In pruning Roses for ordinary cultivation or 

 for the decoration of the garden the following rules 

 may be laid down which apply to all. 



1. It is better to prune too little than too much. 



2. All dead and unripe shoots must be cut clean 

 away to the base whence they started. 



3. In shortening the shoots always cut to an 

 * eye " pointing away from the centre of the plant. 



4 Summer-flowering Roses (those which bloom 

 only once in the season), generally need thinning and 

 training rather than hard cutting, and last year's shoots 

 should be left long, two-year-old shoots rather shorter, 

 and three-year-old shoots shorter still. 



5. The same thing will also apply to a great 

 extent to perpetual flowering Roses, but in their case 

 too hard pruning will not destroy, but only defer the 

 season's bloom. 



Climbing Roses should have some of the older 

 shoots cut away entirely each year, directly after the 

 plants have flowered in the Summer, and the young 

 shoots lightly tied in to take their place. Any shorten- 

 ing of the remaining shoots should be done in March 

 of the following year. 



HOW TO PRUNE THE FIRST TIME AFTER 

 PLANTING. 



All Roses the first time after planting should be 

 pruned severely. Even in the case of strong growing 

 climbing varieties few shoots should be left more than 

 2-ft. in length. 



