May 7, 1831. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
867 
year can Roses be increased so readily by this method as at the present; 
nine out of every ten inserted properly and treated in the same way are 
certain to grow and make useful little plants by another year. Not only 
do these remarks apply to the various climbing Roses, such as Reine 
Marie Henriette, Lamarque, Gloire de Dijon, and the like, but are 
■equally applicable to the Hybrid Perpetual section, which are general 
favourites during the month named, either when growing on the plants 
■or in a cut state. When the flowers are past the shoots which bore 
one eye inserted in the soil from which roots will push, and two above 
to provide future growth is all that is needed. Make a clear cut below 
a joint, removing the leaf, retaining the two above intact. Insert the 
cuttings firmly, five in a 8.^-inch pot, using sandy soil, with a sprinkle of 
silver sand on the surface, a little of which will be carried to the bottom 
of the hole by the dibber when inserting the cuttings ; roots form more 
quickly in sand than soil. Give a gentle watering to settle the soil and 
sand, and plunge the pots in a gentle bjttom heat, in either a propa- 
FiG. 67.—BOURBON ROSE, MRS. PAUL. 
them will be pra-tly matured and just in the right condition for cuttings. 
The nearer it is cut to the base of the branch the more certainty there 
v/ill be of roots forming quickly, but as that would tend to spoil the 
plants for next year it is not desirable to take the branches off so low. 
If about 3 inches of the base wood of the current year’s growth is 
retained for next season, that will suffice, and of course it will not be a 
wise act to cut all the shoots as low as that even, better have fewer 
cuttings in number than spoil existing plants. If the shoots are cut into 
lengths of three eyes eaclr that will he enough to secure good plants; 
gating case or a partly spent hothel. Violent heat is not desirable, a 
gent’e moisture is the best to insure perfect rooting. Shade must beapplied 
to the frame, by no means allowing the leaves to flag. Moisten the 
cuttings with tepid water daily, and in a short time roots will be formed, 
even if the plants show no signs of growth. Sometimes the eyes remain 
dormant a considerable time. 
When the cuttings are well rooted they are ready for separate pots ; 
those inches in diameter wid suffice. Two parts fibry loam, one part 
of leaf mould, or the materials from a spent Mushroom bed will answer 
