Restoring Lost Vitality to Roses. 223 



Tequiring for its accomplishment two seasons of gwwth. 

 The vitality of a tea rose is often impaired through 

 the ignorance or neglect of conditions pertaining to a 

 healthy growth, and when the plant sickens, or ceases 

 to he profitable as a producer, it is easy to see that its 

 vitality is impaired, but the cause is sometimes mis- 

 stated, and should be laid at the door of the operator, 

 instead of to the constitution of the plant. 



I have now in process of construction a block of 

 houses for summer growing exclusively. In these such 

 of the winter flowering varieties as will thrive in a 

 summer temperature will be planted, and from the 

 ■dormant wood of these, after the term of flow-erang is 

 over in the fall, a series of experiments will be made 

 in order to fully test the advantage, if any, ,that is 

 to be derived from a partial rest. Any gi-ower who 

 has stock in- a condition to try this method, can easily 

 satisfy himself as to its utility, without the risk of loss 

 or expense. The cuttings should be treated much as 

 Are those of hard wood, rooted slowly in a cool house, 

 but after once rooted no check should ever be per- 

 mitted to occur in their growth. 



DISBUDDING KOSES. 



During the summer it is better to let no buds ma- 

 ture, but the practice of nipping them out as soon as 

 they appear is to be deprecated, as it leaves a mass of 

 «yes on unripe wood, and these tend to augment the 



