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the Rose-trees generally the question is, Does the owner wish for 

 number or size, quantity or quality ? If the former, let him leave 

 five, if the latter, three eyes, on the strong laterals, of course cutting 

 out the infirm. 



Look over the budded Briers. Rub off incipient laterals, and 

 pull up suckers. Breaks on the budded shoot should be all re- 

 moved, save one farthest from the bud, which should be left a 

 while to make the running — i.e., draw up the sap. 



See to your stakes when the stormy winds do blow, and towards 

 the end of the month dig in the manure left about the newly- 

 planted Rose-trees and Briers. Take from the latter all the lower 

 growth and suckers, leaving the two strongest laterals nearest to 

 the top. 



In the Rose-garden lighten the surface of soil, if requisite, with 

 digging-fork or hoe. 



Aj>riL 



Prune Tea-scented, Noisette, and Bourbon Roses, observing the 

 previous rule — that is, cutting very abstemiously, when the growth 

 is vigorous, as with Marechal Niel, Gloire de Dijon, Climbing 

 Devoniensis, and Souvenir d'un Ami. And now 



'* Read, ye who run, the awful truth 

 With which I charge my page, — 

 A worm is in the bud" 



of the Roses, and towards the end of this month the Rose-grub 

 (what an amalgamation of the lovely and the loathsome !) must be 

 sought for constantly and closely. The search must be continued 

 during the early part of 



