THE PROPAGATION OF ROSES 



In another case budded roses planted over thirty 

 years ago are still flourishing, and this certainly 

 shows that their length of life is all that can be 

 expected. 



In the testing of new roses the great majority has 

 been budded plants and the percentage of deaths has 

 naturally been greater in these new varieties than in 

 established kinds. In importing three hundred to 

 a thousand roses of new varieties, twenty plants a 

 year would cover all the deaths even of these new 

 and untried kinds. 



In other branches of horticulture budding and 

 grafting have been tried with the greatest success. 

 It does seem that a tried stock is better than a differ- 

 ent stock with each plant, viz., its own. 



Undoubtedly better stocks will be discovered for 

 certain roses which do not do well on the regular 

 stocks; but surely it is going backward to grow 

 inferior roses on their own roots and be satisfied 

 with them, rather than experiment to ascertain the 

 best stocks. 



''The Nursery Book," by L. H. Bailey, should be 

 read by any one attempting budding. 

 GRAFTING 



Grafting is a modification of budding, and is a 

 process which may give as good a result in the end 

 with some outdoor roses ; but for the first year, after 



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