V. 



PLANTING AND PRUNING. 



OSES that have been grown out of 

 pots should, if possible, be planted 

 while in a dormant condition ; for, 

 if removed for transplanting while 

 the sap is flowing freely, and the plant is in 

 vigorous growing condition, there occurs 

 too great a shock, one from which the plant 

 does not easily recover. All roses, therefore, 

 taken from the open ground should be planted 

 during the autumn or spring; the more 

 hardy kinds, such as the summer roses, most 

 of the Hybrid Perpetuals, and possibly some 

 of the Bourbons, may preferably be planted 

 in the autumn ; the more tender sorts in the 

 spring. Plants that have been propagated 

 from cuttings, or layers (on own roots), 

 should be set, as nearly as possible, as they 

 were grown in the nursery. Budded or 

 grafted plants should be set so that the junc- 

 tion of the bud or graft is about two inches be- 

 neath the surface of the soil. Planted in this 

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