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three feet between the rows, and six or eight 

 inches apart ; in July and August the buds 

 are inserted ; the lower the buds can be put 

 in the better, as the liability to send up 

 suckers is thereby greatly diminished, and 

 opportunity is also afforded the plant of be- 

 ing ultimately established on its own roots. 



PROPAGATION BY GRAFTING. This is a 

 profitable mode to pursue when done in win- 

 ter under glass, using plants of Manetti or 

 Brier grown in pots for the purpose. Grafting 

 roses on the root cannot be made profitable, 

 as such a large percentage fail to grow. 

 Stock grafting is carried on in England and 

 elsewhere with great success, and although 

 the plants are not so desirable (owing to the 

 graft being of necessity some distance above 

 the roots) as those propagated by the other 

 methods, it affords nurserymen an oppor- 

 tunity of more quickly securing a stock of 

 new sorts, and also is advantageous as an aid 

 in producing more vigorous plants of such 

 varieties as Niphetos, than can possibly be 

 obtained from cuttings. 



PROPAGATION BY LAYERING was once prac- 

 tised to considerable extent, but it is a slow 

 method, and is now but little used. Good 

 plants can be obtained in this way of Persian 

 Yellow and some other varieties which do 



