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three feet between the rows, and six or eight 
inches apart; in July and August the buds 
are inserted; the lower the buds can be put 
in the better, as the liability to send up 
suckers is thereby greatly diminished, and 
opportunity is also afforded the plant of be- 
ing ultimately established on its own roots. 
PROPAGATION BY GRAFTING.—This is a 
profitable mode to pursue when done in win- 
ter under glass, using plants of Manetti or 
Brier grown in pots forthe purpose. Grafting 
roses on the root cannot be made profitable, 
as such a large percentage fail to grow. 
Stock grafting is carried on in England and 
elsewhere with great success, and although 
the plants are not so desirable (owing to the 
graft being of necessity some distance above 
the roots) as those propagated by the other 
methods, it affords nurserymen an oppor- 
tunity of more quickly securing a stock of 
new sorts, and also is advantageous as an aid 
in producing more vigorous plants of such 
varieties as Niphetos, than can possibly be 
obtained from cuttings. 
PROPAGATION BY LAYERING was once prac- 
tised to considerable extent, but it is a slow 
method, and is now but little used. Good 
plants can be obtained in this way of Persian 
Yellow and some other varieties which do 
