PRUNING BUSH ROSES IN POTS. 97 
PICTORIAL PRACTICE.—PLAIN HINTS IN FEW WORDS. 
FIG. 45.—ROSES IN POTS.—I. BUSHES. 
A, a one year old plant from a bud or graft, showing potting: a, drain- 
age; 6,alayer of the rougher parts of the compost; ¢, soil; d, roots, 
Pruning: e, points of shortening to two buds when the upper ones on 
the shoots begin to swell. 
B, a two years old plant in the second season after being put into a larger sized 
pot, the plant being turned out, some of the old soil removed, and the 
* coiled roots widened out: f, drainage; g, rough soil; A, soil; i, space for 
water; j, shoots pruned to two buds each, not counting the small basal 
ones; , growths which have flowered; 7, second growths, from which 
the buds should be removed to prevent a second flowering. 
C, bush in the third year’s bloom or the second season after potting: m, 
blooms. Section of pot showing top-dressing when it is not desirable to 
repot: m, drainage, which must always be seen to and rectified if 
defective : 0, undisturbed soil and roots; y, a top-dressing of rich com- 
post, a corresponding portion of soil having been removed previously ; 
g, space for water. “ 
Nore.—Sometimes the one year old plant from the bud has only one 
shoot, with some second growths. In this case put it into a 6-inch pot, and 
cut it down to three buds, then in the following season it will make three 
shoots, and probably flower and produce second growths, as at #, / in A, 
Shift it into an 8-inch pot, and another year there will be the plant B. In 
the third year there will be the plant OQ, either by top-dressing or shifting 
into a larger pot. 
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