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the buds are liable to perish for want of a due 

 supply of nourishment. The buds should always 

 be selected from vigorous young wood that has 

 never flowered. About the end of October, the 

 plant should be cut down to within a foot of 

 where the operation has been performed, which 

 will greatly tend to strengthen both the tree and 

 buds that have taken. In the following spring, all 

 the stocks should be deprived of their superfluous 

 wood ; observe, however, to leave one bud or eye 

 above the inserted bud, which will greatly assist 

 its growth till it has made a few leaves, and it is 

 fit to perform the functions of vegetable life, when 

 the natural shoot must be cut off. As the new 

 shoot grows have it carefully supported, for one 

 gust of wind, in a moment of time, will decapitate 

 the most cherished object. 



PKOPAGATING BY GEAFTING. 



This method of propagation with the rose is of 

 recent introduction, but is now practised to a great 

 extent by the nurseryman, in the forcing-house 

 in January and February, and in the open air 

 in March and April ; but in the Southern States 

 the out-door work will require to be done in 



