OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



In order that the rules for pruning may be more 

 thoroughly understood the system is illustrated in 

 Figs. 29 and 30 herewith given. The first is a Hybrid 

 Tea rose which was not pruned in the spring but 

 was allowed to develop. The second is the same 

 plant properly pruned. 



Fig. 29 shows the plant photographed after it was 

 taken from the ground. On stem " A, " in particular, 

 it will be noted that none of the lower buds have 

 pushed but that the top buds are well developed. 

 This carries out exactly the theory that on a long, 

 weak stem the sap will go to the top buds. To prop- 

 erly prune this weakest stem it should be cut off 

 to two buds as is shown in Fig. 30. On stem ''B, " 

 which is somewhat stronger, it will be seen that the 

 lower buds have pushed, owing to some extent to 

 the fact that this stem is not so long. Fig. 30 shows 

 that stem ''B" is pruned to the third bud, which is 

 on the outside. The first bud is dormant and does 

 not show clearly in the illustration. Cane ''C" on 

 Fig. 29 should be pruned in exactly the same way, 

 cut to the third bud on the outside, and this is done 

 in Fig. 30. Cane '' D " in Fig. 29 is undoubtedly the 

 one which should be removed, as it crowds the center 

 of the plant, and in Fig. 30 this stem has been cut out. 

 Note how much more space is left for the balance 

 of the growth, particularly for the strong lowest 



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