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plied the plants to a wonderful extent; it is the 

 favourite mode with the French growers, and on 

 the stock which they use, plants will grow for half 

 a century. I have seen them in the neighbourhood 

 of Paris, like large trees, with stems six inches in 

 diameter, and heads thirty feet in circumference. 

 To cultivate them in such perfection they use every 

 kind of enriching matter, which they freely apply 

 every year. Almost every rose can he propagated 

 by budding ; indeed, I may say that every variety 

 can be multiplied in that way, and form handsome 

 plants, when on strong stocks, in one year. For 

 some of the kinds it is the only resort, as they are 

 difficult to manage by either layering or grafting. 

 Some of the Perpetual Roses rarely form roots 

 when laid, but bud freely. Budding may be 

 easily described so as to be understood by the in- 

 itiated, but as it is to the unpractised hand that we 

 pretend to give our feeble instructions, we will 

 endeavour to omit no detail, even at the risk of 

 being too minute. The operation may be per- 

 formed with any sharp thin-bladed knife, though 

 one for the purpose, called a "budding-knife," with 

 a thin ivory handle, is best for the purpose. It 

 should be inserted about half an inch above the 

 bud, and passing about one-third of the way 

 through the wood of the shoot, come out again 

 about the same distance below it, the cut being as 



