PROPAGATION AND CARE OF ROSES 



WM. HUNT. ONT. .\r,l!I. COI.LEGK, GUELPH. 



i.^A K.r rmlv u'^ed as stocks to biul or graft better 



GARDEN' roses can be propagated by onl\ useti as siueK. 

 four different methods: bv budding, varieties on. . . ■, „ 



grafting averincr. as well as fro,, cuttings. The best time for an antateur to stnk 

 The two la'st named n,e,l,o,ls are the best roses from cutt.ngs ts dur,,^ July an<l 

 I' tl'ta^eur to practice, not oulv l>ecause .August. .K shallow open box three .nches 

 ■ive letter results, but fron", the fact in depth of the req.urec s,ze, w,th ho es 

 ,:, 1 led an.l .rafted roses are more apt bored iu the bottom for dratnage and filled 

 lo suffer fro.u disease au.l winter killing with flue sharp sand. ,s a good place to 

 than arc <>ur own root roses, the 

 junction of the hud or scion and 

 stock on huddcd or o-rafted roses 

 being ahva\s more or less a dan- 

 gerous point. 



] am strongly in favor of our 

 own root roses versus Inuldcd or 

 grafted plants. I have grown 

 hardv roses raised from cuttings 

 for upwards of 20 years with splen- 

 did results, whilst during that period 

 I have had to replace budded stock- 

 several times. Own root roses are 

 slower in giving results than are 

 Imdcled roses, but when once estab- 

 lished they will last for years with- 

 out renewal if hardy, suitable va- 

 rieties are selected for the locality 

 they are to grow in. Another point 

 in favor of own root roses is that if 

 they sucker out. the suckers instead 

 of being useless — as well as hurtful 

 —to the old plant can be used as 

 young plants, as the suckers from 

 an own root rose will produce a 

 plant the same as the parent plant. 

 Alanv varieties of roses will in 



A Crimson Rambler Rose Bush and Its Owner. 



.NiaUN VcUiCLlC^ ux ...... The Crimson Rambler rose here shown was p^^^^^^^^^^^ 



crease themselves very rapidly from ^^^^^^l^^^^"^^^^^ 



root suckers that can be detached ^^^^.^^^^^LJ^^^^^^^^^^^I^^ 



from the parent plant early in the ^^-^'Z^-^J^Jf^^^l^S^^ 



spring, and be planted out by them- S^^^e.f L:;:^=n-t:^:^rraoefh-!^:-U^n^^ 



selves. But from budded or grafted -osure. _ _ ,ink the box level 



plants' these suckers are onlv a nuisance and strike rose cuttings in. _ 



should be cut awav as soon as they show to the top in sand or sod n. a parhaUy 



themselves, being 'usuallv growth of the shaded place out m the garden. ^ Take the 



briar or manetti.^DOth of 'them being useless cuttings from wood of this years growth 



from a decorative point of view, and are the wood should not be too soft or sappy, or 



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