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plant about the tinn' they are in Ijlooni. They differ also in 

 havint; canes (hat aie relatixely imiJernianenl, and strong new 

 sliools are not al)undaiul\- jiroduced from canes that have blos- 

 somed but rather from the base of the plant as ]:>reviously noted. 

 Such roses should !);> pruned immediately they have finished 

 blossomini;-, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. Prunini^' 

 consists of the ruthle.'-s removal of all canes that have blossomed, 

 which should be cut off as near the t^round line as possible. 

 Knoui^h of the stront;est yount; shoots should be left to (ill the 

 allotted space. The remaining weaker shoots may be cut off. 

 Those that are lell will grow \-igorously throughout the summer 

 and fall and from the ii will arise the following spring the laterals 

 that will produce an abundant crop of blooms. 



It for any reason increased height is reciuired in roses of this 

 class, it may often be gained by cutting back only to the strong 

 shoots that occasionally arise on the canes from which the flower- 

 ing shoots were produced. 



The group of roses to which t he term "large-flowered Climbers " 

 has been a[:)plied, and exam[)les of which are Dr. Van Fleet, 

 Silver Moon, and 7\ll)ertine, ]>roduce larger blooms with fewer 

 in a cluster and are characterized by more permanent stems, 

 riiey do not, as a rile, produce their young shoots from the 

 l)ase of the i)lan( but from the canes of previous years. 



Pruning in roses of this class should not be so severe as in the 

 case ot the ramblers. Because of their vigorous growth, they 

 should never be ])lanled except in positions where there is plenty 

 ol room for them to grow and spread themselves. Many vari- 

 eties in this class ])roduce their flower-bearing shoots in greatest 

 i:)rotusion from the older wood. If limitations of space necessi- 

 tate tre(|uent se\'ere i)runing, loo much unripened wood is pnj- 

 duced which does no- proxide the greatest quantity of flower- 

 bearing shoots. 



Summer pruning of this class consists in keeping the plants 

 within bounds. I'laning for the removal of old worn-out wood 

 should be done in earh' s])ring before growth starts. 



There is still another group of roses that makes rather long 

 flexible canes to which the term I'illar Rose is applied. In this 

 class, we find ])lants having the characteristics of both the afore- 



