ADDENDA 



LAYERING ROSES. 



This is a very simple and easy way of propagating 

 hardy roses ; and the last of June is a good time to do it. 

 Select a good strong shoot that has just done flowering, 

 bend it over and see just where it will come when pegged 

 down, then excavate a little trench on the line four inches 

 deep ; if the soil is clayey, scatter on the bottom of this 

 trench an inch of sandy loam, then bend down the branch , 

 fasten it with the peg a in sketch ; then take a sharp knife 

 and cut a notch on the upper side, b, or make a long slit, 

 as you please ; but if you choose the latter, insert between 

 a bit of stick or a pebble stone ; then bend up the shoot, 

 as shown in sketch, and fill in with sandy soil, pressing it 

 firm with your hand, but avoid treading for fear you will 

 break the layer. 



The dirt being filled in around it, trim off the half ripe 

 wood and leaves, leaving about four to five of the strongest 

 and about as many inches of wood above ground ; finally, 

 finish by scattering over and all around for a foot or more 

 a mulch of either new mown grass, straw, moss, etc., to 

 keep an even temperature and assist the root formation at 



