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How to Make a Flower Garden 



Crimson Rambler before pruning 



It is already done if all the blooms have been gathered. Remove weak 

 growths and all sprouts from the stock as they appear. As the plants age, 

 worn-out stems must be taken out and the center 

 left open to encourage new shoots. Some of these 

 roses are short-lived and must eventually be 

 replaced. Hybrid perpetual roses of weak habit 

 — c. g., Prince Camille de Rohan — should be cut 

 back harder than vigorous growers like General 

 Jacqueminot, but only when in good health. 

 Hybrid teas as a rule require the most severe 

 pruning; moss and Provence roses least. 



2. Climbing roses — the Dawson, Baltimore 

 Belle, Prairie Queen, Crimson Ramblers, and 

 others — need not be pruned so hard as those above described. Cut off in 

 spring, before the buds open, from one-fifth to one-third of the previous 

 year's growth ; also, in established plants, any of the old, flowering wood 

 which is enfeebled. Do not hesitate, even if a part of the trellis is laid 

 bare. It is by this means only that these plants can be kept vigorous. In 

 summer take out most of the old wood after it is done flowering, 

 and train new growths as desired, pinching out weak and objec- 

 tionable shoots. 



Half -climbing roses, like the Japanese Rosa umlti flora (R. 

 polyantha) and its varieties, the sweetbriers, R. setigera, the type 

 and the dog rose, are commonly grown as bushes and pruned as 

 above described, more attention being paid to cutting out worn- 

 out stems and keeping the centers open; but the 

 flowering wood must not be removed after bloom- 

 ing where fruit is desired in winter. 



Trailing roses {R. Wichuraiana and its varieties) 

 require comparatively little pruning, particularly 

 in the North, where unfavourable seasons are apt 

 to kill some of the wood. By taking out dead 

 branches and cutting back enough to restore the 

 balance opportunity is given for new growths which are 

 essential to keep them in good condition. Half -climbing hybrids of this rose— 

 e. g., Mr. Walsh's Sweetheart, Debutante, etc., and the old Ayrshire roses— i?. 

 arvensis {R. repens) and their varieties — are pruned in much the same way. 



Crimson Rambler pruned (scale 

 somewhat larger) 



