80 ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



the layers that are rooted may be taken off, and 

 either potted as required, or planted out where they 

 are to remain, heading down the shoot to within 

 three or four eyes of the surface. Those that are 

 not rooted will have to remain another year ; prune 

 them the same as directed for the parent plant. If 

 the operation by layering is not. performed in the 

 summer it can be done in February, March, or 

 April, before the plant has begun to grow, observ- 

 ing the same directions as given above. About 

 Philadelphia we have pots made about four inches 

 wide and deep, with a cut in the side wherein we 

 place the layer, and either plunge the pot entirely 

 under ground, set it on the surface, or elevate it as 

 required ; if in the two latter positions we water it 

 freely every evening, and cover it with moss or 

 some other litter, to prevent, as much as possible, 

 the sun from affecting it. We also make boxes for 

 the same purpose wherein to lay shoots from the 

 Standard or Tree Roses. 



PROPAGATION BY BUDDING. 



BUDDING, within these few years past, has 

 greatly increased in nursery practice, and multi- 



