OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



in the case of the own root plants, purchased from a 

 grower who advocates their use. At the end of the 

 first summer the difference was plainly apparent and 

 was strongly in favor of the budded plants. At the 

 end of two years there was no possible doubt as to 

 the result; the budded plants were far superior. 

 Experiments with other roses have endorsed this 

 result, and budded roses are recommended for all 

 outdoor work for the majority of roses contained in 

 the lists, whether Hybrid Teas, Hybrid Perpetuals, 

 Teas, Chinas, or Pernetianas. 



The roses which do well on their own roots must 

 be secured in two-year-old plants to obtain the best 

 results, and should either be planted in the fall from 

 dormant field grown stock, or planted in the spring 

 from pots after the weather is settled, and for the 

 best results procured from a nursery near at hand. 

 Such plants will become established toward fall and 

 usually give fair results at that time. 



In the case of climbers and some few very strong 

 growers the own root roses will give good results, but 

 as a working rule they cannot be recommended. In 

 one garden budded roses, originally planted in the 

 autumn of 1900 and moved to their present place 

 in 1907, are still strong and healthy, and of the origi- 

 nal lot less than two per cent, have died in over fif- 

 teen years. 



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