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THE TIME OF PRUNING DWARF 



AND STANDARD HYBRID PERPETUALS AND 



HYBRID TEAS. 



These should be pruned during the month of 

 March. 



THE TIME OF PRUNING DWARF AND 

 STANDARD TEAS AND NOISETTES. 



These should be pruned during the month of 

 April. 



THE TIME OF PRUNING CLIMBING VARIETIES 



OF HYBRID PERPETUALS, HYBRID TEAS, 



AND TEAS AND NOISETTES. 



These should be thinned out after flowering in the 

 Summer, and pruned in March. 



INSTRUCTION VIII. 



PROVENCE ROSES. Prune in February or March. 



Remove the old wood and thin out some of the older 

 shoots where at all crowded. Vigorous young base shoots 

 will be found, which, with the best laterals of the two- 

 year-old wood, should be shortened to some four or six 

 " eyes," leaving the plant a bush from i8-in. to 24-in. 

 high. 



INSTRUCTION IX. 



MOSS ROSES. Prune in February or March. 

 These may be pruned almost exactly as the Provence, 

 Instruction VIII., with some exceptions, (a) which are 

 stronger growers and should be left somewhat taller. 

 The perpetual Mosses (b) taking more after the Hybrid 

 Perpetuals, may be pruned after the manner described 

 in Instruction IV. for Decorative H.P.'s. 



(^) (b) 



Blanche Moreau. Mme. Edouard Ory. 



Laneii. Perpetual White, 



muscosa japonica. Salet. 



White Bath. 



