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THE ROSE GARDEN, 



No. 14. 



Pillar or Pole Rose, Stage 1. Pillar or Pole Rose, Stage 2. 



three only last year, and these were cut off nearly level with the ground soon after 

 it was planted, to induce a vigorous growth. We now cut out the three shoots 

 shewn by single lines, and shorten the others as shewn by the shadowing (y). 

 After pruning, the branches should lie at full length on the ground, and be fastened 

 down with some little pegs to keep the wind from blowing them about. Owing 

 to their recumbent position, the buds will break regularly their whole length, and 

 by the end of April they may be tied up to the pole, either in an erect position, or 

 made to entwine around it, as shewn in our drawing. We have introduced the 

 poles here from the first stage, but this is a matter of indifference : a good stake 

 will answer every purpose for the first two years. 



In No. 15 we see the same plant as it appears the following year, before it is 

 pruned. It has grown well, and there is a prospect of a complete Rose pillar being 

 speedily formed. 



We commence pruning at the bottom of the pillar by thinning out the vigorous 

 shoots formed there. Two are thought necessary to remain to fill the base. This 



