. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ll, in all pro-bability, be about right. Having cut the stick,the first thing to do is to cut off the leaves. has to be tied in, and this is now generally donewith a strip of Raffia. It is most necessary thatthe bud should be tied in firmly, a loose tie meansa dead bud, but the force used must not be sogreat as to bruise the wood. In conclusion, a word of warning. Neverbud on a rainy day, or when the stocks are wet. PERPETUAL-FLOWERING CLIMBINGROSES. Among the many subjects discussed at theInternatio
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ll, in all pro-bability, be about right. Having cut the stick,the first thing to do is to cut off the leaves. has to be tied in, and this is now generally donewith a strip of Raffia. It is most necessary thatthe bud should be tied in firmly, a loose tie meansa dead bud, but the force used must not be sogreat as to bruise the wood. In conclusion, a word of warning. Neverbud on a rainy day, or when the stocks are wet. PERPETUAL-FLOWERING CLIMBINGROSES. Among the many subjects discussed at theInternational Conference on the modern develop-ment of the Rose, held by the National RoseSociety in May of last year, few were bo in-structive as those bearing on the frequently-ex-pressed desire for more continuous-bloomingclimbers. In order to help the amateur in his selectionof a few of the best of this type already avail-able I will name some that have proved them-selves reliable in that respect. Included withclimbers are also those suitable for pillars ofgood height and for arches or Plmtograpli by R. A. Ualby. Fig. 162.—omphalodes cornifolia : flowers blue. Award of Merit, March 18, 1913. leaving about two-thirds of the stipules at thebase of each leaf stalk. The object of this isto prevent the bud flagging, for a flagged budis of no use. If you are in your own garden,and intend to use the buds at once, the stick may■be put into a pail of water or a vase to assist inkeeping the buds in good condition. If, on theother hand, the stick is cut in another garden,the stick should be wrapped up in wet moss, andthe whole covered up in greased paper with thesame object. In this way the buds may be keptfresh even for some days. When you come to use the buds those at thetop will probably be of little value, being toosoft, and if an attempt is made to prepare themas buds when the wood is pulled out at the backthe whole bud will come with it. So will it alsoif the bud is
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