)84 CULTURE OF THE TREB ROSE. 



If after budding, the weather should be droughty, the stocks should 

 have an occasional watering at the roots, which will greatly con- 

 tribute towards success. 



If a bud should fail and it be discovered in time, such a shoot may 

 be supplied by inserting another bud. 



Buds may be very successfully inserted into the main trunk of a 

 stock ; one or more buds may be put into it ; the bud is found to 

 succeed best about half way up the stock ; the younger the stock the 

 better it will succeed. 



If the operation of budding has been properly performed, and the 

 stocks suitably supplied with wet, from rain or otherwise, in about a 

 month from the time of budding, the bass ligature may be taken 

 away, and one tied round in a looseish manner. This admits the 

 bark to swell, whilst it prevents the edges from being drawn open. 



If the weather should be droughty, the first placed ligatures must 

 be kept too for six weeks, and in case of continued drought even till 

 spring. 



When the stocks have ceased growing, which will generally be the 

 case by the end of October, fhe branches of the stock must be cut in 

 order to strengthen them, and make them neat. 



In shortening them, leave about six inches of each above the bud 

 which has been inserted. 



If the ground round the roots be covered a few inches deep, with 

 some strawy manure, during winter, it will be of some service to do it. 



No other attention is required till spring, excepting to have the 

 stocks properly secured against winds. 



I shall, therefore, have an article drawn up in time for the second 

 season's management. 



Note. — In preparing the bud, it is unnecessary to remove the bit 

 of wood attached to the bark. Omitting to do so, saves trouble, pre- 

 vents the bud from being damaged, and more than equally insures 

 success. We beg to refer our readers to the article on budding, in- 

 serted in Vol. 2., p. 210.— Conductor. 



