as ¢* ‘ole 
PROPAGATING ROSES BY CUTTINGS. 27 
own-root plants raised by the well-known Kentish exhibitor, the 
Rev. J. R. Buchanan, of Herne. He is particularly successful 
with Teas. Among these, Madame Lambard, Hon. Edith Gif- 
ford, Innocente Pirola, and Souvenir d’Elise Vardon do wonder- 
fully well. Some varieties make good plants in a year, others 
in two years. Tig. 10 shows the kind of shoot to choose for 
cuttings, and Fig. 11 the cuttings inserted. 
The grafting of Roses is so rarely practised out of nurseries, 
and withal is so simple, that it is scarcely necessary to deal with 
it at length, or to ‘illustrate it. Seedling Briers just starting 
growth in small pots make the best stocks, and in the winter or 
early spring, with a close propagating case having bottom heat 
at command, there is no trouble. The scion should consist of a 
yee 
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PICTORIAL PRACTICE,—PLAIN HINYS IN FEW WORDS. 
FIG. 11.—HOW TO INSERT ROSE CUTTINGS. 
A, a, b, c, cuttings; d, soil. 
stout piece of firm, ripe Rose wood with a leaf. A slice may be 
taken out of the side of the stock, and the scion cut to fit the 
space. Then the two surfaces should be fitted together and 
tied. Covering with wax or clay is not necessary. They should 
Co shaded, and dewed over frequently, until a union has taken 
place. 
(References to Fig. 10, page 26.) 
A, current year’s shoot: a, tip, too soft; 4, middle, good if ripe and firm; 
e, better still, may be taken with a heel (@) of older wood (e), 
B, branch with side growths fand g, the latter taken off with a heel—both 
will do; 4, too stumpy. 
