CHAPTER YIII. 



PROPAGATION. 



There are four methods used in propagating 

 roses— by cuttings, by budding, by grafting, by 

 layering ; in importance they rank in the order 

 named, and in this order we will briefly consider 



them. 



Although the principles which govern the art 

 of propagation are the same the world over, it 

 will be found that rosarians differ widely in 

 working out details ; thus, in the production of 

 roses from cuttings, we, in America, are as much 

 more successful than our European brethren as 

 they excel us in the production of budded and 

 grafted plants. 



Br Cuttings. — There is no doubt but that 

 Dlants grown from cuttings are the most useful 

 for general purposes, and the greater number of 

 our choice varieties can be grown in this way 

 without difficulty ; but there are some beautiful 

 kinds, like Baroness Eothschild, which root with 



