108 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN. 



Roses will strike root if treated as above ; they 

 require more patience, as they are longer in 

 forming their roots than many, as are also the 

 Provence. Care must be taken that the shoots, 

 before being formed into cuttings, are perfectly 

 ripe : an invariable sign of their maturity is when 

 the terminal bud is formed at the end of the 

 shoot ; this shows that they have made their first 

 growth; to hasten this, the plants should be 

 placed in the most sunny situation, so as to 

 mature their shoots as early as possible. 



Cuttings of Hybrid China Koses, Hybrid 

 Bourbons, and of all the climbing roses, may be 

 raised with facility by planting them in a shady 

 border in September. They may be made about 

 ten inches in length, two thirds of which should 

 be planted in the soil : in fact, they can scarcely 

 be planted too deep : one, or at most two, buds 

 above the surface will be enough ; on these buds 

 the leaves must be left untouched. These will be 

 fit for planting out the following autumn. 



PROPAGATION BY BUDDING. 



This seems at present, owing to the strong wish 

 manifested by the present generation to do every 

 thing quickly, to be the favourite mode of propa- 

 gation. A summer rose from a cutting requires 

 at least two seasons to form a blooming plant. A 

 layer is occasionally very capricious, and very loth 



