172 PROPAGATION OF ROSES 



the day, and give them gentle sprinklings of water. 

 They must also be protected from heavy drying 

 winds, and fully exposed to the dews of the night, 

 which are very genial to them. In about three or 

 four weeks they will be rooted, and may either 

 remain where planted till autumn, or be at once 

 transplanted into pots, and placed in the shade till 

 they have taken fresh root. These cuttings will 

 make fine plants for the next season, and by extra 

 culture may be made fine plants for blooming in 

 the green-house during winter. Cuttings taken off 

 in September, and planted in a very settled situa- 

 tion, will be well rooted in the following spring, 

 and may then be transplanted into any part of the 

 garden. The latter period will be the best for all 

 the southern states, and the former for the eastern 

 states. Indeed, cuttings can be taken off and may 

 be propagated successfully, at any period of the 

 season, when the plant has just ceased to bloom, 

 which is the grand criterion for propagating the 

 rose. In some soils, of a close sandy nature, all 

 that is required is merely to put in a small piece of 

 a shoot, in moist cloudy weather, where it is shaded 

 from the direct rays of the sun, and it will root in 

 a few weeks without any other care. 



Where there is the convenience of a forcing 

 house, or hotbeds of manure, there is another 

 period of the season when the rose may be exten- 



