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chosen, always following the indication of the free 

 parting of the wood from the bark, for if the bark 

 does not rise with facility the buds are liable to 

 perish for want of a due supply of nourishment. The 

 buds should always be selected from vigorous young 

 w6od that has never flowered. About the end of 

 October i\^ plant should be cut down to within a foot 

 of where the operation has been performed, which 

 will greatly tend to strengthen both the tree and buds 

 that have taken. In the following spring all the 

 stocks should be deprived of their superfluous wood; 

 observe, however, to leave one bud or eye above the 

 inserted bud, which will greatly assist its growth till 

 it has made a few leaves, and is fit to perform the 

 functions of vegetable life, w^hen the natural shoot 

 must be cut off. As the new plant grows have it 

 carefully supported, for one gust of w4nd in a moment 

 of time, will decapitata the most cherished object. 



PHOPAGATING BY GRAFTING. 



This method of propagation with the rose is of 

 recent introduction, but is now practised to a great 

 extent by the nurseryman, in the forcing house in 

 January and February, and in the open air in 

 March and April ; but in the southern states the 



