GENERAL INFORMATION 



After roses have been hybridized, allow the seed 

 pods to develop, and when the weather becomes 

 warm in late spring or early summer take the plants 

 from the greenhouse or conservatory and plant the 

 pots in soil out-of-doors to enable the heps to mature 

 properly. In order to protect seed pods from birds 

 or other interference it is advisable to cover the 

 hybridized plants with wire netting. Towards early 

 autumn the seeds should be taken carefully from the 

 heps and planted, each lot being kept separate. 



In mature seeds a little rose plant will sprout in 

 a month or thereabouts with greenhouse care, bottom 

 heat, and carefully-selected soil for germination. In 

 the course of another six weeks very small blooms 

 will appear on many of them, with the exception of 

 the climbers. 



Commercial firms who grow new varieties of out- 

 door roses at once bud or graft on Manetti or Briar 

 stocks to propagate the wood. 



As a rule, inside grafting is not done the latter part 

 of the winter, the sun being too hot. 



Briar as a stock is not used in indoor work, as 

 during the winter it "goes to sleep." 



For these reasons seedlings of Wichuraiana, of 

 Rugosa and of sorts which grow especially well on 

 their own roots should first be tested on their own 

 roots. 



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