184 THE AUTUMNAL ROSE GARDEN. 



For summer cuttings in June and July, ripe 

 shoots may be taken as above directed, planted in 

 pots, and placed in a cold frame, kept close, and 

 sprinkled every morning. These will root slowly, 

 but surely; for autumnal cuttings any convenient 

 and spare shoots may be made into cuttings, and 

 planted under a hand-glass in a warm exposure, 

 about the middle or end of September : these 

 must have air in mild humid weather during the 

 winter, and be gradually exposed to the air in 

 April by tilting the light : by the end of April 

 they will be fit for potting. All the autumnal 

 roses will grow readily if the above methods 

 are followed. The Damask Perpetuals only are 

 slow in rooting, and are propagated with more 

 difficulty. 



BUDDING ROSES IN POTS. 



The Blush Boursault makes the best stock for 

 budding on ; it strikes readily from cuttings 

 planted in the autumn. My practice in budding 

 on the Boursault is as follows : The strongest 

 shoots are selected early in July for layering; 

 flower -pots of the size 48 are taken, and the 

 aperture at the bottom is enlarged, so as to allow 

 the end of the shoot to be passed through. After 

 doing this the shoot is tongued; the pot is drawn 

 up till the tongue is about in the centre; it is 

 then filled with a mixture of rotten dung and 



