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 LiST Him (Dwarf kinds to plant with those on List II.) 



SUMMER FLOWERING VARIETIES. 



Andersoni (Species). Mrs. O. G. Orpen (Damask). 



Austrian Briars (A. Briar). Rosa Mundi (Gall.). 



Hebe's Lip (S. Briar). Rubin (Mult. Scan.). 



Leuchstern (Mult. Scan.). Rubrifolia (Species), 



lucida (Species). The Lion (Mult. Scan.), 

 macrantha (H. of Species). 



PERPETUAL FLOWERING VARIETIES. 



Armosa (Hermosa) (Bour.). Francois Crousse (T.). 



Boule de neige (H.N.). Gloire des Rosomanes (H. 

 Climbing Mrs. W. J. Grant Bour.). 



(H.T.). Gloire l.yonnaise (Dij. T.). 



Comtesse de Turenne (Mme. Gruss an Teplitz (H..T.). 



Wagram) (H.T.). Gustave Regis (H.T.). 



Fellenberg (N.). L'Ideal (N.). 



Some of the taller growing Teas, such as Marie Van Houtte, may 

 be used where they will grow sufficiently well. 



INSTRUCTION XXXVI. 

 SUMMER PRUNING. 



Most of the climbing and other strong-growing 

 Roses are much benefited by pruning after summer- 

 flowering, say in July, and principally the varieties 

 referred to under Instructions 14, 15, 18, 23, 28, 29. 

 The majority of those varieties produce the best blooms 

 and their best display of flowers upon the preceding 

 year's growth, and the object of Summer pruning is to 

 encourage such growth. After the June and early July 

 display is over, all the old wood that has flowered should 

 be cut away to within say a foot of the base of the plant, 

 and the young growths which are coming on should be 

 tied in. Mulching, watering, and good cultivation should 

 be resorted to, to encourage new growth from the base, 

 and from the " eyes " left in the cut-back portion. In 

 ordinary seasons by the end of September or early in 

 October long shoots will have been produced ; these 

 should be shortened by say six inches or so, to assist to 



