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cane and the hardier and more vigorous the plant, 

 the more buds could be left with still a chance for 

 their breaking; conversely, the weaker the variety 

 and the smaller the cane the less sap would be 

 contained therein and the fewer buds would break 

 and grow shoots in any given length of cane. This 

 is the main theory of pruning roses, provided that 

 it is reasonable quality, and not quantity without 

 much quality, that one wants. 



The average rose plant in its second year should 

 give from fifteen to fifty blooms, according to the 

 variety, if it is cut back on this principle. Shy 

 bloomers will not give fifteen flowers and the 

 greater number of these will be borne in the spring. 



Usually a good bloomer will have three or four 

 flowering periods, the most profuse being in the 

 spring and early fall. Some of our records for 1914 

 are as follows: 



Duchess of Wellington: June, thirteen flowers; 

 July, eight flowers; August, ten flowers; September, 

 sixteen flowers; total forty-seven. 



Madame Leon Pain: June, eleven flowers; July, 

 six flowers; August, eight flowers; September, eight 

 flowers; total thirty- three. 



Lady Alice Stanley will give twenty-five flowers; 

 Killarney a few more; Mock not over twenty; 

 General MacArthur twenty-five. 



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