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PLANTING AND PRUNING. 
wae OSES that have been grown out of 
!| pots should, if possible, be planted 
while ina dormant condition; for, 
ie SSN?) if removed for transplanting while 
ia sap is flowing freely, and the plant isin 
vigorous growing condition, there occurs 
too great a shock, one from which the plant 
does not easily recover. All roses, therefore, 
taken from the open ground should be planted 
during the autumn or spring; the more 
hardy kinds, such as the summer roses, most 
of the Hybrid Perpetuals, and possibly some 
of the Bourbons, may preferably be planted 
in the autumn; the more tender sorts in the 
spring. Plants that have been propagated 
from cuttings, or layers (on own roots), 
should be set, as nearly as possible, as they 
were grown in the nursery. Budded or 
grafted plants should be set so that the junc- 
tion of the bud or graft is about two inches be- 
neath the surface of the soil. Planted in this 
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