THE PROPAGATION OF ROSES 



BUDDING 



In budding roses a strong stock is secured and the 

 variety selected is budded upon this stock, eventually 

 becoming a part of it. The actual operation of 

 budding is merely to cut off the dormant bud from 

 the variety which it is desired to perpetuate and, 

 cutting a slit in the bark of the stock, to introduce 

 the bud into the same. When the bud so trans- 

 planted becomes somewhat established, all growth 

 above it is removed and the whole vitality of a proved 

 stock is thrown into the bud, giving it the nourish- 

 ment which a tried constitution insures. 



In England the two stocks most commonly used 

 are Manetti and Briar. In the case of roses with a 

 preponderance of Hybrid Perpetual blood the Man- 

 etti stock is generally used; for those containing 

 much Tea blood the Briar has been found the better 

 stock. 



A few growers in this country are trying Japanese 

 Multifiora, and with some varieties secure stronger 

 and better plants than those grown on the ordinary 

 stocks as generally used. Sometimes Rugosa stock 

 is used for budding and a very few roses do quite 

 well on it. 



Undoubtedly the ideal stock for all roses has not 

 yet been discovered, and a great advance should be 

 made in this most important section of rose culture. 



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