216 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE CHAP. 
of the lower wood buds should be allowed to grow 
out, and they may form perhaps almost as good 
blooms as the older one. Thus Ethel Brownlow, T., 
by no means a very strong grower, when grown as a 
Standard Maiden should always have the crown bud 
removed : it will come to no good, and very likely will 
have a prominent green centre. 
The chosen bud should be carefully examined 
before it is entrusted alone with the sole responsibility 
of the shoot. Any insect perforation however small, 
or any unusual appearance or sign of deformity, 
should cause the dethronement of the crown bud at 
once, and the election of the most perfect of its two 
or three companions in its place. Even with the 
utmost vigilance many a fine bud will be tended and 
cared for and only found to be malformed at the very 
last when it should be in perfection and ready for 
show. 
Where there is still a choice of buds later on 
when the first signs of colour are visible, signs of 
malformation may often be detected in an uneven 
appearance of the green calyx enclosing the petals. 
If this is irregularly disposed so that more colour 
shows on one side of the bud than the other there is 
a strong probability of there being a deformed arrange- 
ment of the petals, leading to the bloom being 
“ divided ’’ or ‘‘ quartered,”’ a very serious detriment 
to the shape of many of the finest blooms. There is 
no remedy : another bud, if possible, should be chosen 
in its place. An exception must be made in the case 
of Madame de Watteville, whose buds are curiously 
wrinkled to enclose the great wing petals. 
The tip of the bud should be quite sharp and green : 
if at all blunted so that the colour shows, there has 
