72 CULTURE OP THE ROSE. 



grown out to the height of six or eight inches, the hole 

 may be filled altogether. No part of the stock will now 

 be seen above the earth. By this means, the point of 

 junction of the stock and the bud is protected from the 

 cold of winter and the heat of summer, and the rose will 

 live longer and thrive better than where the stock is 

 exposed. In many cases, the rose will throw out roots of 

 its own above its junction with the stock, and thus become 

 in time a self-rooted plant. 



There are two kinds of stocks in common use at the 

 present timefor out-door roses. One is the Dog Rose, a 

 variety growing wild in various parts of Europe ; the other 

 is the Manetti Rose, a seedling raised by the Italian culti- 

 vator whose name it bears. There can be no doubt, that, 

 of the two, the Manetti is by far the better for this climate. 

 It is very vigorous, very hardy, easily increased by layers 

 or cuttings of the ripe wood, and free from the vicious 

 habit of the Dog Rose, of throwing out long under-ground 

 suckers. We would by no means say that it will not 

 throw up an abundance of shoots from the roots if allowed 

 to do so ; but these shoots are easily distinguished by a 

 practised eye from those of the budded rose. They may be 

 known at a glance by the peculiar reddish tint of the stem, 

 and by the shape and the deep glossy hue of the leaves. 



