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am, indeed, now fully convinced that the only 

 method of cultivating dwarf Hybrid Perpetual 

 Roses in soils that are gravelly, sandy, or resting on 

 chalk, is to employ the Manetti Rose as a stock. 



Since the above paragraphs were written, more 

 experience with this has been gained ; although 

 so vigorous in growth it does not form good 

 standards, the stems with their side branches left 

 on increase rapidly in bulk, but when they are 

 budded at the height proper for standards, and the 

 side branches cut off, the bark becomes indurated, 

 the sap apparently ceases to circulate freely, and 

 the stems in a year or two shrink, and the head 

 becomes stunted in its growth and unhealthy. 

 Some of the vigorous-growing Hybrid China 

 Roses make good half-standards on this stock, but 

 its great eligibility is for dwarfs ; these should be 

 budded close to the ground, and when trans- 

 planted from the nursery, should be planted so as 

 to cover the junction of the bud with the stock, 

 placing that part about one inch and a half or two 

 inches below the surface of 

 the border. 



The annexed figure will il- 

 lustrate my meaning better 

 than a host of words, a, 

 junction of the bud with the 

 stock ; 6, the height to which 

 the stem should be covered 

 with earth. Treated in this 



