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Show METHOD OF ROSE GRAFTING By a new method of grafting Hugo II. Lilllenthal of Perkelcy. Cal., has very recently discovered a new way of saving young roses from mildew, and thus preserving from destruction, from SO to 7. per cent of the roses of American gardens and hothouses. Lillienthal's method Is a grafting of tender slips upon the dog rose, the graft entering the dog rose bark obliquely,' ob-liquely,' but not puncturing the. core. Tho dog ro.se having hard, glossy leaves, able to resist the attack of the mildew, protects Its little proteges and lends to them some of Its own hardiness. hardi-ness. This discovery is considered one of the most important of recent years to horticulturists. Rose growers have found that the hardest problem they had "to face was that of mildew. ' It Is estimated that the mildew is responsible for the loss of from 50 to 75 per cent of the younger plants In commercial and private gardens. So destructive was the fungus, in fact, that horticultural Journals, both In Europe Eu-rope and America, have been pleading for years with horticulturists to give their attention to this mildew problem. Mr. Llllienthars method is new in two particulars both in the method of the graft and Its application to the mildew ' problem. It will permit tho production annii- ally from each bush of not less than 3,0:00 usabJe rose slips. The-operation is a delicate one and requires the most care that Is known to the horticulturist horticul-turist surgeons. J. Mayne Baltimore, San Francisco. |