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Rose or briar (Rosa canina) of our fields and lanes, 
and probably three-fourths of the Roses cultivated 
in this country are now grown upon this stock. It 
is used in three forms: first, as a standard, which 
is the actual wild plant dugup from the hedges, 
with the Rose budded on the lateral branches pro- 
ceeding from the stem. Secondly, the briar cutting, 
which is a shoot of the briar struck as a cutting, 
and budded, after it is well rooted, as low down on 
the stem as possible. Thirdly, the briar seedling, 
which is the growth from the seed of the wild Rose, 
and has the bud inserted on the actual main root 
or underground stem. 
Next in popularity comes the manetti stock. 
This is a form of wild Rose, introduced from Italy, 
some sixty years ago, by the late Mr. Rivers of 
Sawbridgeworth: it is only used in the form of 
plants struck from cuttings to make dwarf Roses. 
Other sorts of Roses which root strongly as cuttings 
have been used as stocks, such as the De la 
Grifferae, used by some for the Gloire de Dijon race 
and strong climbing forms of Teas and Noisettes, 
and the Polyantha, which as a seedling and a 
cutting has been tried and found wanting; but at 
present the stocks that “‘ hold the field’ are the three 
different forms of the briar and the manetti cutting 
—with the latter much diminished in popularity of 
late years. 
A large proportion of amateur Rose-growers will, 
from various causes, be unable or unwilling to pro- 
pagate their own plants, and so will have to rely 
upon those they purchase from nurserymen. Even 
in this case it is desirable that they should know 
something about the different forms of stocks, so 
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