The Van Buren press., 1894-10-27
HOW TO puo ROSES.
Il Ia y Delicate Operation, Relulr.ax
Steady Hand and Nimiblc Fingers.

IL Ia y Delicate Operation, Requiring \
Steady Hand and NImblc Fingrrs.
In answering the question. "What is
your favorite tlower?' think, in nine
cases out of ten, it would be "the
rose" and yet it is odd how little is
known about their culture or how
easily they are grown, even in small
towRgardens
BY budding all the beautiful new
| specimens which come out year by year
on to briar stocks, they can be added
to the rose garden without any expense
and but very little trouble.
The autumn is the time to do budd-
ing. This is really the work for W ON
en-, because steady hand and light,
neat fingers go a great way toward
making the results satisfactory, for
very great care has to be taken not to
injure the wood of the stock
on which the bud is placed
There are three rules to be OBJ
served about budding: Firstly, be
sure to choose good buds, not too small
and not too large, and taken from a
strong, healty plant; much depends on
this. Secondly, see that all the wood
comes out from the bud you are about
to strike, leaving only the bud attached
to the bark. Thirdly, press the bud
we'll down Tor rather, the bark each
side of the bud, so that you do not in
jure it) on to the wood of the stem you
are budding to. No space for air must
be allowed to remain between the bud
and the wood. II this should be the
case the bud can not get the sap it
needs as it rises in the briar, and
therefore 1t is impossible to start grow.
ing.
A "bud" is always found Just where
the leaf of a rose springs from the
stem, and to take bud the stem must
be cut about two inches each side of
the leaf. The leaf must be cut off, but
leaving the footstalk on. A SCORING
cut must now be made, which takes of
the bud and cuts the wood through
above and below the bud.
Having got SO far, hold the bud so
that the footstalk points downward,
and separate the bark with the bud at
tached from the wood. Great care is
needed over this operation, and womens
nimble fingers are, rs a rule, much
more agile than mems. II any of the
wood be left in them the bud will not
take. In most cases, however, If the
sap is in a proper state, the wood will
come out easily enough. This done, we
have to attend to the stem about to re-
ceive the bud. With sharp penlsnife
make slits longitudinally and across in
the Stock choosing fork Of branch
not far from the main stem. Now gent
ly raise the bark SO cut with the point
of the knife and slip the bud beneath
the bark of the stock. See that the
bark of the stock comes well over the
bark Of the bud, and that it is well
mains is to bind the two parts together
with bit of bass mating or wool
firmly, but not tight enough to bruise
the wood. The work is now complete,
and the appearance when finished Is
like small broken limb, the binding
being crossed in just the same manner.
Wool is better than shred Of bass mat
ting for binding, as it can be made firm
and yet gives more. II is impossible to
Cell JUST NJ UHcc IL tHc Ouu nhs tthcIu
or not, but the first sign of success ID
when the footstalk drops of.
All garden work is Interesting, but
every amateur who tries her hand at
budding must feel a sensation of un-
mistakable pride and pleasure when
she sees the new bud springing into
life and knows that she has secured
some beautiful roses for next summer
at no cost but her own time and by her
own skill.
The following list of fine, hardy and
beautiful roses is a good one to start to
bud with: General Jacqueminot, Marie
Baumann, Paul Neron, the Duke OF
Edinburgh, Souvenirs de In Rcinc,
i'Angleterre and Nalmaison, Captain
Christy, Duke of Wellington, Celine
Forester and Gloire de Dijon, La
France, and the Sultan of Zanzibar
and these roses flower all through the
months Of June, July, August, some
even going on into November.-N Y.
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