. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. CUTTINGS FROM FIELD ROSES. Please tell me how to root cuttings from field-grown roses. I have not had much success in that line, being able to root only a small proportion of the cuttings. C. F. P.—iKan. These roses can be propagated either by taking half-ripened cuttings early in the summer and rooting them under glass, or by taking cuttings of dormant wood in the autumn and planting them in the spring. A good way of rooting the summer cuttings is to place them in a frame which has been so prepared as to have the nature of a mild hotbed, with abou
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. CUTTINGS FROM FIELD ROSES. Please tell me how to root cuttings from field-grown roses. I have not had much success in that line, being able to root only a small proportion of the cuttings. C. F. P.—iKan. These roses can be propagated either by taking half-ripened cuttings early in the summer and rooting them under glass, or by taking cuttings of dormant wood in the autumn and planting them in the spring. A good way of rooting the summer cuttings is to place them in a frame which has been so prepared as to have the nature of a mild hotbed, with about eighteen inches of trodden stable manure at the bottom, three inches of soil above the manure and two inches of sand on top. Two-eye cuttings will serve, with one of the eyes under the sand. Keep the sand moist and shaded. Ventilate only slightly at first, increas- ing the amount of air carefully and gradually. When the cuttings are well rooted, transfer them to 2V^-inch or 3-inch pots and place them in a cold- frame. The dormant fall cuttings—about six inches in length, with two or three eyes—may be tied in bundles and stored during the winter in sand. In the spring these may be planted, with one eye above the surface, in V-shaped trenches outdoors, in well manured ground, where they will develop into fairly strong plants by the following autumn. However, a greater percent- age of rooted plants may be obtained by subjecting the fall cuttings to a different sort of treatment. In this case, after tying the cuttings in bundles, wrap moist sphagnum around the ends and store the bundles in flats under a bench in a cool house. In two months the cuttings will be well calloused and may be placed in sand over a little bot- tom heat, in a houee which has a tem- perature of about 50 degrees. If duly potted, they should be rofidy for plant- ing out in April or May. ROSES FOR POT CULTURE. I wish to grow some roses in pots for the coming fall holidays. What varie- ties would you rec
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