The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . some out-of-the-way corner of the wide, wide world, where noone comes to buy flowers, rare flowers, to twine a wreath, but who keep the shiningjewels for their own admiration. Those who are able to build propagating-houses find but little trouble, comparatively,in raising slips of any kind, almost. But we who have none must do the best we can withthe means at hand. I am often asked, How is it you have such fine success in growingroses, etc., from little sHps ? The answer is here given. Of course, if you have a propagat-ing-house you
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . some out-of-the-way corner of the wide, wide world, where noone comes to buy flowers, rare flowers, to twine a wreath, but who keep the shiningjewels for their own admiration. Those who are able to build propagating-houses find but little trouble, comparatively,in raising slips of any kind, almost. But we who have none must do the best we can withthe means at hand. I am often asked, How is it you have such fine success in growingroses, etc., from little sHps ? The answer is here given. Of course, if you have a propagat-ing-house you may cut, break, or pull off almost any kind of a slip, and make it grow; butif you are not blessed with one, you must follow this plan: Get as many shallow, narrowboxes as you desire to fill with slips—say boxes two feet long, one foot wide, and four inchesdeep. Get finely-sifted sand and rich chip manure, well rotted, half and half, mix well to-gether, and fill your box. Pull off your rose slips from matured branches, (new, sappy 368 Mount Yernon ^ Mount Vernon Pear. ^r. Hulls CurcuUo-Catc?ier. 369 slips will not do half so well,) leaving a little/ooi? of bark to the root, and make a smallhole in your sand, etc., and put in your slips, say one and a half or two inches, according tothe size and strength of your slip, press tlie (Hwi firmly about the base of the slips, settingthem two or three inches apart in the box. When full, give a good watering with soap-suds, not cold. Cut off all leaves, and set your box in a warm, shaded place. If yon havea hot-bed and sash, put them in that, and shade the glass for a week or two. Water as beforeas often as every other day. Dont fail to have a few small holes in the bottom of thebox to pass off surplus water. At the end of a week or two remove the shade and give theyoung slips all the sunshine. If too hot, lift tlje sash a few inches to pass off the excess ofheat, closing it at night. After frost comes, keep the sash closed day a
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