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handsome order, which ought to be studied. All wood 

 that grows after this pruning will ripen perfectly and 

 produce fine flowers next year. 



Our reasons for doing so at this period are these: 

 The points of the shoots of the more delicate sorts of 

 roses are very apt to die when pruned in winter or 

 spring; hence the consequences of this evil are avoid- 

 ed. The stronger the wood of roses is made to grow, 

 the flowers will be the larger and more profuse, and 

 this effect is but produced by cutting out the old and 

 superfluous wood; at least it prevents any loss of vege- 

 tative power, which ought always to be considered. 



OF BUDDING OR INOCULATION OF ROSES. 



According to what we have previously hinted in re- 

 gard to having roses as standards, where such are de- 

 sired, the month of July is a proper time for the opera- 

 tion of budding. The kinds to be taken for stocks should 

 be of a strong free growth. Such as Ornamental parade; 

 Dutch tree; R. vilosa; R. canina; and frequently the French 

 Eglantine, are taken. Be provided with a proper bud- 

 ding-knife, which has a sharp thin blade adapted to 

 prepare the bud, with a tapering ivory haft made thin 

 at the end for raising the bark of the stock. For tieings 

 use bass strings from Russia mats, which should be 

 soaked in water to make them more pliable. The 

 height of the stock or stem at which the bud is to be 

 inserted, is to be determined by the intended destina- 

 tion of the tree, (as it may be properly called.) Choose 

 a smooth part of the stem, from one to three years old. 



