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within the pale of any person. It only requires the trouble 

 of selecting a Boursalt Rose, that has a straight shoot ; 

 then bud one or more varieties into it, of any height desi- 

 rable, in the beginning of August. To accomplish this 

 object, it should be performed towards evening or on a 

 damp day ; and if you find the bark does not part freely, 

 by want of sufficiency of juice, it should be delayed a few 

 days longer, or the bud will perish. A little judgment is 

 required in selecting the bud most suited for the purpose ; 

 but to enable the amateur to tell without difficulty, he 

 should observe that when the bud at the end of the shoot 

 is formed, it is then at maturity, and should be used with- 

 out delay. Roses, properly speaking, should not be bud- 

 ded before August, unless it be the China Rose ; then the 

 spring will be the best. As soon after budding as you 

 discover the bud has taken, loosen the bandage and trim off 

 the top of the stalk to within two shoots of the bud, until 

 the spring ; and when the bud begins to put, trim off the 

 balance of the newly formed shoot. Flowers produced 

 from the bud will be more brilliant than those formed on 

 the original tree. In dry weather, the stock of budded 

 plants will be much improved the first year, if watered. 

 In preparing your buds the old practice of removing the 

 wood from the bud is indispensable to your success. 

 Spring budding, with the tender Roses, is not important. 

 After the bud is inserted, if bass matting is not handy, 

 tape can be substituted. The time required for buds to be 

 established is about six weeks. 



The pruning of Tree Roses is practised at different 

 periods by gardeners. Spring will be found the best time ; 

 and leaving but two eyes to each branch, will make them 



