PRUNING DWARF TEAS. 
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PICTORIAL PRACTICE.—PLAIN HINTS IN FEW WORDS. 
FIG. 20.—PRUNING DWARF TEA-SCENTED ROSES. 
A, cutting of Hybrid Tea La France, with outline of first season’s 
weakly growths: a, roots; 4, shoots. 
B, plant (A), two years old: ¢, points where weakly shoots (A 4) were 
pruned to one bud each in the previous spring; d, depth of 
planting, all the stem or cutting part being buried, partly to 
make sure of growths from the stem in case of severe frost 
cutting the top growths to the ground, and partly to ensure roots 
pushing from the base of the shoots as indicated by the dotted 
_lines ; ¢, main roots formation ; *, vigorous shoots, g, points of 
long pruning for good growth and flowers; h, points of short 
pruning for fewer very fine flowers. 
C, plant (A), three years old, long pruned {B g): i, shoots from the 
main buds; 7, growths from the side buds; 4, a growth which 
has sprung from « buried bud. The bars indicate the points of 
runing. 
D, es exactly similar plant to.A, treated as B, but short pruned. 
(B h): 2, growths from the main buds; m, growths from the side 
buds; », growth from a bud below ground; 0, points of pruning. 
I, one year old plant of La France Rose on the seedling Brier, 
pruned : », side shoots shortened to two buds; g, leading growth 
cut to five buds, not counting the basal bud in either case. 
F, two years old plant (KE) a year older, only one shoot being 
allowed on each side branch, and two shoots on the leading 
branch, showing the third pruning: 7, side branch shoots cut to 
two buds; s, upper branch shoots to three buds. ‘The dotted 
lines indicate growths from the buds on the respective shoots. 
