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large a plant the first yeav as if grafted. If a lady sets out a 

 dozen plants on their own roots she will have good bushes a dozen 

 years hence, Init if she sets out grafted plants slie will have in two 

 years a lot of Mauetti stocks. A neighbor of the speaker 

 planted thirteen years ago twenty-five La France on their own 

 roots ; they are now six feet high, and last July he cut two hun- 

 dred flowers from them. The great difficulty we find with much 

 the larger portion of the public is that they do not understand tlie 

 difference between the suckers from the Manetti stocks and shoots 

 from the graft ; hence it is much l)etter to give them plants that 

 will not be ruined by suckers. 



Frederick L. Harris said that if we import roses budded low down 

 and plant them deep, they Avill stand our climate well and in one 

 year give more flowers than plants on their own roots will give in 

 two years. Once in a while we get suckers from the stock, but 

 anyone who studies the character of the shoots can remove them. 

 The speaker would not recommend purchasers to buy anj'^ roses 

 budded on stems five or six inches high. 



President Spooner said that he is a strong advocate for 

 budded roses, if they are budded in the right place and properly 

 grown. They should be planted so as to have the stock three or 

 four inches beneath the surface, and the bark should be raised a 

 little on each side to enable them to emit roots more readily ; you 

 will then get a better plant in one year than in three or four years 

 if the}' are on their own roots. The Mauetti stock is the best for 

 light soils ; the brier sends up too man}' suckers. All the best 

 roses that come to our shows are from budded stocks. He does 

 not want to wait four or five years to get a strong plant. 



Among the best summer roses are La France, and, for later, 

 Fisher Holmes or Prince Arthur (the last named a seedling from 

 General Jacqueminot). Heinrich Schultheis, and Lady Helen 

 SteAvart. For white. Merveille de Lyon and Mabel Morrison. 

 Gloire de Lyonnaise throws up fine shoots. ]Madame Victor 

 Verdier is a grand garden rose. Alfred Colomb is of globular 

 form and high-scented. 3Ime. Isaac Pereire. a Hybrid Bourbon, 

 is a good climbing variety. Earl Dufferin has a full flower and is 

 destined to be one of the best. Marshal P. Wilder is too much 

 like Alfred Colomb. Mme. Montet is a free flowering variety and 

 of very fine color. Mme. Gabriel Luizet is very desirable for this 

 purpose. Mrs. John Laing is almost as free flowering as General 

 Jacqueminot. 



