102 THE ROSE. 
aR ATMOS ye 
amateur would do well not to attempt their 
propagation until he has proved himself 
an adept in rose culture. The sorts most 
difficult to root are the various varieties of 
Moss, most of the summer roses, and certain 
varieties of Hybrid Remontants, belonging 
to the Jules Margottin, Baronne Prevost, and 
Baroness Rothschild families. (See chapter 
on Typical Roses.) All of the Tea and 
Monthly Roses, with very few exceptions, 
root and grow freely from cuttings. 
Besides using green wood, some propaga- 
tors make cuttings from hard wood—that is, 
shoots thoroughly ripened, taken in the au- 
tumn. Manetti cuttings are always made 
from wood taken in autumn, and the various 
varieties of Prairie Roses are often grown in 
this way. In some establishments large quan- 
tities of cuttings are made during the sum- 
mer months and grown in hotbeds; the plants 
produced are salable in the autumn and are 
largely used by florists. In selecting stock 
plants from which to propagate, care should 
be had that only those be chosen which are 
vigorous and healthy, otherwise a sickly or 
weak progeny will result. . 
By Buppinc.—This is an important 
method, second only to propagation by cut- 
tings. 
