44 THE BOOK OF ROSES 



Special pruning is required for those Roses which are 

 being pegged down, and only the strongest growing 

 kinds should be used for this purpose. A few of the 

 best, longest and best ripened shoots, about three or four, 

 not more, to a plant, are selected, cut to the desired 

 length, and carefully laid as nearly horizontal as possible, 

 the ends being pegged down. All other shoots are then 

 cut right out, when the selected shoots will bear flowers 

 along their whole length. When the strong shoots 

 appear from the base in Summer the best are allowed to 

 grow, and in the Spring the old shoots which have 

 flowered are removed, and the process repeated with the 

 young shoots left from the Summer. Good Roses for 

 pegging down are Mme Isaac Pereire, Gruss an Teplitz, 

 Mme Jules Gravereaux, Frau Karl Druschki, J. B. Clark, 

 and Zephirine Drouhin. 



In the late Summer or early Autumn, when the Summer 

 flowering is over, many of the stronger Roses, especially 

 the climbers, are benefited by a judicious pruning. All 

 the Summer flowering Roses those which flower only 

 once in the season should have all the wood which has 

 flowered cut right away, as this pruning will encourage 

 the young growth from the lower parts of the plant, and 

 will give it a chance of ripening well, ready for flowering 

 next year. These young shoots should be allowed free 

 growth without trimming or shortening until the Spring, 

 and should be protected from breakage by winds by being 

 lightly tied in place. Summer Roses grown as bushes 

 should be treated in a similar way, but not so drastically, 

 as the young growth is as a rule not so vigorous ; and 

 all the best of the shoots which have flowered should be 

 left, at least provisionally. The Briars also do not need 

 very vigorous treatment, the young growth not being 

 very strong, and if they are thinned thoroughly once in 

 three or four years it will be often enough. Briars 

 should never be pruned in the ordinary way by cutting 



