BORDER ROSES AND CLIMBERS 157 



Chinas. Should be cut back sharply to about 

 eighteen inches from the ground. 



Hybrid China (Mad. Plantier). Best grown as free 

 bushes leaving the shoots six feet long, shortening only 

 the laterals and side branches, and cutting out old wood 

 occasionally. 



Sweet Briers. Require little pruning, but all old and 

 tough wood should be cut to the ground to make room 

 for young growth; weak shoots removed. No harm is 

 done in shortening the very long shoots if they are in the 

 way. 



Scotch Briers. No pruning save the removal of dead 

 wood. 



Austrian Briers. No pruning save the removal of 

 dead wood. 



Rugosas. No pruning save the removal of dead wood 

 and the occasional cutting back, almost to the ground, 

 of very old wood. 



Wild Roses. No pruning save the removal of dead 

 wood. 



Climbers. I quote Miss Jekyll's, "Roses for English 

 Gardens": 



"In the spring these need very little attention beyond 

 securing the best shoots in the positions they are re- 

 quired to occupy, and to shorten back, or remove al- 

 together, any other shoots which may not be required at 

 all. Within July, however, all the strong-growing 



