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fcurbance of the roots. This method of propagating 

 Strawberries has been largely practised during the past 

 ten years in the United States, and is now a favorite 

 method. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

 PROPAGATING ROSES BY GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 



This is the system almost entirely used in Europe, 

 and although it has the disadvantage of necessitating 

 watchfulness in removing the suckers that come from the 

 stock, it is no doubt the quickest way that new varieties 

 can be increased ; besides, in many weak-growing kinds, 

 it imparts greater vigor to the plant. We have found it to 

 be the only method of renewing the weakened vitality of 

 kinds that have been injured by over propagation from cut- 

 tings, or by continuous forcing for winter flowers, which 

 is well known has so weakened many of the kinds used 

 for that purpose, that failures the past few years have in- 

 creased largely. The main reason why the grafted plant 

 imparts greater vigor is, that the operation, as usually 

 performed, compels the stock to be rested for several 

 months; it is well known that, in the way Eoses are 

 usually propagated from cuttings, they are taken from 

 plants that have had no rest. If we would attain the 

 greatest vigor in a Rose plant, a proper amount of rest is 

 imperatively demanded. The " Manetti " is the stock 

 most generally preferred for grafting or budding roses. 

 They are usually imported from England, costing $6 

 to $7 per 1,000. When received in November, they 

 are potted in three inch pots, kept free from fire heat, 

 in cold houses or frames, or covered by leaves in the 

 open ground, until January, February, or March. The 

 operation of grafting is very simple, and is done by the 



