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INSTRUCTION XXII. 



THE BANKSIANS. Prune in April. 



The Banksians do not require pruning, except in 



the case of old plants which it will be sometimes 



necessary to cut back to restore vigour from the base. 



Grown on a wall, the main shoots should be distributed 



at intervals and the laterals tied in, as it is from these 



laterals that the bloom will be produced on little 2-in. 



flower stems the third year. So do not prune at all 



for the first three years. 



INSTRUCTION XXIII. 



ROSA MULTIFLORA SCANDENS. Prune in March. 



This is a very diverse collection. Nearly all the 

 varieties have a tendency to bloom upon the tips, so 

 leaving the lower part of the plant rather bare, and this 

 must be counteracted in pruning. Grown as hedges, 

 the tops will weep over almost to the ground, but if they 

 are to be grown as pillars or climbers, some of the weaker 

 one-year shoots must be shortened to about 3-ft., the 

 stronger shoots left to the height required. (See also 

 Instruction XXXVI.). 



The Euphrosyne type (a) should be well thinned, 

 only the strong laterals and best new shoots being left. 

 Some of these one-year shoots should be shortened to 

 clothe the base. 



Claire Jacquier may be treated almost exactly as 

 the Boursaults (Instruction XXL), only there will be 

 more dead or injured wood to cut away, and more laterals* 



Leuchtstern should be grown as a pyramidal pillar. 



The Lion is best treated as the Hybrid Bourbons 

 (see Instruction XIV.). 



Aglaia does not flower till the third year on the 

 sub-laterals of old wood. It will require very little pruning. 



