64 PICTORIAL PRACTICAL ROSE GROWING. 
break along the whole length of the cane. Plenty of Roses of 
strong habit which, hard pruned, give stems and leaves instead 
of flowers, may be ‘made to bloom abundantly by treating them 
on the pegging-down system. 
Pruning Weeping Roses. 
If not of the first importance in Rose gardens, weeping 
Roses have their value. When well furnished with healthy 
flowering wood they are objects of considerable interest and 
beauty. 
Not every variety lends itself to manipulation as a weeping 
Rose. It would be useless to endeavour to make a weeper of 
a sort which naturally produces weak, stubby growths, and the 
attempt would only end in the grower becoming a weeper 
himself. Those varieties are the most suitable which produce 
long, pendent shoots. 
It is wise to make a commencement with young trees estab- 
lished on standard Briers. By shortening fhe leading growth 
(References to Fig. 28, page 65.) 
A, one year old plant of Reine Olga de Wurtemburg from a cutting: a, free 
root formation; 28, leading growth shortened to about 15 inches; - 
vigorous side erowth cut back to about 9 inches ; ; d, weakly side shoot 
shortened to two buds; e, portion of pole forming the support. 
B, two years old pillar Rose (A a year older): f, leading growth shortened 
to about 2 feet and secured to the pole; g, side shoots from the stem cut 
back to two or three good buds each; h, continuation growth of a 
vigorous side branch shortened to about 18 inches ; 4, side shoots from a 
side branch cut in to two or three buds; 7, vigorous shoot from the base 
as a result of close pruning, shortened to about 18 inches. 
©, three years old pillar Rose: #, strong continuation growth from the 
leading branch shortened to ‘thoroughly ripened wood and about 
9 inches from the top of the pole, which is 7 feet 6 inches above ground; 
1, one year old side shoots cut back to about four good buds; m, one year 
old spurs cut clean out; », leading growth from a side branch shortened 
to well matured wood; 0, one year old side shoots on a side branch 
cut back to about four buds; y, one year old spurs on a side branch cut 
clean out; g, spur growth cut close in [ Norr.—It is always advisable to 
retain some buds at the base of a branch]; r, leading growth of a side 
branch duly shortened; s, side shoots shortened to about four good buds. 
D, four years old pillar Rose. Central branch (Ad) which has reached the 
limit of height : ¢, the leading growth shortened to the top of the pole; 
u, side shoots cut back to four buds; v, spurs cut clean away; w, a 
vigorous young shoot from the collar of the plant or base of the central 
branch, and intended to supplant the latter in a year’s time, the central 
branch then being cut away in its favour. Side branch (Ac): #, continua- 
tion growth shortened to firm wood a little below the height limit; y, one 
year “old side shoots shortened to three or four buds; z, one year old 
spurs cut clean out; @, young shoot from the base of the plant, and 
intended to take the place of a side branch in a year or two’s time. 
Side branch (Ad): 4, continuation growth shortened to well ripened 
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