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THE ROSE GARDEN. 



We will exemplify this by the aid of the following engravings. No. 21 was 

 sketched from a plant of Coupe d'Hebe (Hybrid Bourbon) ; No. 22 from a plant 

 of Persian Yellow (Austrian). 



No. 21. No. 22. 



Disbudding. Coupe d'Hebe. Disbudding. Persian Yellvio. 



These are both young plants, and we commence by thinning and shortening, 

 as previously explained, which is shewn by the single and double lines, as before. 

 The habit of the Coupe d'Hebe (No. 21) is erect, its growth vigorous, and the 

 buds are formed at long intervals. The habit of the Persian Yellow (No. 22) is 

 branching, its growth vigorous, and it is remarkable for the proximity of the buds 

 to each other. I have now before me a shoot of the Persian Yellow, about a foot 

 long, on which there are twenty buds; whereas one of Cou'pe d'Hebe, of the same 

 length, has only six buds. But the Persian Yellow does not developeits branches 

 so strong as the latter, and the foliage is not so large ; therefore the buds may be 

 allowed to remain closer together. On the Persian Yellow I rub out two, or 

 sometimes three buds together, as shewn by the open buds in No. 22, and leave 

 one, as shewn by the shaded buds. On the Coupe d'Hebe (No. 21) every other 

 bud is removed. By the accompanying illustrations it will be seen that we re- 

 move seven or eight buds from a branch of the Persian Yellow, of equal length 

 with one of the Coupe d'Hebe, from which we remove two or three buds only. 

 But disbudding is not the work of spring alone; it must be attended to all through 

 the growing season. The plants should be looked through at least twice before 

 the time of flowering, and again soon after the flowering is over. The remains 



