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do not consider they are so lasting or so good as 
either of the preceding. 
PRopaGATion.—Roses are propagated by budding, 
grafting, cuttings, layering, and by suckers (either 
or all of these modes are in practice for the purpose 
of increasing a given variety); and by seed to 
obtain new varieties. 
Budding.—This is by far the most ready and 
easy system by which the Rose can be propagated, 
and is that most generally practised. It offers 
many advantages over other modes of propagating, 
as by its adoption a weak kind is increased in 
vigour by bringing it to grow upon a stock which 
is more hardy and more vigorous in habit. By 
adopting this mode of propagating, Roses are 
wrought into a variety of forms which otherwise 
could not be done. The mode of operation is so 
simple, and has been so often described, that a few 
words will suffice by way of explanation. The 
usual time for budding is July and August, but the 
proper time to be chosen must be determined by the 
state of the scion, as well as the stock which is to be 
budded In no case will it answer to bud until the 
sap flows freely, both in the stock and the plant 
from whence the buds are to be taken. The scion 
must be firm and well ripened, otherwise the buds 
are apt to perish. If the bark does not rise freely 
on the stock, the operation should be deferred for a 
few days, or until the sap is induced to flow, which 
may be hastened by giving a few copious waterings. 
The buds should be taken from ripe shoots of the 
current year ; the fact of the plant being in bloom 
