CATALOGUE OF ROSES. 



"We labor to make our Catalogue as strictly accurate in description and information as 

 is possible, particularly endeavoring to avoid exaggeration, preferring not to say enough 

 rather than to appear as placing too high an estimate on the worth of a variety. We 

 wish to point out the strong features, good and bad, of all kinds we offer, but a Cata- 

 logue must have some degree of brevity, and therefore, if any more information is desired 

 concerning certain sorts, than can be obtained from the description given, we shall be 

 glad to reply to all pertinent inquiries. To all our patrons, we will also be pleased to 

 give information, when desired, about sorts not offered by us, varieties which we have 

 discarded, or have not esteemed of sufficient merit to be catalogued. We have grown 

 and tested more varietiej than any other establishment in the country, and annually 

 import what seems to be the most promising new varieties, although, with the knowledge 

 gained from past experience that at least one half of them will, in two or three years' 

 time, be rejected as additions of no value. 



We desire to thank our numerous patrons and friends for their patronage and recom- 

 mendations, and solicit a continuance of the same. 



ELLWANGEE & BAEEY. 

 August loth, 1881. 



MANETTI STOCKS VERSUS OWN ROOTS. 



We grow our Eoses in two ways, viz: on their own roots from cuttings, and budded 

 low on the Manetti. Most of the tender and climbing sorts are grown from cuttings, 

 the Hybrid Perpetuals, Mosses and Summer Eoses are grown in both ways. The 

 Manetti stock was obtained over thirty years ago from Como, Italy, by Thomas Eivers, 

 and has largely superseded the Dog Eose and other stocks. We find many varieties of 

 Eoses grown on this stock adapt themselves to a greater range of climate and soil, 

 bloom more profusely, endure better the heat of the Summer, and make far stronger 

 plants than if grown on their own roots. Many object to budded Eoses, on account of 

 the suckers they sometimes throw out ; but if proper attention is paid to their planting, 

 this will rarely be an annoyance. 



Budded Roses should be planted sufficiently deep, so that the junction of the bud with the 

 stock is from two to three inches beloiv the surface of the earth. We cannot too forcibly 

 direct attention to the above rule, a compliance with which is necessary to success. 



For varieties like Anne de Diesbach, Gen. Jacqueminot, John Hopper, etc., which grow 

 vigorously on their own roots, there is nothing gained by budding, and such kinds we 

 propagate almost exclusively on own roots from cuttings ; but there are many varieties, 

 like Madame Boll, which make plants equally strong as those first named, if worked on 

 Manetti, but which propagate with difficulty, or do poorly, if groAvn from cuttings. 

 Many others, again, of moderate growth, like Marie Baumann, Louis Van Houtte, be- 

 come much more vigorous and succeed better every way when budded on Manetti. Still 

 others, like Baroness Rothschild, Madame Lacharme, etc., absolutely refuse to grow from 

 cuttings, but when worked on the Manetti stock make bushy good plants. For stock 

 plants, from which to propagate, and for forcing purposes, it is generally conceded that 

 budded plants are much to be preferred to those on own roots. Customers would best 

 consult their own interests by submitting this matter to our judgment. 



