36 MARKET NURSERY WORK 



Until they have established themselves in these larger pots, 

 they should still be nursed until by their growth they demonstrate 

 their fitness for taking care of themselves, and then, but not till 

 then, they are removed to cooler houses and treated no longer as 

 exotics, but as hardy English roses. 



We trust that as we have brought you step by step through the 

 " mysteries " of grafting we have made ourselves clear, leaving 

 nothing ambiguous or not understandable. For many, many years 

 we have reckoned this work, on a large scale, as part of our usual 

 routine, so that if we have failed to make clear the actual processes 

 it must be put down to our lack of skill with the pen, and we can 

 plead that the propagating house and the potting shed are not likely 

 places to pick up " style " or to perfect ourselves in the painting 

 of word pictures. Let this excuse our failings. 



