THE PROPAGATION OF ROSES 



plants, and can even then be easily detected. To 

 keep this percentage down, roses on Briar and Man- 

 etti must be planted with the bud two to three inches 

 below the surface of the soil, as hereafter advocated. 

 If planted less deeply they will grow a greater number 

 of suckers. 



Fewer suckers develop from Multifiora than from 

 Briar or Manetti, and on this account George H. 

 Peterson recommends planting the bud from one to 

 one and a half inches below the finished level of the 

 bed. One reason for the lack of suckers is that the 

 Multifiora is budded from seedlings, while the Briar 

 is usually budded from cuttings, in which case there 

 are dormant eyes below the point where the bud is 

 inserted ; whereas in the seedlings, the bud is inserted 

 below the donnant eyes. 



Very often cuttings have only greenhouse growth 

 when shipped. At best they are generally propagated 

 under glass and have not had much outdoor growth, 

 whereas budded plants are budded in the summer 

 out-of-doors, and have even as yearlings a whole 

 season's outside growth before being sold. 



In one particular instance the following experi- 

 ment was made with own root stock. 



One bed was made, and over fifty roses on their 

 own roots and fifty budded roses were planted in it 

 side by side, all of old and established varieties, and, 



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