OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



as large as "F," and the cane "A" by being cut 

 back to its second eye should throw out strong 

 growths, as the two buds remaining will secure all 

 of the sap of this stalk. 



These instructions are given for general work to 

 secure the greatest number of fine blooms. Natu- 

 rally, if a person wishes exhibition blooms, such 

 roses as he could exhibit with a chance of taking a 

 prize at a rose show, and he is willing to be satis- 

 fied with only a few of these, we would suggest 

 after growth has started and the shoots have broken, 

 that he again go carefully over his plants and cut 

 out all weak growths, keeping only the most promis- 

 ing shoots of the most vigorous canes. It will 

 generally be necessary, in order to secure this result, 

 to cut back to two shoots, but with a particularly 

 vigorous and promising growth you may leave more, 

 in which case, however, you must cut off the weaker 

 growths below in other words, following out our 

 first theory, the fewer buds the more sap to each. 



The English custom for exhibition varieties, as a 

 general rule, is to wait until the flowers have been 

 formed and then to cut out such growths as are not 

 required, mainly because they are not promising, 

 and to allow all the vitality contained in the sap to 

 go to the blooms which are left. Such blooms, 

 receiving all the nourishment, tend to be larger and 



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