OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



not be too much crowding, particularly in the 

 center of the plant. All dead wood should also be 

 removed. This can be easily detected and it should 

 be cut back to its junction with the bud, care being 

 taken not to injure the bark of the bud and to make 

 a clean, sharp amputation. 



Quite a number of varieties have the unfortunate 

 habit of throwing out one or perhaps two very large 

 growths on one side of the plant, the opposite side 

 being correspondingly immature and weak. In such 

 cases, in order to balance the plant, particularly for 

 succeeding years, cut back the one or two large 

 growths very "wickedly," one or two eyes being the 

 proper distance. Cut out all but the best of the 

 remaining weaker stems, and after growth has com- 

 menced do not allow the stalks on the strong canes 

 to get beyond control. This treatment will serve 

 to equalize the growths on such plants. In England, 

 where the cold does not kill back the canes so far, 

 the Hybrid Teas are pruned to a greater number of 

 eyes. Pemberton, for example, advises leaving Caro- 

 line Testout from two to three feet, but in our climate 

 this rose would be killed back to from four to eight 

 inches and in the north to an even greater degree. 



Pruning is usually done after the main body of 

 frost has left the ground. Where frost does not 

 occur the pruning should be done at the season of 



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