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occasional watering with clear lime-water should be 
given ; this will destroy the worms, which are often 
troublesome and disturb the cuttings. In the spring, 
when the cuttings are found to be rooted, take them 
up and pot singly into small pots; put them into a 
cold frame where they can be shaded from the sun 
until sufficiently hardened to be planted out of 
doors. Some of the hardy, vigorous - growing 
summer Roses will strike, if planted in a shady 
border, without the assistance of hand-glasses ; but 
when this is done the cuttings require to be made 
nine to twelve inches in length and planted at least 
six to eight inches deep, and the soil trodden firmly 
about them. 
Suckers.—TVhis mode of propagating is practised 
but seldom, and then only with a few kinds, such as 
the Scotch and Austrian Roses. The former emit 
suckers freely, which are taken off and planted out 
during the spring or autumn ; these suckers have 
generally some small fibrous roots attached. 
By Seed. — The object of raising Roses from 
seed is to obtain new varieties. Although some- 
what uncertain as to the result, it is, nevertheless, 
a very pleasant and interesting occupation. There 
has long been an idea prevalent that good varieties 
of Roses cannot be raised from seed in England, 
and that we must go to warmer climates for any- 
thing of sterling merit. This, however, is not 
entirely so, as some excellent varieties recently 
raised in this country testify. 
The tender varieties, however, seldom if ever 
mature seed in our climate, but even the ripening 
