Chapter FIFTEEN 



C|je Care of nje Rummer 



THE old-fashioned June Roses, with their 

 long season of flowerless bloom, hard- 

 ly repay the trouble of raising. The 

 hardy perpetuals and hybrid Teas may 

 now be purchased so cheaply that, 

 even though a large proportion of them should not 

 survive the winter, a small outlay will replace them. 

 The thorniness of the old hardy June Rose adds 

 greatly to the labour of caring for them, and this 

 alone would lead some to discard them. 



If, however, one clings to the old-fashioned Roses 

 from economy or sentiment, they should be grown to 

 their fullest possibilities by pruning, cultivation, and 

 liberal mulching with coarse manure in the fall, and 

 lawn clippings in the summer. Pruning should be 

 done late in the winter or early in the spring before 

 the sap begins to run. Remove all weak and straggly 

 branches, cutting back the new growth to the first 

 strong leaf-buds on the shoot. It is well to cut out 

 the centres, as the new growth will quickly fill the 

 space anc} be stronger and better in every way for the 



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