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ROSE STOCKS. 



stock, continuing- to grow until it is stopped by the winter's cold ; 

 it also ripens its wood well, becomes hard, firm, not subject to 

 decay, nor are the shoots gross and pithy. On dry, warm, or 

 sandy soils it is the best of all stocks : I have also seen it succeed 

 well on stiff soils not over wet : it is the best of all stocks for 

 Hybrid Perpetuals, and they force well upon it. It suits Bour- 

 bons and Noisettes equally well, and many of the dwarf and 

 delicate varieties of these classes which will not succeed upon the 

 Dog-rose will grow admirably upon this. Teas and Chinas 

 will grow better and live much longer upon it than on either 

 the Crimson Boursault or Celine. I must not, however, be 

 understood to say that no Teas or Chinas will succeed on the 

 latter stocks ; some of the free-growing kinds will do on it, and 

 exist for a considerable time, but they would do better on the 

 Manettii. Many delicate Teas and Chinas, which will live only 

 a year or two on Crimson Boursault and Celine, will thrive 

 pretty well upon the Manettii ; but they are much better worked 

 upon the Rosa indica (common Monthly), or grown upon their 

 own roots. This stock strikes as freely from cuttings as a willow. 

 It was introduced from Italy by Mr. Rivers, and is worthy of 

 the extensive cultivation he has given it. 



The Crimson Boursault stock should be used with caution. I 

 am aware that some growers speak highly of it, and have used it 

 extensively ; but it is nothing more than a good nurseryman s 

 stock, namely, one on which delicate roses will grow beautifully 

 for a time, but on which they will soon perish. Many strong- 

 growing Perpetuals, Bourbons, Noisettes, &c, will grow well 

 upon it, though not so well or so long as on the foregoing. This 

 stock is softer, more subject to decay, and, in every point worth 

 considering, inferior to the Manettii : it should, consequently, give 

 way to the latter. For the beautiful and delicate varieties of Per- 

 petuals, Bourbons, Noisettes, Teas, &c, it is infinitely inferior 

 to Manettii, and should never be used where the latter stock can 

 be obtained. 



Some few years back nurserymen were in the habit of growing 

 peaches on what is called the Brompton Plum stock, a very free 

 growing variety, on which the peach grew beautifully for a 

 season, but in many instances they had commenced decaying 

 before they left the nursery : very few respectable nurserymen 

 grow this stock now. The Crimson Boursault occupies the same 

 place as a rose-stock which the Brompton Plum does as regards 

 the peach. Gardeners who would object to have their peaches 

 worked upon the latter stock, should pause and consider what 

 sorts of roses they would have worked upon the other. 



Celine is a very vigorous growing Hybrid China. Mr. 

 Rivers considers it to be the best stock for the Cloth of Gold, 



