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COMMERCIAL ROSE CULTURE 



stock, commencing as close to the soil as you can and working 

 upward. Cut the cion to match and fit them together. If 

 stock and cion are both of the same size, and well matched on 

 both sides, it is a perfect piece of work. The inner bark of both 

 must come together on one side at least, and it is better to 

 make a perfect union on one side regardless of the other than 

 to try to match both sides, and fail because stock and cion are 



Manetti stock cut down ready to receive cion 



of unequal size or the work improperly done. When matched, 

 tie them together by wrapping raffia around, and tying with 

 a loop knot, or passing the end underneath the last lap and 

 draw tight. This operation ought to be done quickly but care- 

 fully. The beginner will have to go slowly at first, but with 

 practice he will soon become expert. 



