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which will separate freely from the wood, budding is seldom 

 or never attempted. Buds of any valuable Kose, however, one 

 chances to obtain may be turned to account, sacrificing some 

 common young Kose plant by cutting it completely down, 

 removing the soil, and inserting the buds upon the stump or 

 upon the root, the bark of which will always yield readily. 



But there is one mode of proceeding, by which if adopted 

 budding would succeed probably as well in Bengal as elsewhere. 

 And this is a matter of some importance ; as, when Roses have 

 become multiplied in this way, it may possibly be discovered 

 that there are those, which in India, as in England, succeed 

 well when budded on another stock, but indifferently grown on 

 their own roots. 



The plan would be very similar to that given by Mr. Eivers. 

 Lay down in an open piece of ground in the Eains a good 

 supply of cuttings of Eose Edouard, about a foot long, having 

 first removed all buds but the lowermost one at the base of the 

 cutting and the two uppermost. Lay the cuttings as sloping- 

 wise as possible, burying as much as two-thirds of them, so as 

 to leave only the topmost bud exposed, and press the earth 

 firmly down upon them. When they have struck and become 

 thoroughly established, they will be ready for budding upon ; 

 but they must be left just as they are till required for that pur- 

 pose. At which time the earth must be removed, the upper 

 part of the cutting laid bare, and the bud inserted in the 

 usual way as low down on the stock as can conveniently be got 

 at. The bark of the stock, it will be found, will always part 

 readily so long as kept moist by being let remain beneath the 

 soil. 



Grafting. Grafting, or more properly inarching, is the 

 practice that has been almost uniformly adopted in Bengal for 

 the propagation of the choicer kinds of Eoses in my opinion 

 a very inferior mode of proceeding. The stocks employed for 

 this purpose in the Gardens of the Agri-Horticultural Society 

 are of the Eosa gigantea, and the China Eose Due de Berri. 



Standards. Standard Eoses have been rarely seen in India 

 except in the Gardens of the Agri-Horticultural Society, where, 

 some years ago, several trees were formed by Mr. M'Murray, their 

 head-gardener. These, when in full blossom, presented a very 

 handsome appearance. Of course in this country, where high 



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