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shallow planting. This is probably the only 

 valid objection that can be urged against 

 budded roses. 



The most experienced amateurs, as exem- 

 plified by Dr. Huey, put their faith in budded 

 roses, in whose favour much can be said. 

 They are much more vigorous, produce finer 

 blooms, come into bearing sooner, and last 

 just as long, if not longer. Budded roses 

 give a fair amount of bloom the first season 

 after planting, and each subsequent year 

 adds to their vigour and beauty. Dr. Huey 

 in 1887 made a bed of budded roses, and 

 eighteen years after he reported in Country 

 Life in America (March, 1905) that four had 

 died, the others being still vigorous and 

 healthy, although the soil had not been 

 changed. Adjoining this bed, twenty-four 

 strong own-root plants of Ulrich Brunner 

 were planted ten years later, and at the time 

 of the report, nine of them had died, while of 

 the twelve budded Brunners immediately 

 adjacent all were still flourishing. From 

 this it is reasonable to infer that budded roses 

 are at least as hardy as those grown on their 

 own roots. 



It must be admitted, however, that some 



