Vill PROPAGATION 139 
than it is upon such a rampant hedge of thorny 
growth as will be formed by a row of unrestricted 
stocks if they have grown well. But the knowledge 
that all this prickly luxuriance represents the power 
we are going to put into the growth of our buds 
next season should be an encouragement for a bold 
attack, and a comforter against thorny assaults. 
The branches should be carefully shifted and turned 
aside to expose the places for operation, and the 
thorns can be compelled to make themselves useful, 
as the branches will catch and hold to one another 
wherever laid without tying. 
The principal time for budding is the latter part 
of July and the whole month of August. I have 
successfully budded Roses out of doors in each of 
the seven months commencing with April and 
ending with October, and there would not be much 
difficulty in finding stocks in the proper condition 
in June and September, but to get buds in the right 
state would then be more difficult. Manetti stocks 
may be well budded with hardy H.P.s as late as 
September ; but commencement should be made 
with the Teas first of all if possible. This is not 
only because the inserted Tea bud will thereby 
become better ripened and more able to withstand 
the winter, but also because these buds, in many 
of the varieties, are difficult to procure, and it is 
good policy to begin early, and use them whenever 
they can be got. 
The illustration on the next page may be of service, 
but for all manual operations example is far better 
than precept, and I would strongly recommend the 
seeing it done by an old hand, even if only once, 
in preference to relying upon descriptions or figures 
