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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



Pruning. — Hybrid Perpetual roses should be 

 pruned in the spring, when growth has nicely started, 

 because if pruned too early and vegetation is checked 

 by a cold day or night, the sap will fail to reach the ex- 

 tremities of the canes and it will be necessary to again 

 prune back two or three buds, or leave unsightly dead 

 ends on the canes ; by delaying to prune till the 

 weather is settled this trouble is obviated. A good 

 rule to observe, in pruning Hybrid Perpetual roses, is 

 to trim the weakly growing varieties back closely, 

 while those of a stronger growth should not be cut so 

 close. 



The accompanying cut will give a good general 

 'dea as to planting and pruning. Mosses require only 

 to be slightly shortened and the oldest of the canes 

 removed, also any weakly growth cut away. Hardy 

 climbers require the old wood removed, as it loses 

 vigor, together with a judicious thinning out of young 

 -Showing depth to wood, cutting away what cannot be neatly tied into 

 place. The tender or ever-blooming roses require a 

 method of pruning peculiar to themselves. In the 

 spring they should be carefully pruned, all dead or weakly wood being removed, 

 and from time to time. during the season, as blooms are cut, the wood should be 

 shortened to a strong eye with a view to induce the growth of strong shoots from 

 near the ground, or even from below the surface. This wood will be found to 

 produce the finest roses. 



Fio. 957. 



plant and how to prune 

 budded Roses. 



Gooseberry Training". 



833. Sib, — Would you form the crown of your gooseberry bushes above, or below 

 the surface ? 



Reply by Stanley Spillett, Nantyr. 



In planting a bush, I should keep the crown above, but in renewing from 

 year to year, I would give preference to a good strong shoot starting from 

 below the surface. 



834. Sir, — If the second form is preferred, would you remove the earth so as to cut 

 the old stem at its junction with the main stem, and, if cut at the surface, would not a 

 great growth of weak sprouts be the result ? 



Reply by Stafiley Spillet, Gooseberry Specialist. 



So far I have cut at the surface, and, if too many shoots sprang up, have 

 cut away what I did not need for renewal. 



