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mentioned types, differinti in that p^rowth is not nearly so ram- 

 pant. As the name imj^Ues, they are suitable for training on 

 posts or pillars and usually they do not attain a height of more 

 than six or eight feet. In this group, we have such roses as 

 Paul's Scarlet Climber, The Beacon, and various climbing Hy- 

 brid Teas. The kind of pruning required by these roses depends, 

 of course, on whether they are of the rambler type, or whether 

 they make more or less ])ermanent woody canes. Those of the 

 rambler type should be pruned as described in the hrst section 

 above. Those that make permanent woody stems need, as a 

 rule, very little pruning. Old, worn-out wood may be removed — 

 preferably in the spring. 



Summer pruning of Hybrid Tea roses is perhaps best accom- 

 plished by cutting the blossoms rather freely and using them for 

 indoor decoration as cut flowers. When this is done, the flowers 

 should be cut with a long stem, making the cut two or three 

 leaves from the ]:>oint of origin of the shoot. When the roses are 

 cut in this manner you may expect the buds in the axils of the 

 leaves, on the j^ortion of the shoot remaining, to grow and pro- 

 duce flowers later in the season. 



Another form of summer pruning that is very necessary is 

 concerned with the remox^al of suckers that may spring up from 

 the understock on which the garden rose is budded. If these 

 suckers are not promptly removed, the chances are that by the 

 end of the season, instead of having a Mile de Paris, Margaret 

 McGredy, Mrs. E. P. ThcKii, or whatever variety you happen to 

 have planted, you will have nothing Imt the wild rose on which 

 the garden variety was budded. Any shoots originating from 

 below the ground line should be viewed with suspicion and if the 

 leaves that they produce appear difl"erent from those of the 

 flowering rose, such shoots should be removed, if possible, by 

 breaking them oft' below the ground line. The objective in view 

 is the complete removal of the sucker so as to lea\e behind no 

 dormant buds that will si:)ring into growth later and cause further 

 annoyance. 



Autumn Pruning 



Except for newly planted roses, htlle pruning is necessary in 

 the fall. Hybrid Teas that have made exceptionally vigorous 



