PRUNING 



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shoots of varieties which require httle, if any, shortening; (3) 

 pruning hghtly the varieties which require severe pruning; 

 (4) leaving rose plants crowded with shoots and cutting these 

 to a uniform length all over the plant in the same way that a 

 hedge is clipped. 



"In thinning out a shoot, it should be either cut clean away 

 to the base of the plant, or to its starting-point on the older 

 shoot from which it springs, as the case may be. When the 

 plant has been pruned, the shoots should be left as nearly as 

 possible equidistant from each other, and regularly arranged 

 around it so that it presents a well-balanced appearance on 

 all sides." — National Rose Society's Hand-Book on Pruning.'-^ 



* Copies of this valuable book may be purchased on application to Author "How to 

 Grow Roses," West Grove, Pa. 



Here is a beautiful hint, easily and cheaply adopted by anyone whose 

 fences are bare. See varieties mentioned on page 49 



