38 COMMERCIAL ROSE CULTURE 



will appear, in which event a very little air might be carefully 

 admitted to help dispel this. But this tinkering ought not to 

 be necessary if everything has been properly done. 



If your cases are built in sections, as soon as one end is 

 empty and cleaned out, it is ready for the next round. Watch 

 the plants carefully the first few days after taking them out 

 of the cases. Shade them a little, if needed, but never when 

 you can get along without it. Give the plants the warmest and 

 most sunny bench you have, and they will grow rapidly. After 

 a few weeks they will need to be staked and tied to prevent 

 being broken when syringed with the hose. If the Raffia is tight 

 at this time, it may be cut away before it damages the bark. 

 Take good care of these plants and you will have good stock 

 at planting time. 



PROPAGATION BY SEEDLING AND BY BUDDING 



Propagation of Roses by seedlings is a slow and expensive 

 process, and is not to be recommended to the beginner. Several 

 thousand seedlings might be raised without getting one worth 

 growing. The men in this country and abroad who are engaged 

 in this work have, in many cases, spent years of time and labor, 

 to say nothing of money, and are deserving of great praise for 

 the results so far attained. But this is not a work for the Rose 

 grower who must make a living, and who is struggling to get 

 established in business. 



Propagation by budding is simple. It is practiced but little 

 inside, but outdoors it may be sometimes necessary or advisable 

 to use this method of propagation. Manetti makes a good 

 stock to bud on. This stock may be planted out early in the 

 Spring, in rows eight inches apart and three feet between the 

 rows. Bud in July or August as low as possible. 



There are two things necessary in budding: First, a well 

 established, healthy stock plant; second, a well matured bud. 

 The wood is in the right condition when the bark will peel 



