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different. All the sprouts from the roots bore 
the same sweet blooms. Children must use 
their own judgment in buying, remembering 
the advantages and disadvantages of each form. 
To make a pair to my moss-rose I was allowed 
to dig near a Scotch briar which bore tiny little 
pink roses, with a delicious scent, and to cut off 
a sucker from the large bush with sufficient 
fibres to enable it to be transplanted and root 
in my garden. I still had room for two more 
rose trees, and those I got in two more different 
ways. One, a pink rose, I grew from a cutting, 
and did not know its name at the time, but now 
I fancy it was “ Paul Neron.” The other, a 
Gloire de Dijon, I budded on a briar. One 
of my sisters had a picturesque wild garden on 
a small island, and there we grew roses on 
their own roots, chiefly climbers, one on an arch¬ 
way to form an entrance, some on the trees, and 
let others fall over the banks towards the water, 
so that their pretty heads were reflected. 
To grow rose cuttings is sometimes rather 
disappointing, as they will often grow well 
through the winter after they are put in early 
in the autumn, but when cold weather comes 
in the spring they die. But if you try several, 
one or two are almost sure to grow. Cuttings 
must be nice, strong shoots, not old and hard, 
and yet not the most tender young sprouts. 
