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INSTRUCTION XIII. 



THE HYBRID CHINAS. Prim* early in March. 

 The Hybrid Chinas make some of our best large 

 bushes or bushy pillars, and the shoots may be left about 

 5-ft. to 6-ft. long. The laterals on the three-year- 

 old wood should be shortened to three or four ''eyes." 

 Blairii No. 2 will not require much shortening, and 

 very little thinning. 



Blairii No. 2. Fulgens. 



Charles Lawson. Mme. Plantier. 



Coupe d'Hebe. 



INSTRUCTION XIV. 



THE HYBRID BOURBONS. Prune in March. 

 These should be left as 4-ft. to 5-ft, bushes, and, like 

 the true Bourbons, they bloom best as older plants, so 

 that a good many of the two and three-year-old shoots, 

 with their laterals, may be left with the best of the young 

 base shoots, and all laterals should be left moderately 

 long. (See also Instruction XXXVI.). 



Dawn. Purity. 



Gloire des Rosomanes. 



INSTRUCTION XV. 



THE HYBRID NOISETTES AND HYBRID 

 MUSKS. Prune in March. 



The Roses in this section require but little pruning. 

 Thin out only some of the older wood, and tie in the 

 young vigorous shoots where most required to fill any 

 vacant space in the plant. (See also Instruction 

 XXXVI.}. 



SUMMER FLOWERING. PERPETUAL FLOWERING. 



Mme. d'Arblay. Mme. Alfred Carriere. 



Princesse de Nassau. Paul's Single White. 



The Garland. 



