54 6 7 he ordering of the Orchard. 
then any of thefewaies;andbefides, by thefe waies you may graft at a farre grea 
height without Ioffe. 
Chap. V. 
Of the manner of grafting and propagating id 
forts of Rofes. 
H Auing'now fpoken of the grafting of trees, let mee adioyne the properties of 
Rofes, which although they better fit a Garden then an Orchard, yet I could 
not in a fitter place expreffe them then here, both for the name and affinity of 
grafting, & becaufe I do not expreffe it in the firft part. All forts of Rofes may be graf- 
ted (although all forts are not, fome feruing rather for ftockes for others to be grafted 
on ) as eafily as any other tree,& is only performed, by inoculating in the fame maner I 
haue fet do wne in the former Chapter of grafting trees in the bud; for both ftocke and 
budde mail bee dealt with after the fame falhion. And although fome haue boafted of 
grafting Rofes by dicing or whipping, as they call it, or in the ftocke, after the firft 
manner, fet downe in the former, Chapter, yet I thinke it rather a braggc, not hauing 
feene or heard any true effed proceedc from that relation. The fvveete Briar or Eglan- 
tine, the white and the Damaske Rofes, are the chicfcft ftockes to graft vpon. And if 
yougraftloweorneare the ground, you may by laying downe that graft within the 
ground, after it hath bin (hot out well,and of a years growth, by pinning it faft downe 
with fliort ftickes, a thwart or acroffe, caufethat grafted branch, by taking roote , to 
f become a naturali Rofe,fuchas the graft was, which being feparated and tranfplantcd 
after it hath taken root wel,will profper as well as any naturali fucker. And in this ma- 
ner, by laying downe branphese^t length into the ground, if they be full of fpreading 
fmall branches , you may incrpafe all forts of Rofes quickly and plentifully ; for they 
will fhoote forth rootes at the ioynt of euery branch: But as for the manner of grafting 
white Rofes or Damaske vpon Broome ftalkes orBaibary bufhes, ro caufe them to 
bring forth double yellow Rofes, or vpon a Willowe, to beare greene Rofes, they 
are all idle conceits, as impoffible to be effeded, as other things, whereof I haue fpo- 
ken in the ninth Chapter of my firft part, concerning a Garden of flowers, vnto which 
I referre you to be fatisfied with the reafons there aliedged. And it is the more need- 
leffe, becaufe we haue a naturali double yellow Rofe of it owne growing. The fowin» 
ofthe feedes of Rofes (which arefometimes found vpon moft forts of Rofes, although 
not euery yeare, and in euerie place) hath bin formerly much vfed; but now the laying 
downe of the young (hootes is a way for increafe fo much vfed , being fafe and verie 
fpeedie to take, efpecially for thofc Rofes that are not fo apt to giue fuckers’ that it 
hath almoft taken quite away the vfe of fowingofthe feedes of Rofes, which yet if 
anic one bee difpofed to make the triall , they muft gather the feede out of the round 
heads, from amongft the doune, wherein they lye verie like vnto theberriesof the 
Eglantine or fweete Briar buffi, and efpecially of thofe Rofes that bee of the more An- 
gle kindes, which are more apt to giue berries for feed then the more double, although 
fometimes the double Rofes yeeld the like heads or berries. Their time of fowingw 
intheendof September (yet fome referue them vntill February) and their manner 
of nourfing is to bee tranf planted, after the firft or fecondyeares growth, and ten- 
ded carefully , that while they are young tt^ey be not loft for want of moifture in the 
dry time of Summer. 
Chap. 
