152 the;. BOOK OF THE ROSE chai>. 



even the following year; but there is something 

 amiss with them, and they are not likely to form good 

 plants. 



The principal thing to remember of the maiden 

 growth of newly-budded plants is that no search for 

 insects, remedies for mildew, or admiration of the 

 glorious blooms should hinder the one care of tie — 

 tie— tie, or all may be lost in a moment. 



Grafting.— This mode of working the Rose upon 

 another stock is so inferior to budding in many ways 

 that it only survives because, with the aid of heated 

 houses, it can be practised in the winter. A nursery- 

 man, or any one who has the proper appliances, can 

 thus increase his stock of any particular variety 

 many fold in the middle of winter, and multiply 

 the number of buds he will be able to use when the 

 outdoor stocks are ready. 



It is in this way that new Eoses are so quickly 

 propagated, but of course any other variety which 

 has become scarce can be increased in the same 

 manner. Healthy young stocks not too large should 

 be established in pots the year before for the 

 purpose. They may be manetti or briar cuttings, 

 but the manetti is best, from its ready rooting 

 power, and its susceptibility and readiness to grow 

 when exposed to heat. If the supply of stocks be 

 short, suitable pieces of briar-root, taken from 

 stocks where budding has failed, have often been 

 found to answer the purpose well. 



The operation is generally performed in January, 

 when both stocks and scions are in a dormant 

 condition. All available shoots of the Eose should 

 be cut off and stuck into the ground somewhere 

 where they will not be injured by frost or excited 



