The gradient chemical composition is given for 10-cm. sections of rose shoots 100 cm. in length, from tip to base. A comparison is also made between shoots of plants grown with and without an abundant N supply. Chemical determinations include dry matter, total sugar, starch, crude fiber, unidentified alcohol-insoluble residue, total N, and the ratio between alcohol-insoluble and alcohol-soluble N. Sections of rose stems are reported with as much as 12.36% starch and as low as 0.4070% N in the dry basis, others with as much as 2.4% total N and as low as 4.71% starch. Drawings from cross sections show the accumulation of starch first in the xylem parenchyma, next in the xylem rays, next in the perimedullary zone, next in the cortex parenchyma, next in the pith, and last in the cortex parenchyma abundantly. In view of the wide differences in composition it is suggested that in propagation exps. involving the cutting of shoots into segments, the cuttings be kept in numerical order and the rooting habit of the sequence of cuttings as a whole be compared, rather than a random sample of all cuttings.