78 CALENDAR OJ OPERATIOKS. 



Sep temicr. 



Tou may now examine the budded plants, and undo the ties of any 

 that appear to swell, tying them more loosely, although tight enough 

 to hold in the bud. If any of the buds have failed, you may open a 

 fresh place, and insert others; but if well done, this wUl seldom be the 

 case. Continue to remove any shoots or eyes that are showing 

 growth in the stock, for on this much depends. Cuttings from the 

 smooth-wooded kinds may be taken and struck, and any that are 

 struck may be potted off in small pots. Weed the young plants in the 

 beds. Water them if the seasc- be dry. 



At the North, roses intended for early forcing, should now be 

 repotted and pruned. 



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Towards the end of the month, look out'for healthy stocks, or get 

 some one in that way of business to. collect for you. Always choose, 

 and make any one who undertakes to supply you understand that you 

 require strong stems, perfectly straight, with compact roots, that have 

 not been much damaged by removal. Any that you get should be at 

 once trimmed and planted in rows, about eighteen inches apart, and 

 the rows wide enough to enable you to go up and down them well, 

 to operate in the way of grafting and budding when required. Many 

 of the budded stocks may now be untied altogether, but it is not well 

 to cut the branches in which they are budded close down to the bud 

 until the spring months. As they would be more susceptible of 

 damage by frost, let them all be properly sheltered, and fastened, if 

 they have become loosened. Shorten the longestbranches of standard 

 roses, that they may not hold the wind so much ; and although it 

 would be improper to prune, their close back branches may be cut 

 clean away, because they are of no use on the tree. Cuttings of the 

 China and smooth-wooded kinds may be taken now for general 

 propagation. The plants will be the better for losing the wood, espe- 

 cially aU the dwarfs in pots. 



Examine the August-budded plants, and loosen the ties, if necessary. 

 Break or cut off the wild part of the stock above the bud, all except 

 one growing eye, to keep up the circulation; remove all other 



