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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 
You may now examine the budded plants, and undo the ties of any 
that appear to swell, tying them more loosely, although tight enough 
to hold in the bud. If any of the buds have failed, you may open a 
fresh place, and insert others; but if well done, this will seldom be the 
case. Continue to remove any shoots' or eyes that are showing 
growth in the stock, for on this much depends. Cuttings from the 
smooth-wooded kinds may be taken and struck, and any that are 
struck may be potted off in small pots. Weed the y.oung plants in the 
beds. Water them if the season be dry. 
At the North , roses intended for early forcing, should now be 
repotted and pruned. 
October. 
Towards the end of the month, look out for healthy stocks, or get 
some one in that way of business to collect for you. Always choose, 
and make any one who undertakes to supply you understand that you 
require strong stems, perfectly straight, with compact roots, that have 
not been much damaged by removal, Any that you get should be at 
once trimmed and planted in rows, about eighteen inches apart, and 
the rows wide enough to enable you to go up and down them well, 
to operate in the way of grafting and budding when required. Many 
of the budded stocks may now be untied altogether, but it is not well 
to cut the branches in which they are budded close down to the bud 
until the spring months. As they would be more susceptible of 
damage by frost, let them all be properly sheltered, and fastened, if 
they have become loosened. Shorten the longest branches of standard 
roses, that they may not hold the wind so much; and although it 
would be improper to prune, their close back branches may be cut 
clean away, because they are of no use on the tree. Cuttings of the 
China and smooth-wooded kinds may be taken now for general 
propagation. The plants will be the better for losing the wood, espe¬ 
cially all the dwarfs in pots. 
Examine the August-budded plants, and loosen the ties, if necessary. 
Break or cut off the wild part of the stock above the bud, all except 
one growmg eye, to keep up the circulation; remove all othei 
