OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



planting outside, the bush does not make as much 

 progress, and the death-rate has been much greater 

 with grafted stock than with budded plants. Unfor- 

 tunately grafts do not take very well on the Briar, 

 therefore grafters use the Manetti which, as ex- 

 plained above, is not the best stock for Teas and 

 Hybrid Teas. 



Grafting is mostly used to increase new varieties 

 which, if budded, would necessarily have to be 

 operated upon in the late summer, the bud not devel- 

 oping until the following spring; whereas, in graft- 

 ing, a part of the plant desired to be propagated is 

 grafted upon the stock indoors and growth at once 

 begins; this is a very much quicker operation, 

 but not so sure of success as budding for outdoor 

 roses. 



Grafting requires great skill and is used to obtain 

 quick results. Seedlings to be tested are often 

 grafted and a verdict quickly arrived at. There are 

 numerous methods employed in grafting, but the 

 principle is the same in all; the variety required is 

 spliced on the stock and, as in budding, the strength 

 of the stock all goes into the variety desired. 



The books mentioned for cuttings and budding 

 give the best articles on grafting, in addition to which 

 "Parsons on the Rose" contains good, clear and 



explicit information on all these subjects. 



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