the gardening world. 
137 
February 27, 1909. 
Stocks on which 
^ to Bud looses 
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For Exhibition. 
To those amateurs who are anxious to 
be amongst the prize winners at forthcom¬ 
ing Rose shows, I should say start now, 
and have the grit to persevere. If you 
are beaten the first time, the second or 
the third, do not give up, for you will 
learn more each time. That is the way to 
become a successful exhibitor. 
To commence with maiden trees are 
the best, that is trees which have never 
bloomed before, and on these allow to 
grow only one, two, or three Roses; all 
the other buds must be pinched off, and 
all weak wood cut away. Study to con¬ 
centrate every 7 grain of energy 7 in the tree 
to work upon the remaining buds selected 
for exhibition. By this means you grow 
a few Roses to perfection, large, full and 
distinct. 
All one’s hopes must not be placed on 
one tree, but a dozen or more of each 
variety, which it is desired to exhibit 
should be grown, so that if one does not 
come up to expectation there are the 
others to fall back upon. 
Any time between now and March is a 
good tipie for planting Rose trees or 
Brier and Manetti stocks. Those out in 
the country can search the hedgerows for 
the wild Brier on which to bud new Roses 
next July 7 and August. Healthy Brier 
shoots should be chosen, well ripened, 
and of the current y r ear's growth preferred, 
and, if possible, with a good root; if there 
are no roots to begin with they 7 take longer 
to establish themselves. Long, perfectly 
straight shoots should be selected for 
standards, while for dwarfs one need not 
be so particular. These can be planted 
in any part of the garden, and take up 
very little space, because dwarf flowering 
plants can be planted in between them. 
The Manetti stock is the most suitable 
for standards, and the Brier for dwarfs, 
but most of the exhibition Roses do just 
as well on either. 
When the stocks are planted, they 
should not be cut back to the place where 
they 7 are to be budded, but should be 
longer, whether they 7 are for standards, 
half standards, or dwarfs, and should only 
be pruned back after budding to induce 
the sap to concentrate and to give its 
whole energy to the bud. 
When the bud has grown a few inches 
• the stock should be cut off on a level 
with the bud, and slanting backwards 
about forty-five degrees, $0 that rain will 
not lodge on the top and cause decay 7 of 
the bud. 
The end is then covered with wax which 
completes the operation. 
Vegetable Sense Organs. 
Professor Haberlandt say-s that plants, 
like all the lower water animals, possess 
a gravity organ. Starch grains stored in 
large cells enable the plant to grow up- 
right. Without these starch kernels the 
plant acts as if dizzy 7 , and becomes bent. 
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