. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Fig. 17.—Dormant Rope-f^iittings, by the heels at a, half covered in the process, to give them vertical and horizontal solidity. Then raise the ground up to the level of that already finished (Fig. 17). Then commence digging another spit, and digging the distance between the rows, proceed to cut another straight edge or trench; insert, partially cover, and tread .in the cuttings as before, and so on till the whole are planted. Should very severe weather ensue, a few boughs or a little common bracken may be placed over the cuttings; but, as a rule, noth
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Fig. 17.—Dormant Rope-f^iittings, by the heels at a, half covered in the process, to give them vertical and horizontal solidity. Then raise the ground up to the level of that already finished (Fig. 17). Then commence digging another spit, and digging the distance between the rows, proceed to cut another straight edge or trench; insert, partially cover, and tread .in the cuttings as before, and so on till the whole are planted. Should very severe weather ensue, a few boughs or a little common bracken may be placed over the cuttings; but, as a rule, nothing- whatever will be needed, as the majority of Roses will withstand the severities of our ordinary winters with impunity. Some insert the cuttings so deeply as to leave but one or two buds above ground; others leave four or six. The first place two-thirds or more of the cut- tings under ground. This has some advan- tages, as if the sur- face buds are des- troyed others are almost sure to break from under the sur- face. Some are care- ful to disbud all the buried portion of the shoot. This is labour lost, if nothing worse, for as all the shoots that may come up will be Rose-shoots, the more of them the better, and the more roots will be formed. Striking Growing Shoots. — This may be done in three ways—by cool treatment in the open air; by warm, close treatment under glass; and by a mixture of both. Rose-cuttings in leafage (see Fig. 18, showing cutting with a heel at a) should be placed on a shady border to root them successfully in the open air in June, July, or August. The cuttings should have heels {a), and be in a condition of semi - ripeness. About half the length of the winter or dormant cuttings is also generally thought sufiicient, two leaves, or even one, being as many as the cutting is likely to keep fresh or green in the open air at that season. They are often covered with hand-glasses or cloches to pre- serve the leaves, which may prove of the greatest import
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