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#s tender, the distinction is not accurate, for many of the latter classes will 

 endure the winter as well as some of the more tender among the Hybrid 

 Perpetual class. Let not the rose fancier be deterred from planting the so-called 

 tender roses because they are not entirely hardy. For years we have wintered 

 them outside without protection, and we also succeed perfectly by lifting them 

 in the fall and packing them away in an out-building. It is not necessary to 

 keep them from freezing, but simply to preserve a uniform condition through the 

 winter, avoiding too much moisture, as this condition may develop fungus, 

 which would injure the plants. As a rule, while the hardy roses receive a check 

 when transplanted, the Teas may be lifted each fall, wintered in safe quarters 

 without artificial heat, and again planted out in the spring, with the certainty of 

 roses in abundance throughout the summer. We would not wish our readers to 

 suppose that we would in any measure slight the Hybrid Perpetual as a desirable 

 class for every garden, but simply to advocate the claims of the ever-blooming 

 classes. 



Pruning. — Hybrid Perpetual roses should be 

 pruned in the spring, when growth has nicely started, 

 because if pruned too early and vegetation is checked 

 by a cold day or night, the sap will fail to reach the ex- 

 tremities of the canes and it will be necessary to again 

 prune back two or three buds, or leave unsightly dead 

 ends on the canes ; by delaying to prune till the 

 weather is settled this trouble is obviated. A good 

 rule to observe, in pruning Hybrid Perpetual roses, is 

 to trim the weakly growing varieties back closely, 

 while those_ of a stronger growth should not be cut so 

 close. 



The accompanying cut will give a good general 

 idea as to planting and pruning. Mosses require only 

 to be slightly shortened and the oldest of the canes 

 removed, also any weakly growth cut away. Hardy 

 climbers require the old wood removed, as it loses 

 vigor, together with a judicious thinning out of young 

 Fi.:,V23. —Showing depth to W ood, cutting away what cannot be neatly tied into 



plant and how to prune , „, , , , 



budded Roses. place. I he tender or ever-blooming roses require a 



method of pruning peculiar to themselves. In the 

 spring they should be carefully pruned, all dead or weakly wood being removed, 

 and from time to time during the season, as blooms are cut, the wood should be 

 shortened to a strong eye with a view to induce the growth of strong shoots from 

 near the ground, or even from below the surface. This wood will be found to 

 produce the finest roses. 



Distan* 1 ro Plant. -Young ever-blooming roses, if planted in masses, 



