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vantages in some varieties are sufficiently great to coun- 

 terbalance any inconveniences attending the cultivation of 

 a budded or grafted rose. It is generally the case, that 

 the stock or plant on which the Rose is budded is of 

 some variety that will throw up suckers very freely, which 

 growing Avith great luxuriance, will sometimes overpower 

 the variety budded upon it, and present a mass of its own 

 flowers. The purchaser will thus find a comparatively 

 worthless bloom, instead of the rare and beautiful varieties 

 whose appearance he has been eagerly awaiting, and upon 

 the head of the nurseryman will frequently descend the 

 weight of his indignation. This difficulty can, however, be 

 avoided by a very little attention. The shoot of the stock 

 can very readily be distinguished from that of the budded or 

 grafted variety by its growth and foliage, even if the age 

 of the plant will not allow the point of inoculation to be 

 recognized. In passing the plant in his walks, let the 

 owner simply cut away any shoot of tliis character that 

 may spring from the stock or root. The budded variety 

 thus receiving all the nourishment from the root, will soon 

 grow with luxuriance, and present to the eager expectant 

 as fine a bloom as he may desire — at the expense only of 

 a little observation, and the trouble of occasionally taking 

 his knife from his pocket. 



This trouble, however, is such that the plant is in most 

 cases neglected. Budded or grafted roses are thus very 

 unpopular in this country, and those on their own roots 

 are deemed the only ones which it is safe to plant. 



The practice of budding has brought into cultivation a 

 form of the j^lant which is highly ornamental, but which 

 can never become very general in this country. The Tree 

 Rose is an inoculation upon a standard some four or five 

 feet in height, generally a Dog Rose or Eglantine. The 

 tall, naked stem, a greater part of which is unsheltered 

 by any foliage, is exposed to the full glare of our summer 

 sun, and unless protected in some way, will often die out 

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