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or clay mixed with old slacked lime ; if the latter is used, 

 it will sometimes crack, which must be carefully filled up. 

 In August or September the ligatures may be cut on one 

 side, allowing the clay or wax to be displaced with the 

 natural growth of the plant. Should the graft fail, you 

 have still the resource of budding in August on the young 

 shoots that will grow from the stock. It must be observed 

 that grafting leaves a worse wound to heal over than bud- 

 ding, unless the stock and scion be nearly of the same 

 size. Every bud which appears below the graft should 

 be carefully rubbed off, except one or two nearest the 

 crown, to encourage the sap upward to the grafts, and as 

 soon as the latter begin to throw out leaves, the shoots from 

 the stock should be shortened, and in one or two weeks 

 more entirely taken off, if the scion has fairly grown. For 

 whip grafting, see page 59. 



L'ISLE DE BOURBON ROSES. 



This group of Roses is one of the finest in the whole 

 family of the " Queen of Flowers." They are generally 

 perfectly hardy, of luxuriant growth, and will grow almost 

 in any soil. They are profuse in blooming, and many of 

 them delightful in fragrance, from June to October. They 

 are flowering ornaments of the garden either as standards, 

 climbers, or bushes ; their foliage is large, exuberant and 

 agreeable, and when the plants are established and well 

 nurtured, they produce their flowers in immense clusters. 

 There are now many varieties ; the talent and ingenuity 

 of the French in rose culture and reproduction, will soon 

 give the floral world a farther supply of some fine varie- 

 ties, and many^/mer names. I can cheerfully recommend 

 the following sorts, which require pruning similar to hybrid 

 Roses : 



Acidalie, rose white, large and perfect. 



Bouquet de Flore, bright rose, large flower and a profuse 



bloomer. 

 Augustine Lelieur, bright rose, beautifully globular, and 



perfectly double. 



