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under glass. The Manetti, the Dog-rose, and indeed any com- 

 mon Roses, may be used as stocks. Whip-grafting, wedge-graft- 

 ing, and crown-grafting seem alike successful, but the first of 

 these is most commonly practised. It is important here that 

 the scion or stranger-wood be of about the same thickness 

 as the stock, so that the inner bark of the scion can be laid 

 exactly upon or in contact with the inner bark of the stock. 

 The two, when placed in contact, should be bound firmly to- 

 gether, as in budding. It is best that the stocks be potted 

 some months before required for use, in order that they may 

 have become established in the pots. The stocks should be 

 placed in a close house or frame, with heat, a fortnight before 

 grafting, that they may be a little in advance of the scion, so as 

 to yield a supply of sap to the scion from the first. When the 

 eyes on the scion have shot an inch or so, the ligature with 

 which it has been bound to the stock may be loosened, and 

 after a time wholly removed. As the plants advance in growth 

 they may be gradually brought into contact with the open air." 

 Cuttings of Roses (see fig.) may be taken and rooted with suc- 

 cess in spring, summer, and autumn ; and by cuttings we obtain 

 plants on their own roots. 

 Where forcing is resort- 

 ed to, cuttings may be 

 taken off the plants im- 

 mediately that the flow- 

 ering is over, and six or 

 eight of them may be 

 placed round a 48-sized 

 pot, in sandy peat or 

 loam, enriched by a 

 mixture of leaf -mould 

 or decayed manure. 



They Should be Set in single eye-cutting: of Rose. 



a close frame or house 



with bottom-heat, and be kept moist by syringing. They will 

 be rooted and ready for potting-off in about three weeks from 

 the time they are taken. Place them singly in small pots, 

 keeping them in heat until the roots touch the sides of the 

 pots, when they may be gradually hardened and transferred to 

 larger pots. This is the easiest and the quickest way of obtain- 

 ing Roses on their own roots, but according to my judgment 

 it is not the best way. Stronger and better - constitutioned 

 plants are obtained by taking cuttings from out of doors early 

 in autumn. Select well -ripened shoots, cutting them into 

 lengths of about three inches, and insert them in a sandy soil 



