PRUNING ROSES 103 



this way good-sized bushes may in a few years be 

 obtained, which will form handsome objects in the 

 garden and yield a large number of good flowers. 

 By similar treatment the more vigorous varieties in 

 this and other sections may be induced to become 

 pillar Roses, or even to climb some distance up 

 a wall. It is the want of hardiness in many of the 

 Roses of the present day, that are usually grown as 

 dwarf plants, which alone stands in the way of their 

 suitability for the formation of handsome bushes 

 or for their employment as climbers and pillar 

 Roses. 



Hybrid Teas. — The pruning of the Hybrid Teas 

 should be carried out on similar lines to those re- 

 commended for the Hybrid Perpetuals, only it should 

 be less severe. Indeed, in the case of varieties like 

 La France, which are of sufficiently strong growth 

 to allow of this being done, better results are obtained 

 by moderate thinning out, and rather light pruning, as 

 is recommended in the case of the Hybrid Perpetuals, 

 where good-sized bushes are required. 



Teas and Noisettes. — Owing to the tender character 

 of their shoots, it is only after a mild winter that the 

 pruner has much choice in the method of pruning. 

 In any case, all the decayed, weak, and sappy shoots 

 should be cut clean out, and where there are enough 

 sound shoots left they should be shortened back one- 

 half their length. 



Bourbons. — The Bourbons should be pruned in the 

 same way as advised for the strong-growing varieties 

 of the Hybrid Perpetuals and Hybrid Teas. 



