PROPAGATION OF ROSES. 171 



PROPAGATION OF ROSES 



THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASONS 



THESE may be propagated by budding, grafting, 

 or layering, as directed for roses that bloom in 

 June ; as we have before said, the latter method is 

 preferable, and makes very permanent plants. They 

 are also extensively propagated by cuttings, which 

 is the plan that now calls for our special notice. 

 There are two periods of the season, June and 

 September, in which this mode can be adopted 

 extensively and successfully, with the families of 

 Bengal, Tea, Noisette, Bourbon, and Remontantes, 

 Roses ; (Perpetual succeed best by budding.) In 

 May or June, as soon as the young shoots have 

 shed their first flowers they will be in a proper 

 state for use. The cuttings may be made from two 

 to four inches long, having at least three joints or 

 buds, from the lower end of which cut off the leaf 

 and smooth the bottom end, with a sharp knife, 

 directly under an eye, leaving the other leaves un- 

 touched ; the cuttings may then be inserted about 

 one and a half or two inches into very sandy soil, 

 either in pots or in the ground ; if in a frame, so 

 much the better. Shade them from the sun during 



