm of Samuel McGredy & Son, Portadown, 

 have for very many years been noted for their research 

 in Roses, and any person who grows Roses of any 

 description is almost certain to have some of their 

 creations in their collection. 



The average person has little or no idea of the 

 time spent and the number of Roses that have to be 

 raised, grown, and tested before this firm finds one 

 variety which they consider fit to send out, or even 

 add to their general collection. 



Cross fertilisation requires time and patience, and 

 is extremely uncertain of even first results. First of 

 all one must get the plants in bloom, and then wait 

 for pollen, or wait for the parent plant to be in a con- 

 dition to take the pollen, and in McGredy's, where 



