. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . unusually on itsown roots, but such cases aremarked exceptions. Some few peopie maintain that all Roses arebest on their ov/n roots, but suchopinions are easily refuted by con-sulting any of our veteranrosarians. The undersigneddoes not advise the purchaseof any such stock, no matt
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . unusually on itsown roots, but such cases aremarked exceptions. Some few peopie maintain that all Roses arebest on their ov/n roots, but suchopinions are easily refuted by con-sulting any of our veteranrosarians. The undersigneddoes not advise the purchaseof any such stock, no matterhow much is claimed for it,or how widely advertised itmay be. The best Roses hehas ever seen were root-grafted, but of course thisprocedure ii too e\pensi\efor the general nurseryman,and th( bulk of our loc il winter and spring, na, France for many years was theleading Rose in California and grew well, budded or onits own roots, in almost any locality, but is now rapidlybecoming a thing of the past, though it can never bewholly discarded, for it is still, in a few gardens, thequc(n ot the tainilj Its nuoluntary ntinnuiit fromour Rose girdcns is due entirely to i du bukthracnose), which iffccts many other pi uits th in tluIios(, but seems to have i special liking for La PranceThus 111 no cure has been tound. 2184. Full-blown flower of Madame Georges Bruant Rose. Natural size stock is budded on Manetti or Maidens Blush, thoughthe Dog Rose {Rosa canina) and even the Banksiaare often used. Those Roses grown on their own rootsare usually propagated from hardwood cuttings, grownout of doors, and December is usually the best month,though the writer has successfully rooted them fromOctober to March, according to the variety. Rust bothers us but little; likewise scale, though inmany neglected gardens the bush and climbers alikemay be found covered with both the rose scale and the redscale of f,he orange. Fullers rose beetle is a nuisanceonly in small areas, but green aphis is quite a
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