Slipping Roses

I am very foud of roses and raise a great many f rom slipi. I do not have any hot-teds or co!d-frames, or other conveniences of simelar kind. I simpy stick my slips as I cut them, in good garden soit where i expect my rose bushea io stand. Over each slip Iturn a glass f nút jar, which remains all winter, As cold weather approaches Idraw the earth up around the jar t little for protection. My slips, set down in this way rarely f ail to succeed. I beganto put them down inMa, and shallcontiuueto do so until about the flrst of September. I will add in conclusión, that I keep on hand asolution of whale-soap to sprinkle over my rose bushes whenever infected with any insect pest, and have found it eflicacious in ail cases. One pound of the soap i3 sufficient for eight gallons of