TtlE RENOVATION OP ROSES. 



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The Renovation of Roses worked on the Dog Rose 

 consists in producing an entirely new plant. It always 

 becomes necessary in the course of a few years, more or 

 less, according to circumstances. These circumstances 

 have to do with poor rocky soils and climate. In 

 these soils, such as are found in and about Torquay, and 

 in such a climate, the Rose worked on the Dog Rose as 

 a standard (for there is no other stock which will do for 

 standards) de- 

 generates fast and 

 much more 

 quickly than it 

 does in a colder 

 climate and in 

 clay subsoils. In 

 the former case 

 the difficulty in 

 the way of renova- 

 tion is greater 

 than in the latter, 

 but in each the 

 only way to re- 

 instate a good 

 favourite Rose is 

 to cut the heads 

 as close off as 

 possible, and to 

 take the plant up. 

 Then cut the roots 

 well in, open a 

 good hole, and 



put in a barrowful of maiden soil with a little de- 

 composed manure, and the ensuing season a renovated 

 constitution will be developed. 



Again, if the Rose has degenerated chiefly through 

 the climate— as it will soon do in such exciting tempera- 

 tures as Devonshire and Cornwall — then cut the head 

 completely off close under where it was budded; let 

 the stock remain for a season, and bud it the next 

 following summer. Let it remain one season if the 



Fig. 57. 



