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Another important matter to be attended to in 
making selections is to apportion the height of the 
stock upon which the plant is to be grown to the 
habit of the variety. We frequently see tender, 
dwarf and weak-growing sorts budded and grown 
upon tall standards, three to four feet in height, and 
often more ; when so treated they always do badly, 
and even if they live, look meagre and out of 
proportion, A standard Rose, to look well, should 
form a head sufficiently large to appear in unison 
with the height of the stock ; or, in other words, the 
diameter of the head should equal, as nearly as may 
be, the height of the stem. Let the vigorous and 
free-growing kinds, therefore, be worked on full 
standards, and the moderate and dwarf kinds, as 
half-standards, dwarf-standards, and dwarfs ; it is an 
established fact, that when adapted thus, the weaker- 
growing kinds do infinitely better than in any other 
way. It is also necessary to determine in what 
form and to what purpose the plant is to be grown ; 
and to carry out this satisfactorily it is important 
that such sorts are selected as will attain the desired 
object. For instance, it often happens that sorts are 
fixed upon to be grown as pillar or pole Roses that 
will not attain a height of three feet in as many 
years ; and the same may be said of wall Roses, 
bedding Roses, or for whatever other purpose they 
are intended. Proper selections for the object im 
view must in every instance be made, and to do so 
it will be necessary that the habit and character of 
the variety be previously ascertained. 
Sort.—The Rose is capable of being grown in a 
