. The practical book of outdoor rose growing for the home garden. lthough this methodis of no practical use. No doubt many personswho have followed us to this point understandcuttings and have employed them not only in rosesbut in other plants, such as carnations and gera-niums, which are propagated almost entirely by cuttings. -tIn their proper place (the greenhouse) cuttings as used in rose culture may be relied upon, butbeyond this sphere their use is open to debate, as,in the opinion of nearly all the best authorities, theyare not as satisfactory as budding. The main reasonfor their failur
. The practical book of outdoor rose growing for the home garden. lthough this methodis of no practical use. No doubt many personswho have followed us to this point understandcuttings and have employed them not only in rosesbut in other plants, such as carnations and gera-niums, which are propagated almost entirely by cuttings. -tIn their proper place (the greenhouse) cuttings as used in rose culture may be relied upon, butbeyond this sphere their use is open to debate, as,in the opinion of nearly all the best authorities, theyare not as satisfactory as budding. The main reasonfor their failure is that many of our new varietiesare weak growers and cannot of their own accordwin the fight for existence, even under favorableconditions. As conditions m our climate are mostuncertain only the exceptionally hardy plant suc-ceeds of itself on its own roots. Cuttings are useful, however, when expense mustbe considered with certain of these hardy would be easy for any one to make cuttings of hisown, and this could be successfully done with the 18. Fiij. 1ROSE CUTTING READY FOR PLANTING THE PROPAGATION OF ROSES hardier kinds of roses, thereby sa^ing the expenseof purchasing. If roses are purchased, we stronglyreconunend buying budded plants, as the slightextra outlay would be fully justified. WTiile there are many good articles on cuttings,we consider that Pembertons is the best, as it treatsof cuttings under glass and also cuttings in the open. BUDDING In budding roses a strong stock is secured and thevariety selected is budded upon this stock, eventuallybecoming a part of it. The actual operation ofbudding is merely to cut off the dormant bud fromthe variety which it is desired to perpetuate and,cutting a slit in the bark of the stock, to introducethe bud into the same. When the bud so trans-planted becomes somewhat established, all growthabove it is removed and the whole vitality of aproved stock is thrown into the bud, giving it thenourishment which a tried co
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