PROPAGATION. 



boarded-in to secure boftbrri heat, and" this" I 

 believe to be the best method. Some rose 

 growers make no attempt at confining the 

 pipes or flues, and produce excellent plants 

 without resorting to bottom heat, but it is a 

 slower process, and there is a greater per- 

 centage of cuttings which fail to root. Ad- 

 vocates of this system claim that they secure 

 healthier, stronger plants in the end than 

 they would by the use of bottom heat. 

 There is no doubt that plants propagated in 

 a closely confined house in a high tempera- 

 ture are apt to turnout of weak constitution, 

 but we believe the best results follow where 

 plants are propagated in a bed at a tempera- 

 ture of about 70 degrees, with the tempera- 

 ture of the house a few degrees less. How- 

 ever, these matters concern nurserymen and 

 florists more than amateurs, for this class 

 does not care to put in operation anything 

 that requires much expense. When but few 

 cuttings are desired they can be placed in 

 pots and will take root in four or five weeks 

 after insertion, grown in any ordinary con- 

 servatory or greenhouse. After the cuttings 

 have taken root they should be potted in pots 

 not exceeding two and a half inches in diame- 

 ter. Certain kinds of roses take root with- 

 out difficulty, others are so stubborn that the 



