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Many budders dispense with the cross cut, but it facilitates the insertion 

 of the bud. When the bud is placed in position cut off the surplus 

 piece of bark and bind up the wound tight (see E, Fig. 9) with raffia. 

 A month after budding examine the bud, and if found to be dead another 

 should be inserted in the opposite side. Do not touch the tops of stocks 

 until after the leaf has fallen, and not then unless they are wanted for 

 cuttings. The time to remove them is in February. They are then cut 

 quite away to within an 

 inch of the bud. Seed- 

 ling briars are budded 

 in the collar, that is, the 

 thick root immediately 

 below the branches. 



Budding Standard 

 Briars. These are bud- 

 ded in the best lateral 

 growths, but close up to 

 the upright stem two 

 or more kinds may be 

 budded on one standard, 

 but they should agree in 

 growth for instance, La 

 France (pink) and Alfred 

 Colomb (red) would as- 

 sociate well together. 

 In the case of the 

 standards remove the 

 raffia after the fourth 

 week and retie again loosely, but do not cut away any of the growths 

 until February. When the buds start out (as they often will and 

 blossom), leave them until autumn, and then cut back to one eye. 

 Retain the raffia on dwarf stocks ; the soil will rot it off before February. 



Propagating by Cuttings. There are many different ways of striking 

 Roses from cuttings, but the best one for the beginner is as follows : 

 Early in September a piece of ground in a sheltered part of the garden, 

 but not necessarily under a north hedge, should be deeply dug, or, better 

 still, trenched. When gritty material, sand, burnt garden refuse, &c., 

 is at hand intermix this with the soil, unless the latter is sandy. Whilst 

 this soil is settling down make the cuttings from growths that bore the 

 first or summer flowers. Where possible they should have a heel, i.e. a 

 piece of the old stem attached. 



The cutting may be of any length, but 5 to 6 inches is about right. 

 Smooth over the heel with a sharp knife, remove all foliage save the 

 topmost leaf-stalk, but do not cut away any eyes or buds (see illustra- 

 tions). The cutting is now ready for planting. Where a heel cannot 

 be secured, cut the end just below an eye or leaf-bud. The wood 

 must be quite hard. As the different kinds are made, tie into bundles, 

 and lay them in boxes of moist sand or soil, and keep them in a 



FIG. 9. Budding Roses. 



