. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 72 CASSELL'S POPULAE GAKDENING. not always, however; and the strongest and "best should be left wherever found, the stocks heing afterwards headed down to these. All suckers should be followed up to their originating roots, and re- moved close to the root-stocks. Were this simple plan invariably acted upon, the plague of suckers would be unknown among cultivated Eoses. up of standard briars, multitudes of roots of various sizes are met with. These, if carefully collected, cut into lengths of six inches or a foot, and planted at once, leading the u
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 72 CASSELL'S POPULAE GAKDENING. not always, however; and the strongest and "best should be left wherever found, the stocks heing afterwards headed down to these. All suckers should be followed up to their originating roots, and re- moved close to the root-stocks. Were this simple plan invariably acted upon, the plague of suckers would be unknown among cultivated Eoses. up of standard briars, multitudes of roots of various sizes are met with. These, if carefully collected, cut into lengths of six inches or a foot, and planted at once, leading the upper ends an inch or so from the surface, will grow into good stocks for dwarf Eoses. The process of forming fresh roots and growing into plants will be much hastened if such. EOSA BRUNOyil. Caterpillars, grubs, and other insects will some- times appear very early, and must be removed or destroyed at once. Thus treated the stocks will speedily grow into condition for budding. That fascinating art will be fully taught in our next chapter, on the Propagation of Eoses. Briar-roots.—These are far from ha\'ing re- ueived the attention they deserve. In the grubbing roots are jjlaced in warmth for a few weeks before planting. As they take no harm buried in the soil, they might remain thus till February, be laid in a gentle hot-bed all through March, and be either worked in that state and again subjected to heat, or planted out in April, and grown in the open a year or so before being worked. Briar Cuttings.—These now fai^ exceed in. 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 Fish, David Taylor, 1824-1901; Fish, D. T. (David Taylor), 1824-1901. London ; New York : Cassell
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