Ix PESTS 191 
To find out for certain what buds have been 
injured by the frost will take more time and patience. 
By no means remove them in a hurry; some will 
soon be seen to become a paler green with white un- 
healthy-looking blotches on them. One or two of 
the worst of these might be cut open, and if the 
rudimentary petals are brown, the bud is rotten and 
would soon drop off of its own accord. Others may 
be tested by pinching, when the points of some will 
be found soft and hollow; these are of no use. 
Gradually thin and disbud them: take off no side 
buds till you have settled whether the crown bud is 
worth leaving or which of the others is the best ; or, 
remove only the worst at each time of inspection 
till there are only two between which to choose. 
The lower side buds of Teas, if the parts above them 
are removed, will often make a good bit of growth, 
and practically become the main stem. Above all, 
remember, after a severe May frost, that the power 
of recuperation in the main shoots of a Rose, while 
they are yet soft, young and growing, is very great 
indeed ; but nevertheless it must be confessed that 
no embryo bud which is in existence during a frost 
that injures the leaves is likely to come to any 
good. 
