Pruning The Pyramid Rose. 



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or Climbing Roses, although some varieties may be trained to assume any one of 

 the three forms. But while there is a host of varieties that may be easily fashioned 

 into Pillar and Climbing Roses, there are very few that are easily formed into Pyramids. 

 For the latter purpose Madame Plantier (white), Paul Perras (rose colour), and 

 Magna Charta (red), are three of the best. Fig. 23 represents a full grown Pyramid 



Fig. 23. PYRAMID Ross, Complete. 



newly pruned for masses of flowers. If quality of flower is preferred to quantity one- 

 fourth of these shoots may be removed. From the earliest stages of the plant up to 

 the present the lower shoots have been left long when pruning to secure a wide base, 

 and the upper shoots have been kept bent down after pruning as nearly as possible 

 into a horizontal position till such time as the lower ones have pushed into leaf. The 

 encouragement thus given to the lower shoots preserves the symmetry of the plant. 

 The training and pruning, with this exception, is the same as for Pillar Roses. 



