DEFINITIONS...

      • ANCHOR ROOT - a large root serving mainly to hold a plant in place in the soil.
      • ANTHER - the terminal part of a stamen, containg the pollen sacs.
      • BASAL CANE - one of the main canes of a rose bush, originating from the bud union.
      • BUD EYE - a dormant bud in the axil of a leaf, used for propagation in bud grafting, also called an eye.
      • BUD UNION - the junction, usually swollen, between the understocck and the top variety grafted to it, at or near the soil level.
      • BUDDED - propagated from a bud eye.
      • BUTTON CENTER - a round center in a rose blossom, formed by unexpected petaloids in the very double roses.
      • CALYX - collectively, the sepals of the rose.
      • CALYX TUBE - a tube formed by the united bases of the sepals and partly by the receptaccle.
      • CONFUSED CENTER - a flower center whose petals are diorganized, not forming a pattern.
      • COROLLA - collectively, the petals of a flower.
      • CROWN - the region of the bud union, the point near soil level where the top variety and the understock are joined.
      • CULTIVAR - a man-made variety of a plant, maintained by vegetative propagation rather than from a seed.
      • CUPPED FORM - in a rose bloom, haveing an open center, with the stamens visible.
      • DEAD HEADING - removal of old flowers durning the growing season to encourage the development of new flowers.
      • DISBUDDED - haveing the side buds removed to encourage the growth of the flower at the tip of the stem.
      • DOUBLE - having 24-50 petals.
      • EYE - see bud eye.
      • FEEDER ROOT - one of the numerous small roots of a plant, through which moisture and nutients are absorbed from the siol.
      • FILAMENT - the threadlike lower portion of a stamen bearing the anther.
      • FLORIFEROUS - blooming profusely.
      • GUARD PETALS - the outer petals of a rose, especcially when these are larger than the inner petals and enclose them.
      • HIGH CENTERED - having the central petals longest; the classic hybrid tea rose form.
      • HIP - the closed and ripened receptacle of a rose, containing the seeds, and often brightly colored.
      • LATERAL CANE - a branch of a basal ccane.
      • LEAF AXIL - the angle between a petiole and the stem to whicch it is attached.
      • LEAFLET - one of the leaflike parts of a compound leaf.
      • MAIN SHOOT - a basal ccane or strong lateral cane.
      • MUDDLED CENTER - a flower center whose petals are disorganized, not forming a pattern. a term applied to old garden roses.
      • OVARY - the swollen base of a pistil, in which one or more seeds develop.
      • PETAL - one of a series of flower parts lying within the sepals and outside the stamens and pistils; in roses, the petals are large and brightly colored. collectively called the corolla.
      • PETALOIDS - small, very short petals located near the center of a flower.
      • PETIOLE - the stalk of a leaf.
      • PISTIL - the female reproductive organ of a flower, consiting of an ovary, a style, and a stigma.
      • QUARTERED - having petals arranged in 3, 4, or 5 radial segments.
      • RETENTIVE SEPALS - sepals that remain attacched to the apex of the receptacle after it has ripened into a hip.
      • RHACHIS - the central axis of a compound leaf, to which the leaflets are attached.
      • ROOTSTOCK - see understock.
      • RUGOSE - having the leaf veins deeply etched into the upper surface of the leaf.
      • SEMIDOUBLE - having 12-24 petals.
      • SINGLE - of flowers, having 5-12 petals. of varities, only having one bloom per stem.
      • SPORT - an abrupt, naturally occuring genetic change resulting in a branch that differs in apperance from the rest of the plant, or, a plant derived by propagation from such a genetically cchanged branch. also called a mutation.
      • STAMEN - the male reproductive organ of a flower, consiting of filament and a pollen bearing anther.
      • STEM a branch of a ccane, emerging from a bud eye and bearing leaves and at least one flower.
      • STIGMA - a small, leaflike appendage at the base of the petiole of a leaf.
      • STYLE - the columnar portion of a pistil, extending between the ovary and the stigma.
      • SUCKER - a young cane emerging below the bud union and therefore representing the variety of the understock rather than the top variety.
      • TOP VARIETY - the variety bud-grafted to the understock, and thus the variety that will be represented by the flowers.
      • UNDERSTOCK - the plant providing the root system to which the top variety is attached in bud-grafting. also called the rootstock.
      • VERY DOUBLE - having more than 50 petals.


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