CHAPTER XIX 



PROPAGATION OF ROSES 



There are several other ways of propagating Roses, 

 but the one most frequently employed and the most 

 satisfactory is by budding. 



Dwarf Stocks. — Many people imagine that all the 

 dwarf or bush Roses they see in gardens are growing 

 on their own roots, whereas in ninety-nine cases out 

 of a hundred the roots of the plants are those of 

 some Brier stock. The three stocks most in favour 

 at the present time are the Brier-cutting, the seedling 

 Brier, and the Manetti. 



The only difference between the Brier-cutting and 

 seedling Brier is that the former is obtained by 

 making cuttings of the ordinary hedgerow Brier, 

 while the latter is the result of sowing the seed of 

 that Brier. They are both excellent stocks, and there 

 are scarcely any Roses which will not unite with 

 and grow well on either of them. The roots of the 

 Brier-cutting are thrown out more horizontally than 

 those of the seedling Brier, and are therefore more 

 accessible to light and air and to any liquid or other 

 surface nourishment that may be given them. On 

 the other hand the downward tendency of the nume- 

 rous roots of the seedling Brier enables the Roses 

 budded on it to withstand drought better, and it is 



