Ciao Warrior, I love to root Roses!! I was given a branch of my grandmothers rose bush in Old country a couple years back. I brought it here to America and it is a beautiful old fashioned rose, very distinct and the most strong beautiful rose smell. YOu don't find this anymore with alot of roses, they are bred for looks alone and alot of smell is lost. This old rose planted by my nonna is very sentimental to me. none of us here in America had her rose.
Anyway, make a long story short ( i get sentimental about everything and think a long story needs to go along!)
I brought the branches home and put them in water for a few days, just to perk them up. They were growing at the time( not dormant). After a couple days, i put them in a pot with dirt going halfway up the branch, per my Aunts directions. any leaves that were remaining, i cut them in half, didn't remove, just cut in half and watered them well. After watering, i put an old pasta sauce jar over the top ( mason jar ) and put in a very warm place with not direct sun, but a bright light. After a month, my dogs knocked my little rose over and exposed what I saw is roots. After screaming and cussing at dogs, I put them back in pot and covered again, ect ect. When the buds started to swell on the branch, i removed the jar and let it get air. I also misted them until now, I have a few of these roses fully rooted here in Pennsylvania. They even bloomed beautifully and smelled just as they did back home. I am very proud.
This is easily doable, and I wish you luck. follow these instructions and you'll have your rose bushes.
Ciao