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Towards the end, prune roses that are required to 

 bloom late in the season. Surface -dressing still to be 

 attended to. 



May. — This is a busy month for the roseist. All 

 shoots below the bud, or buds, that push forth on stocks 

 budded last summer, must be removed with a sharp 

 knife ; those above the bud, or buds (by which is 

 meant the inserted buds), should be shortened to half 

 their length. Insects must be destroyed (see pp. 215, 

 216), and if the trees are sharply syringed every 

 morning, before 8 a.m., it will tend to keep them free 

 from their attacks. 



June. — Close attention must still be paid to aphis- 

 killing, and to shoots from the stock below the bud, so 

 as to remove them before they suck too much sap. 

 The young shoots from the buds on stocks budded last 

 summer should each be supported by a stick fastened 

 to the stock below the bud, and the shoot tied to it 

 above. Continue syringing, and if your trees are all 

 surfiice-dressed and the weather be dry, plenty of water 

 should be given twice or three times a week ; and 

 manure water also, given once a week, will increase the 

 vigour of growth. AVatering without surface-dressing is 

 injurious. About the middle of the month it is good 

 practice to thin out the clusters of blossom buds — from 

 five removing three, from seven five, and so on. If 

 large flowers are required for exhibition, this is quite 

 necessary. 



July. — This is par excellence the budding month 

 (see p. 171), as the buds are ripe and generally succeed. 

 The June work must still be attended to. Faded and 

 fading flowers should be removed daily, and as soon 

 as a cluster of blossoms has done its work — i.e. as 

 soon as it has given all its flowers — it should be cut 

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