OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



These figures are made from average plants, not se- 

 lected specimens, and the late bloom is not included. 



In counting blooms only those with fair stems are 

 considered and the usual amount of disbudding done. 



If you desire more blooms of poorer quality you 

 should not prune your roses as far back as suggested 

 below. They will also require a certain amount 

 of thinning out after the growing season starts so 

 that the various shoots do not crowd each other too 

 much. Except for the strongest varieties of roses 

 which are so pruned they should be staked, i.e., fas- 

 tened to a stake driven firmly into the ground. If 

 you so prune and stake do not use wire but tie the 

 bushes to the stakes with soft woolen string. This 

 latter course of pruning is usually carried out with 

 roses of the bedding type, on which the blooms are 

 seldom fine enough for cutting; but so treated the 

 plants form a mass of color and are used for this 

 reason for garden decoration. 



The best and usually accepted way of pruning 

 roses for cutting is to prune for the finest blooms. 

 As a general working rule prune the strongest varie- 

 ties to five buds or eyes, about six to ten inches, on 

 the main strong canes, the small weaker canes being 

 cut to three or four eyes, about six inches. You 

 can always make your plant grow in whatever 

 direction you wish by cutting to a bud which leads 



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