ELL WANG EE & BARRY'S 



MANETTI STOCK, 



We grow Roses 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 Roses are grown in both ways. The 

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

 Rivers, and has largely superseded the Dog Rose and other stocks. We find many 

 varieties of Roses 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 Roses on 

 account of the suckers they sometimes throw out ; but if proper attention is paid to 

 the planting, this will rarely be ah annoyance. 



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

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

 forcibly direct attention to the above rule. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTING, Etc. 



Wlien to Plant. Tender Roses, and all such as are pot-grown, should be 

 planted in the Spring or Summer in this or similar climates ; the hardy sorts if 

 dormant, can be planted both in the Fall and the Spring. If the situation be not too 

 much exposed where the Roses are to be set out, we prefer Fall planting for all hardy 

 kinds. Dormant plants set out in the Spring should be planted early, for no plant 

 suffers more from being set out late than does the Rose. The Tea-scented and others 

 that are pot-grown, should not be planted until all danger of Spring frosts are past. 

 There need be no hurry for these, since Roses that have been grown in pots are sent 

 out with the balls of earth, and the roots not being disturbed, or only to a slight 

 extent, the plants go right on growing. The plants should be put in friable, rich 

 soil, and firmly pressed in with the foot, or {if pot-grown plants) with the hands, taking 

 care not to bruise the roots. 



Pruiiiiig". This operation is best performed during March. Most Roses do 

 better if moderately pruned ; some sorts require two-thirds of the past year's growth 

 removed ; for others to remove one-half or one-third is sufficient. All must he more or 

 less pruned when planted ; do not neglect this. As a general rule, the more vigorous 

 the variety the less it should be pruned. All weak or decayed wood should be 

 entirely cut out, and also any shoots that crowd the plant, and prevent free entrance 

 of light and air. Besides Spring pruning, many kinds of Hybrid Perpetuals require 

 to be pruned as soon as their first blossoming is over, in order to induce a free display 

 of flowers in Autumn. 



Protection. All of the Tea, Bengal, Koisette, and most of the Bourbon 

 classes need protection if left out during the Winter in this and similar climates ; 

 indeed, all Roses would be better for a light covering. This may be done by hilling 

 up with earth ; or, better, by strewing leaves or straw lightly over the plants and 

 securing them with evergreen branches, oftentimes the latter are in tJiemselves sufficient. 



