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bushes, when they can be primed as common garden 

 roses, only the luxuriant beauty of the foliage and 

 the large size of the flowers will be lost. It must be 

 admitted that plants, trees, and shrubs, grown and pro- 

 tected by nature, are in their greatest beauty, and 

 bring forth their flowers, fruits, and seeds to perfec- 

 tion ; yet while this is conceded, we say that those 

 plants brought up and nurtured by art, under every 

 exciting cause, to produce the greatest amount of 

 wood, foliage, flowers, and fruits, also require skilful 

 assistance in depriving them of their superabundance 

 to keep them within bounds, and lead them to the 

 space they are intended to occupy. The period best 

 adapted for pruning is subject to various opinions ; 

 but extensive practice and sound judgment give the 

 preference to the months of November and December. 

 Pruning in the spring should be avoided, as the sap 

 is then drawn towards the extremities of the shoots, 

 and when these are shortened the lower buds will be 

 found more dormant, and will require some time to 

 move, whereas by fall pruning, the sap in the spring 

 flows instantly to the buds that are left on the plant, 

 which are at once strengthened, and prepared to push 

 out as early as the season will permit. The first season 

 after roses are transplanted they should be watered 

 once or twice a week in dry weather, or should have 

 placed all round the plant, moss or manure, to prevent 



