84 ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



powerful action of either the sun or wet, either of 

 which would defeat the whole operation. In eight 

 or ten days the success of the operation will be 

 known, and in two or three weeks the bandages 

 must be loosened, though not entirely taken away. 

 From the end of July to the middle of September 

 budding may be done, choosing always cloudy 

 weather, or a few days after a heavy rain ; but for 

 limited operations any evening may be chosen, 

 always following the indication of the free parting 

 of the wood from the bark, for if the bark does not 

 rise with facility the buds are liable to perish for 

 want of a due supply of nourishment. The buds 

 should always be selected from vigorous young 

 wood that has never flowered. About the end of 

 October the plant should be cut down to within a 

 foot of where the operation has been performed, 

 which will greatly tend to strengthen both the tree 

 and the buds that have taken. In the following 

 spring all the stocks should be deprived of their 

 superfluous wood ; observe, however, to leave one 

 bud or eye above the inserted bud, which will 

 greatly assist its growth till it has made a few 

 leaves, and is fit to perform the functions of vege- 

 table life, when the natural shoot must be cut off. 

 As the new plant grows have it carefully supported, 

 for one gust of wind, in a moment of time, will de- 

 capitate the most cherished object. 



