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longest shoots may be gently bent over and 

 pegged down at the tip, if there is sufficient 

 space, which forces them to break from every 

 dormant bud in July. I tried this last 

 summer on two big plants of Ulrich Brunner 

 with delightful results. Short and sturdy 

 growers, such as Baroness Rothschild, should 

 be cut back to the first plump bud. The 

 groups of Magna Charta are kept mainly for 

 the effect of their mass of pink flowers seen 

 against the distance from the dining-room 

 windows. But as twelve dozen really perfect 

 blooms cut for the church one Saturday made 

 no perceptible difference to the appearance of 

 my " three-farthings " Rose bushes at breakfast 

 on Sunday morning, I felt justified the next 

 year in my methods of pruning. After clear- 

 ing out the old, weak wood, some of the 

 strong upright shoots of the former year are 

 merely cut back to the first dormant bud ; 

 and these invariably bring the finest flowers, 

 often four or six together in a bunch at the 

 top, while each eye below flowers in succession. 

 The Hybrid Teas may be treated much in 



