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daily for a fortnight. If threatened with damping off, give air and sun. In 

 a fortnight callus will be formed. At this time they are greatly benefitted by 

 bottom-heat ; they root more rapidly, and may soon be shifted singly into 

 CO-pots, and removed back to the cold frame for planting out in August, 

 ■without bottom-heat. They must be kept in the frames till the spring. 



1S47. ^y Budding. — The stocks most commonly used for budding and 

 grafting roses on are the common dog-rose {Rosa canina) of the hedges; the 

 Loursault and Manetti rose,' both of which are obtained by cuttings, the 

 latter being a good stock for the hardier roses, where vigorous growth is 

 required, — the Boursault for tea-scented and Chinese roses. The dog-rose, 

 however, is preferred by many for all purposes. Autimin is the best time 

 for procuring stocks, October and November for planting in ordinary soil : 

 where the soil is inclined to be moist, they are better procured in the spring. 

 The best stocks are those of two or three years' growth, a little over an 

 inch in thickness, with the bark fresh, and having greyish-green stripes. It 

 is remarked that the graft does not take well where the bark is red-coloured. 

 They should be of proper length, straight, well-rooted in the soil, free from 

 spines, and without branches. 



1848. In preparing to make a collection of roses, a sufficient number of 

 rose-stocks should be collected in the autumn, or not later than the beginning 

 of January, having trimmed them closely down to the root, removing all 

 knots or dead wood, and cut the stem to ttie required height, taking care 

 that there is an eye on each side, sloping a little below the summit. A stem 

 so prepared, and planted in rich, well-prepared soil, will soon emit abundance 

 of fibrous roots, and will produce in the following summer abundance of 3'oung 

 shoots. These young shoots, whatever their numbei*, are to remain on the 

 stock, but neither thinned nor shortened. They are to be operated on in 

 budding ; and their vigorous growth is a proof of the fitness of the stock for 

 its purpose. 



1849. The process of budding may be done successfully at various seasons, 

 the first condition being that the branch and stock are in the same state of 

 vegetative progress. The dog-rose is in its best condition for operating on 

 in July or August : to operate earlier is considered a disadvantage. Under 

 very favourable conditions of weather, they may be worked as late as Sep- 

 tember ; but vigorous-growing roses, like the Provence, Moss, Gallican, 

 Damask, Austrian, and other summer roses, are best budded in the former 

 months. 



1850. Those stocks, on the contrarj', which grow luxuriantly and late, as 

 Manetti and crimson Boursault, are better wo^'ked in the beginning of Sep- 

 tember, provided the stocks are growing freely and the weather warm and 

 sunny ; for in rose-budding, where the bud is exposed to heavy falls of rain, it 

 may rot and perish before it is united with the stock. The I'oses for which 

 these stocks ai-e suited are Perpetuals, Bourbons, Noisettes, China, and Tea 

 roses, and all the autumnal late bloomers. The conditions required are that 

 the bark should rise freely, and that the shoots are getting a little firm : the 



