CHAPTEE VII 



STOCKS 



EosES are not generally grown on their own roots 

 but " worked," that is, budded or grafted, upon 

 other more free-growing sorts. This is done, firstly, 

 to save time : a plant in its full strength, capable 

 of giving the finest flowers, can be obtained much 

 quicker by budding the Eose on the wild stock, as it 

 thereby gets at once the full benefit of the strong 

 roots of the briar, and often yields the best blooms 

 the first year after budding. In the propagation of 

 new Eoses, where it is required to raise as large a 

 number of plants as possible for the following 

 season, nurserymen are often able, by commencing 

 in the winter under glass, to raise three generations 

 in one year. 



And, secondly, Eoses are not grown on their own 

 roots, simply because the very large majority of 

 them do not either grow or flower so well when 

 thus treated, as when worked on suitable stocks. 

 This is a fact, easily capable of demonstration : 

 nevertheless, instructions for propagating Eoses on 

 their own roots will be found at p. 155. 



The principal stock used is the common Dog- 



