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about them, read about different kinds of "stocks," and inquiry 

 reveals the fact, unknown to them hitherto, although familiar 

 enough to gardeners, that Roses are not, as a rule, propagated by 

 seeds, or cuttings, or division, but by putting growth buds of 

 them on the stems of allied plants, such as Briers, or Manettis. 

 The beginner will ask whether he should do this, or whether he 

 should buy plants which have been formed already. There is no 

 doubt as to his course, he should buy plants ; partly because there 



is a difficulty in getting stocks, and 

 partly because budding needs prac- 

 tice. 



After the amateur has gained ex- 

 perience of Roses he may very well 

 try his hand at budding. He will 

 have to get briers out of the hedge- 

 rows in autumn, and plant them in 

 his garden. They need only be 

 straight stems like walking-sticks, 

 with a stump of root. In spring 

 BUDDING ROSES they will push shoots, which by the 



No. i, The dotted line, A, shows how to cut r T 1 r 1.1. i 



out the bud, B ; NO. 2, the bud severed end. ol J uly, or irom that to the 



from the branch ; No. 3, arrow points to j j 1 r A '111- l_ 



hard wood to be removed; No. * bark of middle of AugUSt, Will haVC beCOme 



branch cut lengthwise and across; No. 5, fhirk 3^ leaH-DenHk anH a fnnt 



arrow points to bark duly raised; No. 6, aS 1Catl P en dlS, and Z 



arrow points to the bud inserted; No. 7, Qr more long. At the baSC of each 

 the bud tied in position. 



shoot he may cut a slit through the 



bark, about an inch and a half long, and terminating in a cross-cut. 

 He will then take a growing shoot of the Rose which he wishes to 

 propagate, and cut off a thin slice of wood and bark a little more 

 than an inch long, the centre of which comes underneath a leaf. 

 The reason for this is that at the base of each leaf there is a 

 dormant bud, which is the future plant. After trimming the leaf 

 back to its footstalk, and removing the wood from the bark 

 without displacing the bud or injuring its base, the edges of the 



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