152 THE: BOOK OF THE ROSE CHAP. 
even the following year; but there is something 
amiss with them, and they are not likely to form good 
plants. 
The principal thing to remember of the maiden 
growth of newly-budded plants is that no search for 
insects, remedies for mildew, or admiration of the 
glorious blooms should hinder the one care of tie— 
tie—tie, or all may be lost in a moment. 
Grafting.—This mode of working the Rose upon 
another stock is so inferior to budding in many ways 
that it only survives because, with the aid of heated 
houses, it can be practised in the winter. A nursery- 
man, or any one who has the proper appliances, can 
thus increase his stock of any particular variety 
many fold in the middle of winter, and multiply 
the number of buds he will be able to use when the 
outdoor stocks are ready. 
It is in this way that new Roses are so quickly 
propagated, but of course any other variety which 
has become scarce can be increased in the same 
manner. Healthy young stocks not too large should 
be established in pots the year before for the 
purpose. They may be manetti or briar cuttings, 
but the manetti is best, from its ready rooting 
power, and its susceptibility and readiness to grow 
when exposed to heat. If the supply of stocks be 
short, suitable pieces of briar-root, taken from 
stocks where budding has failed, have often been 
found to answer the purpose well. 
The operation is generally performed in January, 
when both stocks and scions are in a dormant 
condition. All available shoots of the Rose should 
be cut off and stuck into the ground somewhere 
where they will not be injured by frost or excited 
