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THE ROSE BOOK 



by cutting out those shoots that, instead of growing 

 towards the outside of the bush, develop across other 

 shoots and towards the centre, thus blocking up the 

 middle of the bush. Having carried out these pre- 

 liminary skirmishes, as it were, the beginner may apply 



A bush rose pruned more lightly. 



himself to the second part of the pruning, which is 

 concerned with cutting back the growths that remain 

 after all useless ones have been removed. 



Those who grow roses for exhibition are obliged to 

 prune every shoot hard — to within one or two buds 

 of the base — so that the growths that develop will be 



