BUDDING AND GRAFTING ROSES 137 



thickness of burlap. This will prevent evaporation and hold the 

 moisture. 



"After the ends of the inverted cuttings were wll callused and 

 were making fine rootlets nicely they were taken up, separated care- 

 fully and planted in a hotbed. To begin putting in the bed, a wall of 

 sand should be placed at one end; the sand should be moist enough 

 to stand. Place the cuttings in natural position 3 inches apart; 

 again wall up the sand, then another row of cuttings. Where room was 

 scarce, I have placed the cuttings as close as 1% inches and the rows 

 only 2 inches apart. When I have a section planted I give a good 

 soaking and put the cover on. 



"The cover for this rooting hot-bed, which was made 6x16 feet, 

 was made with cloth house-lining. Cut the cotton 6 feet 8 inches, 

 sew it the short way, tack one side to back of bed and the other side 

 to a 1 x 3-inch strip 16 feet long. This can be rolled up and the strip 

 will hold the cloth in place against the wind. 



"The same plan can be followed in a small way, and if pains are 

 taken the hotbed can be dispensed with and the cuttings can be taken 

 from the callusing bed and planted in rows in the open ground. In 

 this case when placed in the callusing bed they should be set in rows 

 singly and not over 2 inches of sand should cover them, and they can 

 be left a little longer. The soil where they are planted should be very 

 rich with cow manure, well prepared, and several times worked at 

 least one month before wanted, and the soil kept very fine. Or, if one 

 should want to use a hotbed, take the cotton lining of a sugar sack 

 and make a hotbed just 5 inches narrower each way than the cloth is 

 when opened. Tack one side to the top and tack the other side to a 

 strip or old curtain pole or broomstick to roll on. A bed of this size 

 will hold 100 plants. If directions are followed not 5% will fail to 

 grow." 



Mr. Bowers' careful method is given with much detail not only be- 

 cause it will give good results with roses which are rather hard to 

 start, like Perle des Jardin, Marechal Neil, Lamarque, La France, 

 Baroness Rothschild, Mabel Morrison, Mad. Gabriel Luizet, etc., but 

 because it is available for all kinds of hard wood cuttings, which need 

 promotive treatment, and becomes, in that way, supplementary to the 

 discussions in Chapter VIII. 



Budding and Grafting Roses. The rose can be very easily either 

 budded or grafted by any of the simple methods described and illus- 

 trated in Chapter VIII. Budding is the method generally employed 

 and it can be successfully done all through the active growing season 

 of the rose whenever you can find the bark lifting well and well-formed 

 buds to put in. If there is any "best time" it is after the spring bloom, 

 as soon as the buds below the bloom are plumped out well and before 



