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of growth. After they begin to send out shoots, se- 

 lect the one of most vigorous growth cutting off all 

 other shoots as they appear. Transplant when onp 

 year old." 



There is another way in which you may also greatly 

 multiply your roses ; take one of the new long shoots 

 of either climber or bush rose, and bend down care- 

 fully ; at mid-length the branch, scrape away about 

 an inch of the green bark on the under side of branch ; 

 bury this under three inches of soil, then place a 

 stone on top to hold the branch firmly under ground. 

 This will leave about a foot or more of branch be- 

 yond the stone. The scraped portion will send down 

 roots of its own, and as the branch still draws its 

 nourishment from the parent bush, it does not have 

 to depend on its own tender roots for sustenance. 



When the new roots are firmly established, cut 

 with sharp knife immediately beyond them on the 

 mother end of branch, and you then have a new vine 

 of even larger size and greater vigor than two-year- 

 old purchased roses. 



So many people have said to me, " We would like 

 to have rose gardens but we don't know what kind of 

 roses to order, nor which ones to choose from the 

 thousands off'ered in catalogues." 



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