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The Tea-scented, China, and Noisette are the last 
sorts to be pruned, and should not be commenced 
before the end of March or the beginning of April. 
Few, if any, of these require close pruning. The 
Tea-scented and China especially should not be 
pruned too hard. Thin out the small weak wood, 
and shorten the other shoots one-half, and in some 
instances even less. The vigorous-growing Noisette 
requires long pruning, the strongest shoots being 
left even longer than recommended for the vigorous- 
growing Bourbons. The Cloth of Gold Rose, 
belonging to this section, is one of the most shy 
blooming of all, and yet one of the most beautiful. 
Its situation, when intended to be grown out of 
doors, should be against a south wall. It will then, 
if grown freely, bloom after the first year or two. 
Very little pruning, however, is required ; the secret 
of making it bloom is to get it to grow freely, and 
for this ample space must be given. When it has 
become established and is making vigorous growth, 
it will bloom both in summer and autumn. It must, 
however, be manured highly every year, and no 
more pruning given than will suffice to keep the 
plant in a well-trained form. I have had standard 
plants of this Rose of unusually large size, and with 
nearly a hundred expanded blooms at one time, but 
of late years the severe winters have somewhat dis- 
couraged any attempt at growing it otherwise than 
against a south wall or in the conservatory. 
Banksian Roses produce their blooms upon the 
small, weak, one or two years’ old wood, but rarely 
until the plant has been established some three or 
