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long, that fill the border and cover the fence at the 

 back of it. When in full bloom in July they are a 

 glorious sight ; Hugh Dickson has great crimson rounded 

 blooms of exquisite fragrance. When, in a year or two, 

 the plants possess stems as thick as one's first finger, the 

 blooms are produced, not singly, but in bunches of even 

 five or six from each bud. I have counted one hundred 

 and fifty perfect flowers on one plant of Hugh Dickson 

 three years after planting. 



The pruning of Hybrid Perpetuals, as, indeed, of all 

 bush or dwarf roses, can only be carried out correctly 

 by treating each plant on its merits, but very convenient 

 general rules can be formulated. We may class them 

 as of very vigorous, vigorous, and moderate growth. 

 The very vigorous sorts should be pegged down, as 

 described. Typical varieties suitable for this treatment 

 are Frau Karl Druschki, Hugh Dickson, Clio, General 

 Jacqueminot, Margaret Dickson, Madame Victor Verdier, 

 Maharajah, and Paul Neyron. They also form excellent 

 pillar roses if planted against strong stakes some six or 

 seven feet high, and lightly pruned. 



The vigorous varieties represented by Captain Hay- 

 ward, Baroness Rothschild, Ulrich Brunner, Duchess of 

 Bedford, Duke of Edinburgh, Dupuy Jamain, and Mrs. 

 John Laing, may be allowed either to grow into bushes 

 or they may be pruned hard each March. It all depends 

 upon whether the grower wants plenty of blooms of 

 moderate quality, or fewer blooms of good quality. To 

 obtain the latter, the shoots may be shortened to lengths 

 varying from eight inches for the most vigorous to 



