ROSES ON THEIR OWN ROOTS 35 



tantrum of the stock — maybe we do not even know 

 what stock ! 



Then the foreign stocks are plants from various 

 parts of Europe, perhaps from soils of quite different 

 chemical constituents. Some particular stock may 

 not suit some particular garden, so that the grower's 

 perplexities are much increased, and he is offered 

 additional chances of going wrong. If the plant is 

 on its own roots and fairly treated it does well or it 

 does not, and there the matter ends. 



