ON THE CULTURE OE THE TREE ROSE. 37 



of the articles on Roses which have appeared in the Cabinet; 

 and as no remarks have been inserted on the mode of forming 

 that most ornamental appendage to a shrubbery, the Tree (or, as 

 it is sometimes called, Standard) Rose, I am induced to send 

 some observations upon the formation and culture thereof. They 

 are the result 'of my own successful practice. An eminent nur- 

 seryman, a great Rose cultivator, gave me the first hints on the 

 subject; and I have pursued the same treatment with satisfaction 

 to mvself. In the course of experiment I have made some im- 

 provement in the practice. I shall, therefore, send, for insertion 

 in the Cabinet from time to time, the course of treatment 1 pursue 

 from first to last. 



Selection of Stocks to bud, fyc. upon. — Any time from the end 

 of October to the middle of February, plants of the wild English 

 Rose are procured. I find, however, that the earlier the better. 

 There are several varieties of stocks to be had : those I prefer 

 being far the best, and of a very upright growth, making shoots 

 nearly half an inch in diameter, and growing several feet high in 

 one season. The colour of such is either wholly green barked, or 

 green slightly tinged with brown. The ripe fruit of both is of a 

 long oval shape. These kinds are generally to be met with in 

 plantations or woods, and occasionally in hedges. There is a 

 spreading, bushy-growing kind, which has a red bark, and a small 

 roundish fruit : this I find does not answer near so well as the 

 others, — the buds not taking so freely, nor,' if they take to uniting 

 at all, do they grow so kindly afterwards. 



In getting up the wild stocks, I have always given strict orders 

 to my gardener to get them up with as much length of root as 

 convenience would admit. This attention is necessary in order 

 to get some fibrous roots ; and, after all, it will often occur that 

 not a single fibrous root will be found upon the main roots. They 

 are, however, very free to grow under either circumstance ; only 

 the former ones afford the advantage of making more and stronger 

 lateral shoots the first season, and also better-placed shoots for 

 budding upon. 



Stocks of different sizes and heights are procured, in order to 

 suit a vigorous, or less so, growing kind, to be inserted by budding, 

 and to have some worked from two to five feet high. Care is taken 

 to get such stocks as are free from large knots, some such being 



