172 The Rose Garden. 



Manetti. The former abounds in the hedges throughout Europe, where it delights us 

 with its delicately-tinted blossoms in June and July. It is, however, a bad subject 

 there, and all who value a good fence will rejoice over its removal. There cannot be 

 a good hedge where the Dog-Roses abound. The Autumn is the best time to remove 

 them, and a mattock is the fittest instrument for the purpose. Before replanting in 

 the garden the roots should be trimmed close with a bill, bruising them as little as 

 possible in the operation, and the tops shortened, of various lengths, according to their 

 bulk or straightness. Cuttings of the Dog-Rose may be taken the end of October, 

 and cut into lengths of about six inches, the lower four inches being inserted under 

 ground. If taken with heels there will likely be a larger percentage of rooted stocks 

 fit for planting out in a year's time (October). Nine months later on (July) these 

 Dog-Rose cuttings may be budded. A great fuss was made some few years ago about 

 budding Roses on seedling briars, and the practice was written about as if altogether 

 new. But it was resorted to in my father's nurseries seventy years ago, and has been 

 carried on here from time to time ever since. The seedling Dog-Rose is a very good 

 stock, and is easily raised from the hips gathered in the Autumn and sown in the 

 Spring or Autumn following. It is best suited for light dry soils. The De la Grifferaie 

 and Manetti stocks may be either struck from cuttings made in Autumn as above, or 

 purchased at the Nurseries. The De la Grifferaie is a good stock for Tea-scented and 

 Chinese Roses intended for pot-culture. Some varieties, too, which do not thrive 

 on the Manetti, grow and flower well on this stock. The Manetti is desirable for 

 Roses in pots, and admissible for hardy kinds when an extremely vigorous growth is 

 desired ; it has been recommended for kinds of delicate growth which do not thrive 

 well on the Dog-Rose, but my experience does not uphold the recommendation. 

 If a change of stock is necessary for such it would seem that one of a finer, not 

 coarser nature than the Dog-Rose should be employed. That the plants grow more 

 vigorously on the Manetti the first year we do not deny, but their subsequent decline 

 is also more rapid. 



As the stocks for standard and dwarf standard Roses shoot forth in Spring they 

 will sometimes produce buds from the base to the top ; all should be removed but 

 two or three nearest the summit. Three placed triangularly are best, when the two 

 lower ones which should range on opposite sides may be budded, and the upper 

 one cut away so soon as the stranger buds are developed. 



Manetti, De la Grifferaie, and other stocks for dwarf Roses, whether planted in 

 rows or beds, may be allowed to grow as they like till the time for budding arrives, 

 then clear a sufficient space on the stem as near the ground as possible to allow of 

 the buds being inserted conveniently. 



The operation of budding consists in transferring from one tree a small piece of 

 bark containing an embryo bud, and inserting it beneath the bark of another tree. 

 This piece of bark is called the bud, d ; the tree in which it is inserted is called 



