OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



Multiflora, and with some varieties secure stronger 

 and better stock than that grown from the ordinary 

 stocks as generally used. Sometimes Rugosa stock 

 is used for budding and a very few roses do quite 

 well on it, the most noted of which is Molly Sharman 

 Crawford. 



Undoubtedly the ideal stock for all roses has not 

 yet been discovered, and a great advance should be 

 made in this most important section of rose culture. 

 In order to secure a perfect rose list, budding on 

 different stocks should be tried. If cuttings only are 

 employed, very many roses will not succeed as well 

 for outdoor culture. 



There are two objections to budded roses. First, 

 they occasionally break off at the bud, but this has 

 so seldom occurred with us in actual practice that 

 it is not worth consideration. The second and main 

 reason is that the stocks upon which the roses are 

 budded throw up shoots of their own below the bud, 

 which, if left, take the entire nourishment of the 

 roots and check the budded growth by crowding it 

 out and taking its light and sunshine. 



These shoots from below the bud may be very 

 easily detected upon then- appearance, because they 

 come up from the ground outside the plant and also 

 because of their different habit of growth, containing, 



as they do, seven and sometimes nine leaves on each 



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