Orchard and Garden.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 May 1910, Page 4

Orchard and Garden.

ROSIO CUTTING

While some kinds of roses can be propagated by cuttings with the. greatest ease, others are dillicult, and are increased by budding. To ensure success, tho wood used for cuttings must be carefully selected. The best wood is that of medium giowtli, neither the strongest nor

the weakest; it should ho fairly well ripened, Miicl about <lin to Oiu in length. The shoots may lie either heeled out I'rom the older wood, or cut. oil' immediately under tlvo joint. 11' the cutting ;is in lull fol)iage soinu ol' the leaves .should he removed, and some persons .say that a leaf or two left >at tho base of the cuttings I'm vourablo to tho production of roots. The cuttings do better when planted ill a slanting direction rather than in a perpendicular out 1 , and not. more than two buds should appear above tho .toil. Hybrid perpetuals and many other strong growing roses strike rot freely in the open ground, but the more delicate teas, hybrid teas, and some others, root better when placed in pots. In planting cuttings it is roost essenthl that their base rest upon the soil, and not he suspended from the surface, and tho soil round about them must be. well firmed. A sandy soil is better for r-oso cuttings, and no manure should ho used at the time of planting. if the ground be very poor .a little manure should be added some time .before tho cuttings are planted .A light mulcli after planting is recommended . BBgßnaranßßßwawMew