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too dry, as he has budded from scions that had remained in a drawer 
two days. 
Grafting is much more troublesome, and seldom so effectual as 
budding. In Flanders Cleft Grafting is much practised. The scion 
is either of the same diameter as the stock, or the cleft in the stock is 
made near enough the side for the bark of the scion, to come in con¬ 
tact with the bark-or the stock on both sides; these are bound ^vith 
ligatures of soft bass-mat, (first soaked in soap and water, and after- 
■wards in a solution of alum, in order to render it impermeable to 
water;) this, binding, is then covered with a coat of clay, mixed with 
old slacked lime, made sufficiently thin to be applied with a brush. 
Propagation by Seed, is merely practised where new varieties are 
wanted. Let the hips be gathered as soon as they are fully ripe, and 
thrown together in a heap, which must be frequently turned, until the 
husks are completely rotten; then clear the seed from them, and let 
it be sown about the latter end of February, it will come up about 
the beginning of July; in the spring following, let the plants be trans¬ 
planted out. 
To retard the blooming season, Mr. Hayward has already explained 
in pEige 15, of your Register. I have only to add that the practice 
is far from being a modern one, as I find it was successfully practised 
by the ancients. 
Pruning, is not of the least importance: let every branch be short¬ 
ened according to its strength, and cut out as much old wood as 
possible, without disfiguring the tree. The young wood intended to 
flower the following season, might be cut to about two or three eyes. 
The Rose is much infested with insects, particularly the Rose Plant- 
Louse, (Aphis roscB,) which, however, may easily be destroyed by 
smoking, if the trees are in a house; and by making a solution of 
quick lime, soot, and water, of about the proportion of one peck of 
each to ten gallons of water, if out of doors:—^after being well stirred 
together, and left standing until the water has become quite clear, take 
it out with a watering pot, and mix with it about one-sixth of strong 
tobacco water; which if applied to the Roses with a syringe, will effec¬ 
tually destroy the Aphis, and generally some of the larvae of other 
insects, which roll themselves up in the leaves and buds of the flowers. 
The Rose Gall-fly, fCynips ros(E,) which receives its name from the 
rose-galls, it occasions by puncturing the bark; the Earwig, [For- 
ficula auricviaria,) is very destructive to the flower; the Cow-lady, 
or Lady-bird, (Coccinella 14 guttata ;J several species of the Ci ane- 
fly, as fCecydomyia, and Tipula; J and some of the Saw-flies, (Ten- 
thredinida;,) such as Hylotoma rosce, Allanthus viridis, and Jthalia 
ros(p, all of which deposit their larvae in the leaves and flowers, and 
