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about 6-ft. high. Some thinning will generally be 

 desirable. Used for hedges, they must be cut shorter 

 and the long shoots laid down horizontally to keep the 

 base of hedge clothed. (See also Instruction XXXVI.). 



(a) (b) 



Common. Janet's Pride. 



Double Scarlet. Penzance Briars. 



Double White. 

 Hebe's Lip. 



INSTRUCTION XIX. 



AYRSHIRES. Prune in February. 

 The Ayrshires form a very strong growing section. 

 They require no pruning proper, but should be thinned 

 out sparingly and the dead wood removed. 



INSTRUCTION XX. 



SEMPERYIRENS. Prune in February. 

 The Sempervirens should be treated almost exactly 

 as the Ayrshires (Instruction XIX.). They are, however, 

 more pendulous and the shoots more slender so that the 

 laterals may be slightly shortened. These are very good 

 Roses for banks, where they may be left to ramble 

 almost untouched. 



INSTRUCTION XXI. 



THE BOURSAULTS. Prune in February. 

 The Boursaults are huge growers, throwing up bold 

 base shoots which are very rigid. The shoots of the 

 previous year will have produced very strong laterals at 

 suitable intervals. They will require no thinning, but 

 otherwise may be treated as the Penzance Briars and 

 the shoots left 6-ft. to lo-ft. long (Instruction XVIII.); 

 alpina flore pleno, a dwarfer grower, belongs to this 

 division and should be grown as a broad, bold bush. 



