VIII. 
PROPAGATION, 
sac |HERE are four methods used in 
‘\ propagating roses—by cuttings, 
by budding, by grafting, by layer- 
eS} «6cing; in importance they rank in 
Az order named, and in this order we will 
briefly consider them. 
Although the principles which govern the 
art of propagation are the same the world 
over, it will be found that rosarians differ 
widely in working out details; thus, in the 
production of roses from cuttings, we, in 
America, are as much more successful than 
our European brethren as they excel us in 
the production of budded and grafted plants. 
By Cuttincs.—There is no doubt but 
that plants grown from cuttings are the most 
useful for general purposes, and the greater 
number of our choice varieties can be grown 
in this way without difficulty; but there are 
some beautiful kinds, like Baroness Roths- 
child, which root with great difficulty; these 
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