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cut this through with a sharp knife. The cuttings should be about 

 8 inches in length. Sometimes these laterals will make two or three 

 cuttings. Use the strongest wood you can get, providing it is not 

 soft and pithy. Plant them in the open garden on a piece of well 

 dug soil, and let the rows be about 12 inches apart, and the cuttings 



IF CUTTINGS OP ROSES ARE INSERTED IN A FLOWER POT 



FILLED WITH SANDY SOIL IN LATE SUMMER OR EARLY 



AUTUMN, THEY WILL FORM ROOTS IN A FEW W T EEKS IF 



PLACED UNDER A HANDLIGHT IN A GREENHOUSE. 



about 4 inches apart in the rows. They should be put in almost 

 their full depth, merely leaving about | inch above the soil, and be 

 careful to tread them in very tightly. It is a good plan to put a 

 little sandy soil for the ends of cuttings to rest on. Most Roses 

 prefer sunshine, but the Scotch Roses will grow in the shade, also 

 the Rugosa or Japanese tribe. We should not advise you to strike 



