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visually be found that every nook and corner is filled 

 Avith market plants at the season of the year when the 

 roses, upon which he must depend for his next winter's 

 bloom, need both room and careful attention, preclud- 

 ing the possibility of his giving them the care and 

 watchfulness necessary to have them in perfect form 

 when needed for planting. Many growers so situated 

 have given up trying to raise their own flowering stock, 

 being satisfied that it is to their interest to contract 

 with some specialist for their supply, giving him time 

 to grow their plants so that they may be delivered at a 

 specified time, and in size and condition superior to 

 what his limited facilities would permit. 



We hear of " two-eyed cuttings," and see plants ad- 

 vertised as having been grown from such. The suppo- 

 sition is that there is an eye at either end of the cutting, 

 one of which is placed in the sand and around which 

 the roots form, while the other constitutes the nucleus 

 of the future plant. Unless it is desired to have roses 

 send up canes from the base, or from underneath the 

 surface soil, it is a mistake to insert an eye in the 

 sand, or to leave a heel on the cutting, as that is full of 

 eyes. Such canes almost invariably throw a cluster of 

 buds, and are deficient in length of stem and foliage. 

 Every encouragement should be given to have the 

 plants break from their heads, throwing long stems, ter- 

 minated by single buds, and thus be enabled to give 

 both the length of stem and luxuriance of foliage so 



