OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



easy to cut down to an approximate height until 

 the early spring pruning, and when the plants have 

 done blooming and the frost has set in severely cut 

 to an approximate height of one foot and a half, 

 except in strongest growing kinds and climbers. Do 

 not cut to less. The buds liable to break are upper 

 buds, and if forced in a warm, late autumn or early 

 spring, after breaking they will certainly winter kill. 

 If left short there are not enough buds remaining 

 below to carry out the scheme of pruning; if left 

 longer, no harm is done. 



Under pruning it is well to include the cutting of 

 the bloom. This is a part of rose culture which is 

 usually neither considered nor understood. It is 

 not easy to regulate by actual rule but if the principle 

 is understood the proper cutting of roses is a very 

 easy matter. In tliis, as in spring pruning, the 

 method to be employed depends entirely upon what 

 is desired. Cutting off the blooms insures more. 

 If they are not cut new growth will not start so 

 quickly. For this reason it is advisable to pinch off 

 any blooms which may have been left on the plants. 

 This should be particularly noted with all bedding 

 varieties which are kept for garden decoration and 

 are not usually cut. If a stem is left and the seed 

 pod forms it takes the greater part of the nourish- 

 ment on any shoot, the sap going to the top as has 



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