CHAPTER XIV 

 OWN-ROOT, AND BUDDED OR GRAFTED ROSES 



"You see, sweet maid, we marry 

 A gentler scion to the wilder stock. 

 And make conceive a bark of baser kind. 

 By bud of nobler race; this is an art 

 Which does mend nature, change it rather, but 

 The art itselj is nature." — Shakespeare 



EVERY rose-grower should learn the difference. In a 

 budded or grafted rose, the top of a good flowering va- 

 riety has been joined and made to grow upon 

 the root of a "wild" rose. An own-root rose stands 

 on its own feet, so that, if the top be winter-killed, the 

 new growth from the root will bloom true as at first. 

 Not so with the budded or grafted rose. If the top be 

 killed, the "wild" root is worthless; throw it out. 

 Some types, especialh- some of the Hybrid Teas, 



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budded rose 

 y be distin- 

 guisned from the 

 own-root by knot- 

 formation of the 

 former. See arrow. 



when on their own roots produce but poorly. 

 order to obtain vigorous growth and luxuriant 

 bloom, such kinds are budded or grafted upon 

 the stock of a strong-growing rose. Multiflora, 

 Canina, Manetti, and other stocks are used for/ 

 this purpose. When planting own-root roses, 

 set in the soil a trifle deeper than the stain of the 

 soil on the stem indicates it grew before. When 

 planting budded or grafted roses, set with the 

 joint or union of top and root an inch below the 

 surface of the soil, and watch for suckers. If there appears any 

 growth originating below the union, dig away the soil and cut 

 it off close up to the stem; otherwise it may grow up and crowd 

 out the flower-bearing part of the plant. Save for the espe- 

 cially vigorous 

 varieties, budded 

 roses thrive best 

 m the North. In 

 the South most 

 varieties prosper 

 on their own 

 roots. 



The process of 

 pruning 



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