Pruning of a good manual on this subject, with directions for any 

 Roses Rose.) 



First. The Hybrid Perpetual Roses as a rule require to be 

 pruned to within 4 to 6 inches of the ground, and to an eye 

 pointing away from the middle of the plant. 



The Teas require the thin wood to be cut out, and also any 

 soft sappy wood, and to be cut back to some sound hard wood 

 or joints. 



The Hybrid Teas require varying treatment according as to 

 whether they partake more or less of the Hybrid Perpetual or 

 Tea type. A good general idea can be formed from the look of 

 the growth, such varieties as " Marquise Litta," " Mildred Grant," 

 and " Mrs W. J. Grant," etc., requiring to be treated similarly 

 to the Hybrid Perpetuals, while " Madame Abel Chatenay," 

 " Marquis Salisbury," " Papa Gontier," etc., require to be pruned 

 more after the manner of the Teas. All three classes also 

 require to be pruned much harder for exhibition than for 

 ordinary garden purposes. 



The climbing varieties require the long shoots cut back a 

 little, but not very much, with one or two shoots each year cut 

 right back to within a few eyes off the ground. This is to 

 induce fresh strong shoots each year from the bottom of 

 the plants, as otherwise they get ugly and straggly in the 

 course of a few years. Climbing varieties as a rule flower 

 better from the long one-year growths, so that any wood 

 more than two or three years old is better cut out where 

 possible. 



Now as to varieties. The Hybrid Perpetual class is 

 usually considered the hardiest of the lot, though it often 

 happens that the more delicate Teas do better than the Hybrid 



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