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the pinnacle it is one mass of glov/ing beauty. 

 Perfectly hardy in our coldest latitudes, it has 

 large rich green foliage, very distinctly and 

 deeply nerved ; the shoots are strong and erect, 

 and will grow freely in any soil or situation. 

 The old shoots only should be thinned out ; the 

 young wood ought never to be shortened unless 

 locality demands it. The same style of pruning 

 will apply to all the varieties of the Multiflora. 

 This operation should be performed early in the 

 spring, before the buds swell, but never when the 

 wood is in a frozen state. In more southern cli- 

 mates pruning can be done at any period, from 

 December to January ; but in the Middle and 

 Eastern States it should be undertaken as soon 

 as frost is out of the wood, in February or March, 

 and the plants tied or nailed at once to their re- 

 spective supports. Multiflora Graullue is the 

 only pure white of this group. I have seen the 

 flowers perfectly double, rather larger than the 

 common variety; a very strong grower and blooms 

 freely. 



