'The ordering of the Orchard. 



then any of thefe waies ; and befides, by thefe waies you may graft at a farre greater 

 height without lofle. 



CHAP. V. 



Of the manner of grafting and propagating all 

 forts of Rofes. 



HAuing now fpoken of the grafting of trees, let mee adioyne the properties of 

 Rofes, which although they better fit a Garden then an Orchard, yet I could 

 not in a fitter place exprefle them then here, both for the name and affinity of 

 grafting, & becaufe I do not exprefle it in the firft part. All forts of Rofes may be graf- 

 ted (although all forts are not, fome feruing rather for ftockes for others to be grafted 

 on) as eafily as any other tree, & is only performed, by inoculating in the fame maner I 

 haue fet downe in the former Chapter of grafting trees in the bud ; for both ftocke and 

 budde muft bee dealt with after the fame fafhion. And although fome haue boafted of 

 grafting Rofes by dicing or whipping, as they call it, or in the ftocke, after the firft 

 manner, fet downe in the former Chapter, yet I thinke it rather a bragge, not hauing 

 feene or heard any true effe6r. proceede from that relation. The fweete Briar or Eglan- 

 tine, the white and the Damaske Rofes, are the chiefeft ftockes to graft vpon. And if 

 you graft lowe or neare the ground, you may by laying downe that graft within the 

 ground, after it hath bin (hot out well, and of a years growth, by pinning it faft downe 

 with fhort ftickes, a thwart or acrofle, caufe that grafted branch, by taking roote, to 

 become a naturall Rofe, fuch as the graft was, which being feparated and tranfplanted 

 after it hath taken root wel, will prof per as well as any naturall fucker. And in this ma- 

 ner, by laying downe branches at length into the ground, if they be full of fpreading 

 fmall branches, you may increafe all forts of Rofes quickly and plentifully; for they 

 will fhoote forth rootes at the ioynts of euery branch : But as for the manner of grafting 

 white Rofes or Damaske vpon Broome ftalkes or Barbary bufhes, to caufe them to 

 bring forth double yellow Rofes, or vpon a Willowe, to beare greene Rofes, they 

 are all idle conceits, as impoflible to be effected, as other things, whereof I haue fpo- 

 ken in the ninth Chapter of my firft part, concerning a Garden of flowers, vnto which 

 I referre you to be fatisfied with the reafons there alledged. And it is the more need- 

 lefle, becaufe we haue a naturall double yellow Rofe of it owne growing. The fowing 

 of the feedes of Rofes (which are fometimes found vpon moft forts of Rofes, although 

 not euery yeare, and in euerie place) hath bin formerly much vfed ; but now the laying 

 downe of the young fhootes is a way for increafe f o much vfed, being f afe and verie 

 fpeedie to take, efpecially for thofe Rofes that are not fo apt to giue fuckers, that it 

 hath almoft taken quite away the vfe of fowing of the feedes of Rofes, which yet if 

 anie one be difpofed to make the triall, they muft gather the feede out of the round 

 heads, from amongft the doune, wherein they lye verie like vnto the berries of the 

 Eglantine or fweete Briar bufh, and efpecially of thofe Rofes that bee of the more fin- 

 gle kindes, which are more apt to giue berries for feed then the more double, although 

 fometimes the double Rofes yeeld the like heads or berries. Their time of fowing is 

 in the end of September (yet fome referue them vntill February) and their manner 

 of nourfing is to bee tranfplanted, after the firft or fecond yeares growth, and ten- 

 ded carefully, that while they are young they be not loft for want of moifture in the 

 dry time of Summer. 



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