. Dingee guide to rose culture : for more than 60 years an authority 1918. m^mt. The budding is usually done on wild Mannettia Rose stalks by taking a bud from the original plant and inserting it under the bark of the Ma- nettia and binding it there- on, as in Illustration No. 5. The first year the budded makes a rapid, soft growth, probably producing some blooms, but the second year the wild root begins to assert itself and grows with tremendous vigor, throwing out wild shoot's from the roots, thus sapping the life from the top, which usually dies, as in illustration No. 4. Note the sho
. Dingee guide to rose culture : for more than 60 years an authority 1918. m^mt. The budding is usually done on wild Mannettia Rose stalks by taking a bud from the original plant and inserting it under the bark of the Ma- nettia and binding it there- on, as in Illustration No. 5. The first year the budded makes a rapid, soft growth, probably producing some blooms, but the second year the wild root begins to assert itself and grows with tremendous vigor, throwing out wild shoot's from the roots, thus sapping the life from the top, which usually dies, as in illustration No. 4. Note the shoot from the side with the foliage thereon, which is the wild Rose that will not bloom, nor is it ornamental; also note the dead branches of the original Rose budded there- on. This is an actual photograph of a two-year budded Rose. Anyone who wants Roses and not wild shrubbery should buy only the best, or Roses grown on Their Own Roots. Such are the Dingee Roses, known the world over. We sometimes won- der why these budded Roses are offered by some firms; selling them to an unknown and unsuspecting public, but, as Barnum said, "American people like to be ; We are con- tent to adhere to the principles laid down by the founder of this business, who, notwithstanding the many ridiculous claims put forth by men who were yet unborn when Mr. Dingee was active in the business of producing Own Root Roses, now claim CO have invented this method of production. An own-root plant is started by taking a portion of a branch from the mother plant and putting in sand until the roots are formed at the bottom, as illustrated in No. 1. This is what is known as a rooted cutting. Note how the fibrous roots are formed. In illustration No. 2 we have a first size own root plant grown in pots. No. 3 illustrates a two-year-old plant grown in a four or five-inch pot. Note the fibrous roots, which soon establish themselves in the soil after planting; also how- each shoot or branch is cr
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