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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE * GARDENER. 
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successional crop being already well on the way. It is invariably one 
of the first to flower and the last to give blooms in the autumn, very few 
imperfect flowers being produced by plants on their own roots.—It. H. 
Own-root Hoses. 
Dwarf Hoses on their own roots frequently survive frosts that prove 
destructive to Roses, on tall Briar stocks especially. If they are killed 
down to the ground they yet recover, the severe pruning, so to speak, 
having the effect of causing them to push up strong shoots from the 
buried stems. Own-root Roses will also succeed where worked plants 
fail. Unfortunately they cannot often be bought, and those, therefore, 
who require them must propagate their own stock. The simplest method 
All the Teas strike readily this way, and many of the Hybrid Perpetuals, 
notably those with few or no thorns, strike readily if properly treated, 
and a capital lot of plants will be available either for pots or the open 
ground next spring, or sooner if required. 
Large Growers in Small Classes. * 
The letter in your last issue shows that “ W. R. Raillem ” still regards 
the matter from one point of view only—the possible disadvantage to the 
large grower. The argument that at all costs the man with the big 
stock must be provided for, and the smaller one alone left to suffer in 
the event of bad seasons, is a most unsound one, and in more important 
matters your correspondent would be the last to advance it. Let me 
of doing this consists of taking off ripened growths in 1 foot lengths, 
inserting them in the open ground much as Gooseberries are raised, this 
being done not later than November. Another good plan can be tried now. 
Frames or handlights may be placed behind a north wall and cuttings 
inserted in them. Choose young firm shoots from which a Rose has 
recently been cut, these being taken off with a heel or thin slice of old 
wood attached, and before the buds are bursting afresh. Two or three 
joints, the upper one or two being furnished with a healthy leaf, are all 
that are needed on each cutting, and heels are not absolutely necessary, 
so that lengths of firm young wood may be cut up into short pieces and 
struck. Dibble them in very firmly as fast as they are taken off and 
made, an hour’s exposure or even less being fatal to them. Water them 
in, keep the lights close, and shade whenever the sun strikes on them. 
refer him to the action of the trade growers this year. Two oE them, 
who have won the champion trophy previously, found their blooms not 
ready, but instead of dropping back into smaller classes they did the 
right thing and stood out, although to a trade grower it is a far more 
serious matter to go unrepresented at such an important show than it 
is to the amateur. The question of “guarantee” as to ability to show 
has no bearing upon the matter. I presume no one rebels against 
difficulties caused by providential orderings in the matter of weather, 
&c., but everyone would object most strongly to be overwhelmed by a 
competitor possessed of immeasureably greater resources, as proved by 
his previous performances in the higher classes. 
May I, with all respect, suggest to your correspondent that the 
motive he gives for men going into the large classes is a lamentably 
