EYE CUTTINGS 



A QUICK, simple and often effective method of taking 

 Rose cuttings is the following, which was described some 

 time ago in the Gardener's Magazine. 



Shallow earthen pots are used, well drained at the 

 bottom with broken crocks and filled with a compost of 

 leaf mould and white sand, the top half-inch being pure 

 sand alone. Cut from your Roses well-formed buds 

 such as you would select for budding, but do not 

 remove either the wood or the leaf. Plant the buds in 

 such a way that the bark is entirely covered with soil, 

 but the bud is above ground, and when the pan is quite 

 full of buds, the leaves touching each other and pointing 

 upwards, water them lightly on the top and cover the 

 pan with a bell-glass. When the buds begin to send 

 out rootlets they may be repotted singly, and should 

 then be undisturbed so long as they have room in the 

 pot for their roots. They may be planted straight out 

 into the border when well established, so long as some 

 shelter is provided in severe weather, or if the season is 

 too far advanced for this they may be wintered in a cold 

 frame and planted out in the warmer weather. This 

 method of propagation has the two great advantages of 

 being both inexpensive and rapid, whilst it also secures 

 good plants on their own roots. Many of the strong- 

 growing sorts of Rose do extremely well grown in this 

 way, especially the Climbers and Ramblers, whilst the 

 annoying possibility of the killing of the scion by the 

 stock is of course rendered out of the question. In 

 the open air the usual months for this process are 



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