GENERAL INFORMATION 



the selected rose before the pollen reaches this stage. 

 After the petals have been removed a small pair of 

 scissors should be used to cut off the anthers. Our 

 method has been to have a helper hold a piece of 

 paper on which most of the stamens and the anthers 

 and their pollen will be caught, and as we cut them 

 off we turn the rose and only cut the stamens from 

 the under side, thus precluding any possibility of the 

 immature pollen reaching the pistils. As the sta- 

 mens are cut off we generally find that some few 

 of them will be bent over and not yet fully developed, 

 and these should be carefully severed from the plant 

 because later on they will be dangerous to the experi- 

 ment. The pollen contained on the anthers which 

 you have cut off if kept in the sun will be developed 

 and can be used on any other flower which you care 

 to hybridize. Having prepared the seed parent or 

 female flower, you must now secure the pollen from 

 the other parent selected. If you do not desire to 

 use the other plant from which you purpose taking 

 the pollen for a seed parent, it will be unnecessary 

 to secure the pollen as above suggested, but the 

 whole flower may be cut and the pollen should be 

 active to have the experiment a success. 



All authorities seem to agree with our experience 

 that a bright, warm day is the best on which to breed 

 roses, as in damp, cloudy weather the pollen does not 



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