JUNE: THIRD WEEK 157 



A moderate pruning or cutting back, as the blooming 

 season draws to a close, will increase the number of flowers 

 to be expected at the next blooming period. Even the hy- 

 brid perpetuals sometimes give a few blossoms again in the 

 fall. 



Training Climbing Roses 



The Crimson Ramblers and other climbers are given 

 their annual pruning just after blooming. Cut out the oldest 

 flowering wood or any old, dead wood that may have 

 escaped notice in the spring, and such new growths as cross 

 or conflict or seem not to be needed. There is little danger 

 of taking out too much, as the new shoots grow from ten 

 to twenty feet or more during the season. 



Begin training the shoots while they are small. Do not 

 fail to provide a suitable trellis. The climbing roses, if 

 simply fastened up against the house, will work havoc 

 with eave troughs and the edges of the roof over which 

 they climb, keeping them shaded and wet and inviting rot. 



In the cases of some of the taller bush roses, which tend 

 to send up straight, tall canes, bend over the new pliable 

 canes a couple of inches or so above ground, nearly at right 

 angles, and bend upward again a few inches farther along 

 the cane. These crooks check the flow of sap, with the 

 result that the buds on the lower parts of the canes are 

 allowed to develop; otherwise you are likely to get many 

 canes that are practically bare of foliage near the bottom. 



Keeping Cut Flowers Fresh 



Double enjoyment is to be had from the garden through- 

 out the summer by the judicious use of cut flowers. Many 

 people refrain from the free use of blossoms indoors for 

 fear of curtailing the supply outside. Free cutting, how- 

 ever, almost always means more flowers. The plants upon 

 which the blooms are allowed to mature will go by much 

 sooner than if the blooms are kept cut. This is especially 

 true of annuals, such as sweet peas. Even if you cannot 



