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nlace them in a pit, until the next spring ; then transplant 

 them into the open ground, and they will flower the third 

 year ; but forwarding with bottom heat, or hot-house, will 

 make many flower the first year, if not the common gar- 

 den variety. Unless you have taken the proper means 

 necessary to hybridize, the labor of raising from seed is 

 not worth the trouble. 



Layering Roses is the most certain way of propagating 

 the same variety ; it should be done about the time Roses 

 are beginning to bloom ; in former times the fall was con- 

 sidered the best ; experience has taught the reverse, and 

 layering was formerly done by merely pegging down the 

 branch ; this would take a long time to form root fibres. 

 The most approved plan is to peg down a branch, and turn 

 up the end in as upright a position as possible, and let it 

 remain several days to set ; then make a slit by cutting 

 with a sharp knife, commencing at the joint, to the centre ; 

 thence up half way to the next joint, the same as you would 

 in layering the Carnation ; be particular that the slit be 

 open when you re-peg the branch down, which can easily 

 be done with a piece of moss, or some of the soil ; tie the 

 branch firmly to a stake, and cover the slit about half an 

 inch in the soil. Should the weather be favorable the 

 layers will be ready to take off in the fall ; but prior to that 

 time you had better examine them, and, if not rooted, you 

 must allow them to remain till next season. 



The Rose is also propagated by suckers. If allowed to 

 remain in one place any time you will find them abundant, 

 though some are more prone to make them than others. 

 These should be detached in November, and in two years 

 will make good flowering bushes. 



