104 ROSES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS ^ 



Provence, Moss, and China. — These hardy Roses 

 should be well thinned out, to prevent their growths 

 becoming crowded, and the remaining shoots short- 

 ened one-half their length. 



2. Roses which require very little pruning. — To 



whatever section a Rose may belong, if it be grown as 

 a climber, or as an arch or pillar, it will not do to 

 cut it back hard, or it will bear but few if any flowers. 

 But there are also certain other Roses which, although 

 not of extra strong growi;h, will not flower satisfac- 

 torily if cut back at all severely. It is by cutting away 

 the flowering wood of such kinds that the greatest 

 mistakes in pruning usually occur. 



Climbing, Pillar, and other strong-growing Roses. — 

 In the spring these need very little attention beyond 

 securing the best shoots in the positions they are 

 required to occupy, and to shorten back or remove 

 altogether any other shoots which may not be re- 

 quired at all. Within July, however, all these strong- 

 growing Roses should be examined, and every year 

 some of the shoots which have flowered be entirely 

 removed and the best of the strong young growths 

 encouraged to take their place, cutting out altogether 

 those not needed. The object of thinning out the 

 shoots that have flowered, and tying or laying in the 

 strong young shoots of the current year, is to enable 

 the latter to make better growth, and by exposure 

 to light and air to become ripened before the winter 

 sets in. 



Austrian Briers. — Beyond removing the dead, in- 



