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ing to the strength required. Prune closely in the 

 following March, removing three-fourths of your 

 wood, so as to insure a grand growth in the sum- 

 mer, which, moderately shortened in the succeed- 

 ing spring, should furnish your pillar, from soil to 

 summit, with flowering lateral shoots. By the 

 time your tree has attained the dimensions re- 

 quired, your observation will have taught you 

 how, for the future, to prune it so that you may 

 be sure of an annual bloom, cutting away all 

 weakly wood, and regulating the general growth 

 with an eye both to form and florescence. As 

 with a vine, if you only put a strong cane into a 

 rich border, and use the knife courageously, you 

 may be sure of grapes. 



As single specimens of Pillar Roses, the fol- 

 lowing may be tried with confidence : — 



Anna Alexieff* free in growth, in foliage, and flowers — the 



latter of a fresh pure rose-color, which makes the tree very 



distinct and charming. 

 Auguste Mie, an old favorite, having well-shaped globular flowers, 



of a delicate pearly-pink complexion, and blooming freely both 



in summer and autumn. 

 Baronne Prevost, another of the few old favorites still claiming a 



place in the Rosary. The flowers are very large, fragrant, and 



of a true rose-color. 



* All the Roses in this list, except Gloire de Bourdeaux, Gloire 

 de Dijon, and Jaune Desprez, are of the Hybrid Perpetual family. 



