OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



it is hardly necessary to say that they will not do 

 well on the north side of any arbor or wall. Roses 

 must have the sun in order to flourish and, besides, 

 many climbers on a north wall would be winter 

 killed to a very great degree. It would be easy in 

 the case of all rustic benches, with rustic tops and 

 arbors running east and west, to plant roses on their 

 southern, eastern and western sides and secure 

 plants which would entirely cover the structures. 

 For an ordinary six-foot bench with a rustic top 

 the same length, one good climbing rose planted on 

 the southern side would be sufficient to cover the 

 entire structure. The very hardiest of the Wichu- 

 raianas would make a brave effort to do well on a 

 north wall, but unless this is the only available 

 space we would not advise its use. There is one 

 exception to north wall planting, as explained later. 



PRUNING CLIMBERS 



WICHURAIANA CLIMBERS. About the last of 

 July or the first of August, when the blooming 

 season is over, it is well to cut out some of the oldest 

 canes; this gives new wood a better opportunity to 

 develop and it becomes the flowering wood of the 

 following season. The older wood on Wichuraiana 

 blooms to some extent but not as well as the growth 

 of the previous year. After this August pruning it 



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