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the inserted buds. In the case of standards the " shoots " 

 are shortened back, also in February, to within six inches 

 of the inserted buds. So much of the Brier shoot is 

 left that when it sprouts in April it will help to draw 

 up the sap to the bud, and when the latter starts into 

 growth the Brier may be cut back close to the bud. An 

 expert budder easily buds sixty dwarf stocks in an hour. 



Briers potted up in winter may be budded in July ; 

 if placed in a warm greenhouse in December, the tops 

 then being cut back to the inserted buds, they will make 

 nice little plants by midsmnmer. This is a cheap and 

 simple way of obtaining pot rose plants for forcing. 



One named rose may be budded on another named 

 rose. If, for example, one possesses an old rose bush 

 that is of no value, several buds of a good variety may 

 be inserted. The condemned rose should be cut down 

 almost to the ground in winter. New growths will start 

 from the base, and upon these, at their base, the buds 

 are inserted and afterwards treated ^s advised for dwarf 

 stocks. 



Roses from Cuttings 



If it were only for the fascination that centres in 

 home-grown plants, it would be well worth while to 

 raise roses from cuttings ; but when it is known that 

 some roses thrive better on their own roots than when 

 budded or grafted on a stock, roses from cuttings possess 

 a double value. Considering how very easy it is to 

 induce the cuttings to form roots, and how quickly they 

 develop into good plants, it is really surprising that 

 more amateurs do not practise this method of propaga- 



