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HPIIE TREE ROSE.— Practical Instructions for its 



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CONTENTS. 



Annual pruning 

 time, principle of 

 execution, &c. 



Binding up 



Budding knife 



Budding, time of 

 year, day, time of 

 day, state of the 

 plant, care of buds 



Budding upon body 

 Bud, insertion of, 



into stock 

 Bud, preparation of, 



for use 

 Buds, dormant and 



pushing 

 Buds, failing 

 Buds, securing a 



supply of 

 Caterpillars, slugs, 



and snails, to 



destroy 

 Causes of success 

 Dormant buds, theory 



of replanting with, 



explained 

 Guards against wind 

 Labelling 

 Loosing ligatures 

 March pruning 

 Mixture for healing 



wounds 



Pruning for trans- 

 plantation 



Planting out, and ar- 

 rangement of trees 



Pushing eye, spring 

 treatment of dwarf 

 shoots from 





Roses, different sorts 



on the same stock 

 Roses, short list of 



desirable sorts for 



budding with a 



pushing eye 

 Sap-bud, treatment of 

 Shape of trees 

 Shoots and buds, 



choice of 

 Shoots for budding 



upon, and their 



arrangement 

 Shoots, keeping even, 



and removing 



thorns 

 Shortening wild 



shoots 

 Stocks, planting out 

 for budding upon; 

 the means of pro- 

 curing ; colour, age, 

 height; sorts for 

 different species of 

 Rose : taking up, 



trimming roots, 

 sending a distance, 

 shortening heads, 

 &c. ; saw proper for 

 the purpose. 



GRAFTING. 



J Aphides, tokeep down 



Free-growers, re- 

 marks on 



Graft, binding up 

 and finishing [of 



Grafting, advantage 



Grafting, disadvan- 

 tage of 



Operations in differ- 

 ent months 



Preliminary observa- 

 tions 



Roses, catalogue and 

 brief description 

 of a few sorts 



Scion, preparation 



and insertion of 

 Scion, choice and 



arrangement of 

 Stock, preparation of. 

 APPENDIX. 



A selection of varie- 

 ties j 



Comparison between 

 budding and 

 grafting. 



African Lilies 



Agapanthus 



Anemones # 



Annuals 



Apples 



Apricot 



Auriculas 



Beans 



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Biennials 



Black Fly 



Books for Cottagers 



Borage 



Borecole 



Box Edgings 



Broccoli 



Brussels Sprouts 



Budding 



Bulbs 



Cabbage 



Cactus 



Calceolarias 



Californian Annuals 



Campanulas 



Carnations 



Carrots 



Cauliflowers 



Celery 



Cherries 



China Asters 



China Roses 



Chrysanthemums, 



Chinese 

 Chives 



Clarkias 



Clematis 



Collinsias 



Colewort 



Cress 



C reepers 

 C rocus 



Crown Imperials 

 Cucumbers 



Cultivation of flowers] Pea-haulm 

 in windows Pears 



Gilias 



Gooseberries 

 Grafting 

 Green-fly 

 Heartsease 

 Herbs 



Herbaceous Peren- 

 nials 

 Heliotrope 

 Hollyhocks 

 Honeysuckle 

 Horse-radish 

 Hyacinths 

 Hydrangeas 

 Hyssop 



Indian Cress 

 Iris 



Kidney Beans 

 Lavender 

 Layering 

 Leeks 



Leptosiphons 

 Lettuce 

 Lobelias 

 London Pride 

 Lychnis, double 

 Marigold 

 Marjoram 

 Manures 

 Marvel of Peru 



Mesembryanthe- 

 mums 



Mignonette 

 Mint 



Mustard 

 Narcissus 

 Nemophilas 

 CEnothera bifrons 

 Onions 



Pseonies 

 Parsnip 



Parsley 



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Dahlias 

 Daisies 



Dog's-tooth Violets 

 Exhibitions, prepar- 

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Fruit 



Fuchsias 

 Gentianella 



Peas 



Pelargoniums 

 Perennials 

 Persian Iris 

 Petunias 



Phlox 



Pigs 



Pinks 



Planting 



Plums 



Polyanthus 

 Potatoes 

 Pruning 

 Privet 



Propagation by cut- 

 tings 



Pyracantha 

 Radishes 



Ranunculus 



Raspberries 

 Rhubarb 



Rockets 



Roses 



Rue 



Rustic Yases 



Sage 



Salvias 

 Savoys 



Saxifrage 

 Scarlet Runner 



Beans 

 Seeds 



Sea Daisy or Thrift 

 I Seakale 

 Select Flowers 

 Select Vegetables 



and Fruit 

 Snails and Slugs 

 Snowdrops 

 Spinach 



Spruce Fir 

 Spur Pruning 

 Stocks 



Strawberries 

 Summer Savory 

 Sweet William 

 Thorn Hedges 

 Thyme 



Tigridia Pavonia 

 Transplanting 

 Tree Lifting 

 Tulips 



Turnips 



Vegetable Cookeiy 

 Venus's Looking- 

 Glass 



Verbenas 

 Vines 



Virginian Stocks 

 Wallflowers 

 Willows 

 Zinnias 



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