110 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE CHAP. 
there is room when they have reached the top, till 
growth ceases for the winter. If the pitch of the 
roof be steep, as soon as the buds seem inclined to 
break in the spring, the time being of course de- 
pendent on the amount of heat supplied, all the ties 
should be unfastened and the long trailing shoots 
most carefully let down for a few days to give the 
lower buds an equal chance of breaking with the 
upper ones. They should then be retied in their 
former positions, and the ends reaching further than 
the top of the house, for which no room can be 
found, may be cut off. 
Almost every bud should now produce a flower—a 
splendid sight which may lasta month. The blooms 
will be greatly superior to those grown out of doors 
in general perfection of shape, but the petals will be 
thinner in many cases, and the flowers less lasting. 
They should be cut before they are expanded, as they 
are then at their best, and also all yellow Roses 
improve in colour by being shaded or removed from 
bright sunshine. Great care should be taken in the 
spring growing season to avoid cold draught, as the 
foliage is very tender and susceptible to mildew. As 
the blooms are cut, or wither, the upright rods 
should be gradually shortened till the whole is clean 
removed back again to the main horizontal arms at 
the bottom of the house. The check to the plant 
will be lessened by the gradual removal of the shoots, 
and fresh growth will soon start to be trained up 
during the summer and autumn in their place as 
before. 
This is a simple, systematic, and regular method, 
which I have found to answer extremely well. It 
may be objected that all autumnal bloom is lost by 
