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of growing standard roses in dry unfavourable 

 soils, with the aid of the Manetti stock, may be 

 practised by those who really love rose culture ; 

 some robust-growing, Hybrid China Eose 

 Madame Pisaroni and Due Decazes are two 

 vigorous-growing varieties should be budded on 

 strong Manetti stocks below the surface of the 

 soil, which should be removed for the purpose ; 

 from each bud one shoot should be encouraged 

 and supported with a stake, and all others care- 

 fully removed ; the second season of growth the 

 stems thus formed may be budded with Hybrid 

 Perpetual Eoses and others ; they soon form nice 

 healthy stems. 



Stocks of the Dog Eose should always be 

 planted in November. Those intended for dwarfs 

 may be cut to within six inches of the root, those 

 for dwarf standards and standards to the requisite 

 lengths. After planting, cover the surface of the 

 soil near their roots with litter or fresh manure, 

 three or four inches deep; in August of the 

 following season they will be in fine order for 

 budding. Hedge budding, lately recommended 

 in the ' Gardeners' Chronicle,' may be practised 

 under particular circumstances. Thus, if some 

 fine stocks, that have been overlooked in autumn, 

 are discovered in February, in lieu of removing 

 them to the rose garden, bud them in the hedge 

 in July or August following ; attend to them the 

 following summer, and remove them to the garden 



