. The book of the rose. Roses. 124 THE BOOK OP THE ROSE chap. has such an advantage over the professional stock- getter. It is impossible to do justice to this, the very first step in successful Eose cultivation, with a spade, a bill-hook, and a full-sized stock axe. It is very difficult to strike accurately v?ith the last- named tool in a thick place, and many is the fine stock that has been grievously injured by a hasty. jMiniature Stock Axe. stroke turned aside by a twig, and I am sorry to say sometimes mended afterwards with putty. I use my tiny stock axe almost exclusively for digging rou
. The book of the rose. Roses. 124 THE BOOK OP THE ROSE chap. has such an advantage over the professional stock- getter. It is impossible to do justice to this, the very first step in successful Eose cultivation, with a spade, a bill-hook, and a full-sized stock axe. It is very difficult to strike accurately v?ith the last- named tool in a thick place, and many is the fine stock that has been grievously injured by a hasty. jMiniature Stock Axe. stroke turned aside by a twig, and I am sorry to say sometimes mended afterwards with putty. I use my tiny stock axe almost exclusively for digging round the roots, and all of any size are then severed neatly and cleanly in the ground with the Grecian saw. The secateurs will clear the way a bit, and lop off the head, and the pruning-knife will cut off and shorten all bruised roots, and make the edges'smooth where the saw has done its work. The result will be far better stocks than those gathered by professionals, for even Mr. William Paul. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Foster-Melliar, Andrew, 1841-1904; Molyneux, Herbert Ernest, 1868-1916, joint ed; Page-Roberts, F. , d. 1926, ed. London, Macmillan and co. , limited
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