Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-16

The propagation of roses for his own use is an essential part Ot the work of the home gardener if he would reduce expenses and add new interest to rose growing.
 The plants are prOpagated from seed by hardwood cuttings, softwOod cuttings, layers, budding and graft ing. The rose species used as shrubs, such as the Rugosa, Carolina. Prairie and Wichuraiana, are prOpaSated by root sprouts and the others named by hardwood cuttings. The Wichuraiana is naturally trailing 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 plant.
 Some rose species, like Rosa rugonis, 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 cutting them from the plant The rooted stems of the Wichuraiana might be considered to be natural layers.
 Climbing roses are mostly propa- gated by hardwood cuttings. Cut flower roses are grown from hard wood cuttings, greenwood or soft wood cuttings and by budding or grating.
 Handling of Cuttings.
 Hardwood cuttings are taken frori the dormant wood of winter, while softwood, or greenwood, cuttings arc taken when the plants are in active growth. To make hardwood cutting. good, strong, well-ripened shoots of the past summers growth should be selected These are better if cut be- tween the time 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 6 inches, with the upper cut just above a bud, and should be tied in bundles with raffia 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 cool cellar or buried in the open ground below danger of frost. They should be planted in the open ground
 
 complaining time, so that one or two eyes, or not over one inch of the cut ting is above the ground, 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 bet. ter results are obtained by planting in partial shade.
 Frequently cuttings made in winter or early spring do nearly as well as those made in tho fall, but in the North there is always danger of the wood being injured during the winter
 SoftWood or greenwood, cuttings are made soon after blooming from wood of the current years growth. Ihls may be taken from the stems mat nave grown roses or those that nave not. There are claims, that itI makes difference which sort of shoot IS used, but good, strong shoots are the most important consideration. ihese should be cut to three eyes. All the leaves should be removed ex-l cept 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 III thls sense is piece of older wood | at the bottom of the cutting. The cut unss should be planted at once in | llsht ioamy soil or in sand in a bed | where the atmosphere may be in- closed. A cold frame or spent hot-bed IS a suitable place If the glass is ] shaded or cheesecloth frame is used instead of the sash.