The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-13

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Now to Propagate Roses from Cuttings.
THx best time to commence the propa-
vat;on of roses, especially the ever
blooming sorts, is about the last OF Au-
gust. The best cuttings are taken from
nlants which have been grown in beds
under shaded glass during the summer,
but if the weather is moist, and the
plants out of doors are in vigorous state
of growth, as good cuttings can be pro-
cured from the open border as from plants
under glass.
Prepare bed of clean, coarse sand,
not less than four inches deep, either on
the benches of a greenhouse or in cold
frame out of doors. The cuttings will
do MS well in the one place as the other,
but if a greenhouse is available the bed
will be more convenient to work at.
This sand-bed is then to be soaked with
| water. and never afterward allowed to
get dry. For cuttings, select shoots not
| more than week or so old. The slcn-
der. wiry shoots Of the monthly roses
| which lust begin to show blossom bud
are the best Avoid the rank, pithy
Young shoots which frequently sprout
/ from the base of the bushes; these will
root, but not so readily as the more
slender shoots, nor do they make 50
| good plants Cut of the soft tip
Of the shoot, and divide the remain
| der into cuttings of not less than
two eyes. The top of the cutting
should be cut at least three-fourths OF
an inch above an eye, and the leaf at
this eye should remain on; the base o.
the cutting should be about half incl
below the second:o third eye, the leaves
from which should be stripped off. II
! the wood buds in the axis of the leaves
on the lower part Of the shoot are fully
developed, it is an indication that the
wood at that point is too ripe to take
root easily, and should not be used I'm.
less cuttings are very scarce. In short
the cuttings must not be so soft as to
present no woody fiber in cutting, neither
must the wood be hard; little eXpe
rience will soon indicate to IA close OBJ
server the exact state which is best
Having your cuttings all prepared and
your sandbed ready, take an old knife
or piece of hoop-iron and, using latl
or other straight edge as ruler, cut a
line at the end of the bed across the
sand, going completely to the bottom. Ii
this line or groove set the cuttings near
ly up to the leaf at the top and about
half an inch from each other in the row
Turn the leaves of the cuttings all in one
direction, so as to be out of the way il
setting the next row and also to present
a neat appearance. When the first row
is filled press the sand tightly toward thu
row, and about three inches from
this first make second row ant
fill it in with cuttings in the same
manner, turning all the leaves to
ward the first row. Proceed in this way
until the bed is filled or your cutting,
exhausted, then sprinkle the bed thor
oughly with clear water The glass ovel
the bed must be shaded with thick GOA
of whitewash and the house or frame
kept quite close. If in cold frame, thu
sashes may be slipped down an inch OF
50 at the top during the heat Of the day
The frames should slope north and no
| south, as usual. Ii the bed is in ii green
house there should not be any ventilation
| given overhead; little air from the
doors or side vcntilators is sufficient. Ii
the thermometer rises during the day K
| 1907 or over it will not hurt if the bee
| is kept watered and the house moist anc
shady The cuttings will be rooted suf
ticiently to pot in about four weeks, and
tinued as late as good cuttings can be
had from the open ground, provided some
means is at hand for heating the bee
when the weather grows colder Wher
rooted, pot off into 2!-inch pots, using
| decomposed sods and woods mold il
about equal parts with very small por
| ton of well-rotted manure. Water thor
oughly and keep shaded until they star
| TO grow. When well established in the
pots, plunge them in u cold-framt
or pit for the winter and protect from
freezing. In spring plant out where the,
are intended to flower If wanted foI
sale in spring, shift them into three incl
pots in January, and place them in i;
| greenhouse where the night temperature
does not exceed so deg, and by the last
of April most of the vcrblooming sorts
will show flowers and make fine plants
for the market.
This method Of propagation is more
especially applicable to the tender va
rieties such as teas, noisettes, Bengal
and Bourbon, as the wood of these sorts
is usually in the proper condition in au-
| tumn, but any roses can be rooted in the
same way il shoots can be had Of the
proper age. During the past fall the
writer has propagated thousands of moss
roses in this way, which he was enabled
to do by the favorable weather,
which kept the plants in vigor-
Gus growth. Moss rose cuttings should
be almost rs tender as the green shoot Of
scarlet geranium In this condition we
never have any difficulty in roofing them.
| The above method can be used by almost
any one, while the propagation of roses
during winter and spring can only be
practiced by florists who have houses
adapted to the purpose.-W r. Massey,
m american 4grtculturist
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