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from time to time to cut an old shoot right 

 down, thus inducing the plant to throw up 

 young wood from the bottom. Many of the 

 Teas and Hybrid Teas, if pruned very 

 sparingly, soon form bushes four feet high 

 and as many through : Tillier, Amabilis, 

 Marie Van Houtte, Baronne de Hoffmann, 

 Viscountess Folkestone, Gloire Lyonnaise, Gruss an 

 TeplitZ) Caroline Testout, and others, lending 

 themselves to this form of growth with 

 excellent effect. 



Noisettes are treated in the same way as 

 Climbing Teas. The delightful Ramblers, one 

 of the joys that have invaded our gardens in 

 rapid and seemingly endless succession of late, 

 must be allowed to grow at their own sweet 

 wills, care only being taken to remove old 

 growths bodily when they show signs of 

 failing. The same system applies to the 

 Ayrshires, Evergreens, Wichurianas, and Pen- 

 zance Sweet-briars, each in their own position, 

 whether covering the ground or in bushes or 

 climbing up walls, trees, or arches. 



The Rugosas only require to have the 



