VIII. 



PROPAGATION. 



HERE are four methods used in 

 propagating roses by cuttings, 

 by budding, by grafting, by layer- 

 ing; in importance they rank in 

 the order named, and in this order we will 

 briefly consider them. 



Although the principles which govern the 

 art of propagation are the same the world 

 over, it will be found that rosarians differ 

 widely in working out details ; thus, in the 

 production of roses from cuttings, we, in 

 America, are as much more successful than 

 our European brethren as they excel us in 

 the production of budded and grafted plants. 

 BY CUTTINGS. There is no doubt but 

 that plants grown from cuttings are the most 

 useful for general purposes, and the greater 

 number of our choice varieties can be grown 

 in this way without difficulty ; but there are 

 some beautiful kinds, like Baroness Roths- 

 child, \>i*ich root with great difficulty; these 

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