. is apt to be deceived and induced to buy them. Read what others say about them, and purchase from re- liable houses who have made the business a life work. The budding is usually done on wild Manettia stallts by taking a l)ud from the original plant and inserting it under the barlt of the Manettia and binding it thereon, as in Illustration No. 5. The first year the budded Rose 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 shoots from the roots, thus sapping the li
. is apt to be deceived and induced to buy them. Read what others say about them, and purchase from re- liable houses who have made the business a life work. The budding is usually done on wild Manettia stallts by taking a l)ud from the original plant and inserting it under the barlt of the Manettia and binding it thereon, as in Illustration No. 5. The first year the budded Rose 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 shoots from the roots, thus sapping the life from the top. whicli usually dies, as in illustration No. 4. Note tfie 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 thereon. This is an actual photograph of a two-year budded Rose. Anyone who wants Roses and not wild shrubbery sliould buyt only the best, or Roses grown on Their Own Roots. Such are the Dingee Roses, known the world over. We sometimes wonder why these Ijudded Roses are offered by some firms; selling them to an unknowing and unsuspecting public. Ijut. as Barnum said. "'.Xmeri- can people like to lie ; We are content to adhere to the principles laid down bv the founder of this business, who, notwithstanding the many ridiculous claims put forth by ?nen who were yet unborn when Mr. Dingee was active in the business of producing Own Jtooi Roses. nf)w i In ha\e iij\'cntefi *.h4s method of produetitui 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 thie fibrous roots are formed. I'n illustration No. :; we have a first size own root plant grown In pots. No. .â ? illustrates a two-year-old plant grown in a four or five-inch pot. Note the fibrous roots
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