Roses for English gardens . s will be found easier to bud than theTeas. The buds should be tied in moderately firmlybut not too tightly. In a fortnights time they maybe tied afresh, this time more loosely. After budding,none of the budded shoots of the Brier should betouched with the knife until November, when thelongest and most vigorous may be shortened aboutone-third of their length. Budding Dwarf Stocks.—The stocks should be keptwell earthed up until budding time, when the sur-rounding soil should be removed with a small handfork from a few of the Briers as they are main stem sh
Roses for English gardens . s will be found easier to bud than theTeas. The buds should be tied in moderately firmlybut not too tightly. In a fortnights time they maybe tied afresh, this time more loosely. After budding,none of the budded shoots of the Brier should betouched with the knife until November, when thelongest and most vigorous may be shortened aboutone-third of their length. Budding Dwarf Stocks.—The stocks should be keptwell earthed up until budding time, when the sur-rounding soil should be removed with a small handfork from a few of the Briers as they are main stem should then be cleaned with a ragand the slit made in it for the insertion of the T-shaped slit, previously objected to in the caseof standard stocks, may here be made, and a singlebud (or if preferred two buds close together) beinserted in it. The buds should be inserted quitelow down in the stem near the roots and not inthe upper part of it. The instructions given whentreating of budding standard stocks as regards. VISCOUNTESS FOLKESTONE (); CREAMY WHITE,SHADED FLESH COLOUR. PROPAGATION OF ROSES iii watering, the time of year, the selecting of the buds,and also as to tying and retying them after insertion,apply equally to those dwarf stocks. Raising Rose Plants from Cuttings.—Now that excel-lent Rose plants can be obtained ready made, as itwere, from the nurseries at such reasonable prices, itseems hardly worth while trying to raise them fromcuttings, besides which, budding is a much morecertain and quicker method of increasing a stock ofRoses. To ensure the greatest measure of successthe following directions may be followed with confi-dence, as they are the outcome of the experience ofone of the most skilful raisers of own-root Roses thatwe have ever had. A cucumber or other cold frameshould be placed on hard ground and filled with amixture of loam, sand and leaf-mould in nearly equalproportions to the depth of six inches. This compostshould be made very firm a
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