CHAPTER XXVI 



how roses are increased 



Budding 

 Budding is the process by which a bud, or " eye," is 

 taken from a shoot of a cultivated rose and inserted 

 beneath the bark of a wild Brier or other " stock." The 

 " eye," or bud, is seen as a speck situated between the 

 base of each leaf stalk and the stem. If not disturbed, 

 the eye or bud would, in the ordinary course of events, 

 grow and bloom. It really contains a plant in embryo, 

 for by inserting the bud beneath the bark of a Brier 

 shoot the two unite, and in course of time the " eye," or 

 bud, of the rose will start into growth. 



Why do we " bud " roses instead of rooting them 

 from cuttings ? For the reason that it is more expedi- 

 tious, and a more successful means of raising up a stock. 

 Cuttings form an admirable means of increasing many 

 varieties, but the choicer roses are not readily rooted 

 from cuttings unless one has a greenhouse, and even then 

 there are many failures. Millions of roses are budded 

 annually, and for the amateur who wishes to exhibit 

 roses it is essential that he should bud a few stocks each 

 year, that he may be able to exhibit those roses that 

 are only seen at their very best on the yearling or maiden 



plant. 



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