

CULTURE OP THE ROSE. 



length of something more than an inch ; then shave 

 the lower end of the graft until it fits accurately the part 

 of the stock whence the bark and wood have been pared 

 of The essential point is, that the inner bark of the 

 graft should be in contact with the inner bark of the stock. 

 When the two are fitted, bind them around with strings 

 of wet bass-matting. Now plant the stock in a pot, setting 

 it so deeply, that its point of junction with the graft is 

 completely covered with soil. Place the pots thus pre- 

 pared on a gentle hot-bed, and cover them closely with 

 glass. When the shoots from the graft are well grown 

 out, give them air by degrees to harden them. 



A better way is to pot the stocks early in autumn, so 

 that they may become well established. In this case, it 

 will be necessary to cover the junction of the stock and 

 graft with grafting wax or clay in such a manner as to 

 exclude all air; then plunge the pots in old tan over a 

 gentle hot-bed, so deeply that the grafted part is completely 

 covered, the ends only of the grafts being visible. This 

 keeps them in an equable heat and moisture. The subse- 

 quent treatment is the same as in the former case. As the 

 stock has acquired a hold on the earth of the pot, or is, as 

 the gardeners express it, " established," the graft will grow 

 much more quickly, and make a strong blooming plant the 

 same season. 



