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cultivating plants, and the very circumstance of being able to do 

 so, will induce many to become purchasers, and afterwards ex- 

 cellentj customers to Nurserymen and Florists. This has been 

 exactly my case, and entirely in consequence of taking in the 

 Cabinet. Your own exertion and that of others engaged in 

 similar publications will bid fair to turn the whole country into a 

 flower garden, and will also have a vast influence in a moral 

 point of view. Gardening generally induces a stimulus to indus- 

 try and cleanliness, and no doubt soften the manners of the la- 

 bouring class of persons. 



Phnlico, London. An Old Subscriber. 



ARTICLE IX 

 ON THE GRAFTING OF THE ROSE- 



BY POMONA 



The cultivation of the Rose has long been considered worthy of 

 the notice of the lovers of Flora, and not only by those who are 

 in exalted stations of life, but even by the humbler classes ; it 

 is "an ornamental shrub of great beauty, and the brilliancy of its 

 colour, and the fragrance of its smell, is justly admired by all. 

 Having seen an article in the last month's Number of your va- 

 luable work the Floricvdtural Cabinet, on the " Culture of the 

 Rose," perhaps it may be gratifying to some of your readers 

 to learn the method which I have pursued in grafting that 

 flagrant flower. 



In the first place it is requisite that you should secure a supply 

 of buds before the time they are wanted, either by having the 

 plants from which they are to be taken in your own garden, or 

 from a nurseryman on which you can rely ; if, however, you can- 

 not obtain any by these means, nothing remains but to buy a few 

 plants for the purpose. If the plants to give the buds be on their 

 own natural roots, see that they are planted as soon as they 

 have lost their leaves in autumn, in order that they may get well 

 settled before the spring, but if you wish to secure a good supply 

 of buds, purchase a strong stemmed standard Rose or two: see 

 that they have plenty of wood, and are in health, taking care to 

 remove any leaves on the trees previous to planting. 



The next thing to be looked after, is to secure good stocks, 



