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22 COMMERCIAL ROSE CULTURE 



them delivered. Then your part will be to hustle everything 

 along and get your houses roofed in on time; your loam on 

 the benches, the water pipes laid, faucets all in position, and 

 everything in readiness for planting. It would be better, too, 

 if the boilers were set, piping done and everything in readiness 

 to turn on steam at a few hours' notice, but this is not so im- 

 portant as it is to avoid delay in planting. 



If the roof is tight, and the sides and ends closed in, you 

 can plant at almost any time after the middle of May, but do 

 not plant until the roof is covered. You can hurry along the 

 steam fitting while the plants are growing; you may not need 

 it for some little time, but it is better to be prepared. 



When ordering plants you may be in doubt as to whether 

 to order grafted or own root stock. In this you can be guided 

 to some extent by what others are doing in your locality. Some 

 varieties, like Madame Abel Chatenay, Perle des Jardins, and 

 others, do better on their own roots than they do grafted, in 

 fact, the last named will not succeed grafted on Manetti, but 

 does very well indeed on the Banksia stock. That fine new 

 yellow, Lady Hillingdon, seems to be equally at home on Brier, 

 Banksia or Manetti stock. Prince de Bulgarie does well either 

 grafted or on its own roots. Other kinds, like My Maryland, 

 are grown successfully by some growers when grafted, while 

 others, equally as skillful, will have none of this variety, except 

 on their own roots. Other kinds, like the Killarneys and 

 Richmond, will do very well indeed either way. 



The own root stock may be bought for about half the 

 price of the grafted, but you will probably cut two crops of 

 flowers in the Fall off the grafted plants before you get any 

 from the own root stock, so that the higher priced are likely 

 to prove the cheapest in the end. 



If you find it impossible to be ready for planting at the- 

 specified time you can generally make arrangements to have^ 

 your plants held a little while. As soon as you receive them 



