CHAPTER VII 



ROSE CUTTINGS UNDER GLASS 



WE intimated in Chapter II that we would deal with the propagation 

 of roses from cuttings under glass when we reached the subject of 

 pot roses, and, seeing that rose grafting comes really under this 



heading and has already been dealt 

 with, we must redeem our promise 

 here. The practice is not so 

 largely resorted to as it used to 

 be, yet it affords a very ready means of 

 increasing stock, and of supplying a steady 

 demand, that for pot roses on their own roots. 

 It is done usually in early June, when a good 

 supply of wood is available from indoor plants, 

 especially such varieties as M. Niel, Niphetos, 

 C. Mermet, Killarney, Liberty, and others that 

 have just finished blooming and consequently 

 have hardened their wood. Pot plants of the 

 newer varieties of which there may be a 

 scarcity, may also be called upon to furnish 

 their quota, any trimmings of which, if fairly 

 solid, may be used as cuttings a cutting 

 from every eye if desirable but from every two 

 eyes, one at top and one at bottom if possible 

 (Fig. 21 A). 



The compost in which these cuttings strike 

 the most readily is made up of finely sifted 

 peat with a generous addition of sharp silver 

 sand, mixed well together and pressed very 

 firmly into 48-size pots (5 inches). The pots 

 must be quite clean (it is better to wash them) 

 and nearly half filled with small crocks over the 



FIG. 20A. -Climbing- one lar g er crock at the bottom (see Fig. 21 B). 

 Niphetos from a A pot this size will take a dozen cuttings, 

 Cutting which are inserted at i inch apart, or there 



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