Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-06
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ROSES IMPORTANT
Reduces Expenses of Home
Gardening; Methods Include
Cutting and Grating

Washington, D. C.-The propaga-
t1on of roses for his own use is an es-
sential part of the work of the home
gardener If he would reduce expenses
and add new interest to rose grow
ing.
The plants are propagated from
seed, by hardwood cuttings, soft wood
cuttings, layers, budding and grating.
The rose species used as shrubs, such
as the Rugosa, Carolina, Prairie and
Wlchuraiana, are propagated by root
sprouts and the others named by
hardwood cuttings. The Wichuraiana
is naturally a tdailing plant which
takes root near any eye. BY cutting
rooted stems into pieces so that each
one has some roots and an eye each
one will make a>plant.
Some rose species, like Rosa hugon-
Is, are difficult to grow from cuttings
and are therefore grown by layering;
that is, by covering shoots with earth
until they are well rooted before cut
ting them fdom the plant The rooted
stems of the Wichuraiana might be
considered to be natural layers.
Cuttings For Climbing Roses
Climbing roses are mostly propa-
gated by hardwood cuttings. Cut flow
er roses are grown from hardwood
cuttings, greenwood or softwood cut
tings, and by budding or grating.
IldIuHOOu are
the dormant wood of winter, while
softwood, or greenwood, cuttings are
taken when the plants are in active
growth. TO make q hardwood cutting,
good, strong, well-ripened shoots Of
the past summers growth should be
selected. These are better if cut be-
tween thetime the leaves fall and
freezing weather. If left until after
cold weather there is danger of in
jury from freezing. They should be
cut into pieces of or inches, with
the upper cut just above a bud, and
should be tied in bundles with daffia
or with string that does not rot easily
If exposed to dampness. After label
ing plainly they should be buried in
moist sand, tops down, and placed in
a cool cellar or buried in the open
ground below danger of frost. They
should be planted in the open ground
in the spring about or a little before
complaining time, so that one or two
eyes, or not over one inch of the cut
ting, is above the gdound, which will
leave four or five inches in the ground.
Care must be taken not to injure
the calluses that have formed while
the cuttings were buried. Sometimes
better results are obtained by plant
ing in partial shade.
Frequently cuttings made in winter
or early spring do nearly as we'll as
those made in the fall, butin the
North trere is always danger of the
wood being injured during the winter.
Softwood, or greenwood, cuttings
are made son after blooming from
wod of the current years growth.
This may be taken from the stems that
have grown roses or those that have
not. There are claims that it makes
a difference which sort of shoot is
used, but good, strong shoots are the
most important consideration. These
should be cut to three eyes. All the
leaves should be removed except the
top one, and all the leaflets should be
removed from this except parts of
two. These cuttings may or may not
be made with heel" which in this
sense is a piece of older wood at the
bottom of the cutting.
Plant In Light Soil
The cuttings should be planted at
once in light loamy soil or in sand in
a bed where the atmosphere may be
inclosed. A cold frame or spent hot
bed is a suitable place If the glass Is
shaded or a cheesecloth frame is used
instead of the sash. For few cuttings
many people have success by invert-
ing over them fduit jar or glass
dish. The cuttings, however, need to
be shielded from the direct rays of the