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manure, or the use of it in a raw or green state. 
This should be avoided with all kinds subject to 
this disease, and where manure is applied let it be 
thoroughly decayed. 
Stocks.—Roses are grown upon several varieties 
of stocks; those most in use are the wild Dog 
Rose, the Manetti, Griffere, Celini, and the Black: 
Boursault. The Dog Rose, procured from hedge- 
rows and woods, is the only suitable kind on which 
standard or half-standard Roses can be grown. 
For dwarfs, the Manetti and Griffere are prefer- 
able, especially for light soils. Stocks for budding 
should be procured in the autumn, the roots pruned 
close, and the stem shortened to the height required. 
Standards will require to be left three to four feet in 
length, half-standards two to three feet, and dwarfs 
six to eighteen inches. These should be planted 
out in rows three feet apart ; the following summer 
they will be fit for budding. The Manetti is a 
vigorous variety of Hybrid China Rose, introduced 
nearly forty years ago trom Italy by Mr. Rivers. 
For dwarf Roses this is a most excellent stock; it is 
alike suitable for stiff as for light soils. In many 
light, shallow soils, where the Dog Rose will 
scarcely live, this succeeds admirably. It is very 
hardy and enduring, and will last as long as, or 
perhaps longer, than any other ; it requires, how- 
ever, somewhat different treatment to other stocks, 
both as regards its preparation before as well as 
after budding. My practice is to prepare the 
cuttings in the autumn, say from nine to twelve 
inches in length, taking out all the eyes excepting 
