114 THE HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSE. 



In May the buds will begin to shoot vigorously ; 

 if there are more shoots than one from each bud 

 they must be removed, leaving only one, which in 

 June should be supported with a slight stake, or 

 the wind may displace it. By the end of August 

 this shoot ought to be from five to six feet in 

 height, and is then in a proper state for budding 

 to form a pyramid. Some of the most free- 

 growing and beautiful of the Hybrid Perpetual 

 Roses should be selected and budded on these 

 stems in the following manner : Commence 

 about nine inches from the ground, inserting one 

 bud : then on the opposite side of the stock and 

 at the same distance from the lower bud, insert 

 another; and then at the same distance another 

 and another, so that buds are on all sides of the 

 tree up to about five feet in height, which, in the 

 aggregate, may amount to nine buds. You will 

 thus have formed the foundation of a pyramid 

 which should be like the annexed figure, which is 

 assumed to be a pyramid just pushing forth its 

 flowers in June. 



I need scarcely add that the shoots from the 

 stock must be carefully removed during the 

 growing season, so as to throw all its strength 

 into the buds. It will also be advisable to pinch 

 in the three topmost buds rather severely the 

 first season, or they will, to use a common ex- 

 pression, draw up the sap too rapidly, and 

 thus weaken the lower buds. In the course 



