66 CULTURE OF THE ROSE. 



raised from the half-ripe wood with the stimulus of a close 

 heat. Unfortunately, the former method is so slow and 

 uncertain when compared with the latter, that nursery- 

 men rarely employ it to any great extent ; and a good 

 choice of roses on their own roots, raised without heat, is 

 sometimes difficult to find. 



The following is a mode of propagation not often prac- 

 tised, but which is well worthy of trial, as it is applicable 

 to prunings which are usually thrown away. The extract 

 is from the " Gardener's Chronicle." 



" The rose is as easily propagated by means of buds or 

 eyes as the vine. If your correspondent < X ' will take a 

 strong shoot from almost any kind of rose in a dormant 

 state, and with a sharp knife cut it into as many pieces as 

 there are good eyes on the shoots, the pieces not being 

 more than one inch long, taking care to have the eye in 

 the centre of the piece, he will doubtless succeed. One- 

 third of the wood should be cut clean oif from end to end 

 at the back of the eye, just as you would prepare a vine 

 eye. In preparing the cutting-pans, it is most essential to 

 put a good quantity of broken potsherds in the bottom, 

 beginning with large pieces, and finishing with others 

 more finely broken : then mix a quantity of good loam, 

 leaf-soil, and sand, in equal proportions ; nib it through a 

 fine sieve, and fill the pans to within one inch of the top, 

 pressing down the soil moderately firm. After that, put ia 



