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be safer to say that the stems described should be pruned 

 back respectively to about 1, 2, and 3 or 4 inches. 



There will appear to be little left of the plants when 

 pruning is finished, but that need be no cause for alarm ; 

 the buds are there, and in due time they will burst into 

 vigorous growth. Some Roses produce unusually long, 

 strong shoots, which, instead of being shortened in the 

 orthodox fashion, may be pegged down ; the result will 

 be a large number of blooms, though possibly their 

 stems may be short. 



Pegging down is advisable with such varieties as 

 Avoca, Hugh Dickson, Frau Karl Druschki, Mrs. Stewart 

 Clark, Clio, Madame Isaac Pereire, and others. The tips 

 of the shoots are attached to pegs in the ground, the 

 Roses thus being arched over in semicircular fashion. 



Roses Needing Special Care. Some Roses need 

 little or no pruning, as, for instance, Griiss an Teplitz, 

 F. K. Druschki, Aim6e Vibert, Zephiriue Drouhin, and 

 Conrad Meyer ; it is necessary merely to cut out old and 

 useless stems and to shorten such laterals as may need 

 it ; the shoots of Griiss an Teplitz especially should not 

 be shortened beyond cutting off the tips if they seem 

 thin and soft. Hybrid Perpetual, Hybrid Tea and Tea 

 Roses are most commonly grown as bushes ; the H.P.'s 

 and H.T.'s, as they are usually called, need treating as 

 described above; there will probably be little to do to 

 the Teas after the thin, weakly shoots have been cut 

 out, beyond shortening the remaining ones by about 

 half. 



Tea Roses are perhaps an exception that proves the 

 rule I have ventured to enunciate, for they seem to 

 thrive best when, after the first season, pruning is only 

 moderately severe. In dealing with China Roses cut 

 out the small twiggy shoots and shorten the others by 

 about one-half. The new Pernetiana class of Roses are 

 chiefly of spreading growth, like the Teas, and need 

 similar treatment. Rose trees that have been neglected 



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