CHAPTEK Y. 



PLANTING AND PRUNING. 



Roses that liave been grown out of pots 

 should, if possible, be planted while in a dormant 

 condition ; for, if removed for transplanting 

 while the sap is flowing freely, and the plant is 

 in vigorous growing condition, there occurs too 

 great a shock, one from which the plant does not 

 easily recover. All roses, therefore, taken from 

 the open ground should be planted during the 

 autumn or spring ; the more hardy kinds, such as 

 the summer roses, most of the Hybrid Perpetuals, 

 and possibly some of the Bourbons, may prefer- 

 ably be planted in the autumn ; the more tender 

 sorts in the spring. Plants that have been prop- 

 agated from cuttings, or layers (on own roots), 

 should be set, as nearly as possible, as they were 

 grown in the nursery. Budded or grafted 

 plants should be set so that the jimction of the 

 bud or graft is about two inches beneath the sur- 

 face of the soil. Planted in this way there is 



