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HOW TO GROW ROSES 



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3. Medium. Thin out as No. 1; leave four to seven shoots; 

 shorten these shoots to about half their length. 



4. Sparingly. Thin out as No. 1 ; leave four to seven shoots, 

 which should be merely tipped. 



5. Thin. No pruning required; 

 thin out annually. 



6. None. No pruning required; 

 thin out every two or three years, 

 just to keep the plant within 

 bounds. 



7. Climbing, Pillar, and all other 

 roses that are marked 7 can be 

 improved by thinning, when one or 

 more of the stems show plainly that 

 the}^ are old and past doing good 

 service. This should not be neces- 

 sary oftener than every three years. 

 Kinds marked + are more likely to 

 need it than kinds marked — . The 

 needs of such roses as Mrs. Pear}-, 



xMarechal Niel, etc., are not covered by any of the notes, where 

 the climate is warm enough not to kill back the main stems. 

 In this case, the branches should be trimmed so as to leave 

 from two to ten eyes. 



Ex. Method to use to produce exhibition specimens or 

 large flowers. 



Q. Method to use to produce showy bushes or a quantity of 

 flowers. 



"Note 1. — Pruning, therefore, is the art of improving the 

 productive power and the appearance of the plant. It consists 

 of two distinct operations: (1) The removal of dead, weak, 

 overcrowded, or otherwise useless shoots. Unripe wood which 

 in the spring will usually be found to have discolored pith, 

 caused by the winter frosts, should be cut clean away at the 

 base of the shoot. (2) Pruning proper, the shortening of those 

 shoots which are allowed to remain after the thinning-out 

 process has been completed. 



"The most frequent errors made in pruning are (1) leaving 

 too many shoots when thinning out; (2) pruning severely the 



The way to prune and thii 

 out climbing roses 



