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when they can be pruned as common garden roses, 

 only the luxuriant beauty of the foliage, and the 

 large size of the flowers will be lost It must be 

 admitted that plants, trees, and shrubs, grown and 

 protected by nature, are in their greatest beauty, 

 and bring forth their flowers, fruits, and seeds to 

 perfection ; yet while this is conceded, we say that* 

 those plants, brought up and nurtured by art, under 

 every exciting cause, to produce the greatest 

 amount of wood, foliage, flowers, and fruits, also 

 require skilful assistance in depriving them of their 

 superabundance, to keep them within bounds, and 

 lead them to the space they are intended to occupy. 

 The period best adapted for pruning is subject to 

 various opinions ; but extensive practice and sound 

 judgment give the preference to the months of 

 November and December. Pruning in the spring 

 should be avoided, as the sap is then drawn to- 

 wards the extremities of the shoots, and when 

 these are shortened the lower buds will be found 

 more dormant, and will require some time to move, 

 whereas by fall pruning the sap in the spring flows 

 instantly to the buds that are left on the plant, 

 which are at once strengthened, and prepared to 

 push out as early as the season will permit. The 

 first season after roses are transplanted they should 

 be watered once or twice a week in dry weather, 

 or should have placed all round the plant, moss or 



