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China (generally known as the Apple-blossom rose), 

 and red Memorial Queen and Hiawatha (a beautiful 

 single crimson with pure white eye). 



To have a blooming success with climbers neces- 

 sitates careful pruning, which means first owning a 

 pair of thorn-proof gloves, the sharpest of pruning 

 shears, and a stepladder. 



Immediately after the blooming season of such 

 climbers as Dorothy Perkins, White Rambler, etc., 

 which only have their one great yearly fling, it is 

 important to cut away all the old wood on which this 

 wealth of bloom has occurred; this is no small job 

 and requires much callousness of heart, for it often 

 means taking away over half the vine. 



We are, however, soon repaid by the prodigious 

 new growth which immediately shoots up from the 

 roots, more than taking the place of all removed. 

 It is on these new branches that next season's blos- 

 soms will appear. We save all we can from the trim- 

 mings for cuttings. 



From one thriving Dorothy Perkins you may in 

 two years get enough sons to have a standing army of 

 Perkins guarding your entire dynasty. 



As to the best mode of treating cuttings I am go- 

 ing to quote from my mother's old garden book, 

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