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CHAP. 



sorts for weeding out, and to determine to grow more 

 of others. If it be found that some sort does better in 

 a certain situation or on a particular stock, especial 

 notice should be taken of the fact. The foundations 

 of a good deal of work for the rest of the year may 

 depend upon a few days' observation. All flowers 

 should be cut as soon as they are faded, if not before, 

 as only the very earliest would be available for seed. 

 Mildew is now likely to be very troublesome, and 

 vigorous efforts should be made to keep it under. 

 Hoeing should not be neglected, or watering if the 

 weather is very dry, but no more liquid manure should 

 be used. Pot Roses should not be neglected, and 

 though they will require but little water, they must 

 be watched for aphides and mildew. 



August. — This is the month for budding on all stocks. 

 When buds are plentiful and the sap of the stocks runs 

 freely, the work should be pushed on as fast as possible, 

 for the sooner it is done the better will be the chance 

 for rebudding in three or four weeks' time the stocks 

 that have failed. Layering may be done in this month, 

 and summer cuttings of Roses struck in bottom heat. 

 Watering and hoeing seem the only remedies for rust, 

 the autumn stage of the orange fungus. There is 

 plenty of time for this, and for seeing that aphides do 

 not get a footing anywhere for the man who does not 

 bud his own Roses ; but he who does this in any 

 quantity will generally find his hands full, for the mere 

 settling how many, of what varieties, on which stocks, 

 in what situation, he shall bud will require plenty of 

 consideration and arrangement. 



September. — Budding on briars should be finished 

 during the first week, but manettis may still be budded 

 a little later. Roses for forcing should be kept at rest. 



