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feet long, cut one foot of it off, and so 

 reduce it to three feet, and in the same 

 proportion for longer shoots. The shoots 

 will then, during the summer, produce 

 side-shoots ; these are the spurs. In the 

 month of March following, take the 

 shoots off the trellis walls or pillars, 

 prune the spurs into two or three eyes, 

 aud then tie or nail them up again neatly 

 to the supporters. 



Autumn Pruning : Autumn Hoses. 

 Macartney. The Macartney rose itself 

 requires very little pruning ; but the 

 Maria Leonidas requires pruning freely, 

 shortening the strong shoots to eight or 

 nine eyes, and the weak ones to three 

 or four. Damask Perpetuals and Hybrid 

 Perpetuals are mostly weak growers, and 

 should be cut into four or five eyes, and 

 a third of the shoots cut clean away. 

 Bourbons and Noisettes are middling 

 growers,and should be pruned moderately ; 

 strong shoots to be cut to five or six eyes, 

 and the weak ones to three or four. 

 China and Tea-scented. Most of these 

 are rather tender; consequently, the wood 

 does not ripen to any length. They 

 should, therefore, be pruned close. It' 

 they are planted against a wall they may 

 be pruned longer, as the wood then be- 

 comes firmer and better ripened. Prune 

 those in the open air, both standards and 

 dwarfs, to two or three eyes, those on 

 walls to six or seven, in proportion to 

 their strength. 



Summer Pruning. It often happens, 

 where the roses are growing in good 

 ground, that some of them produce 

 branches that grow so strong and fast as 

 to rob the rest of their due support. 

 These branches are what the French call 

 gourmands, which may be Englished 

 gluttons. Only stop these at first, and wait 

 until the autumn before you cut them 

 clean off. When the rose-trees throw 

 out a great number of shoots equally 

 strong, aud they appear to be crowded, 

 prune away about one-third of them, 

 but do not shorten any of the others, as 

 that will cause them to send out a quan- 

 tity of small, weak shoots, which will 

 injure the flowers the following season. 



Hoses in Pots. Procure some pots that 

 are well cleaned, or, what is better still, 

 quite new ; and 24's are a very convenient 

 size to commence with. Worked roses 

 are preferable, for pot purposes, to those 

 grown on their own roots; therefore 

 select such as are dwarf standards only, 



and worked close to the collar, so that 

 when the rose is potted the stem is 

 scarcely visible. Tea, China, and Bourbon, 

 or their hybrids, are better suited for 

 forcing and pot plants than Noisette and 

 Hybrid perpetuals ; the two last-named 

 class of roses growing to greater perfec- 

 tion in the open air. Amongst Tea Roses 

 select Saffrano, Devoniensis, Comte de 

 Paris, Nephetos, and Princess Clementine. 

 Mrs. Bosanquct, Duchess of Kent, with a 

 few others, amongst Chinas ; Souvenir de 

 MalmaisoHy Leveson Gower, and Dupetit 

 Thouars, amongst Bourbons. Of the 

 above Souvenir de Malmaison is unrivalled 

 as a pot rose. Having selected plants, 

 lose no time ; but before the roots have 

 got dry, pot them (having first pruned 

 the strong roots) in a mixture of half 

 yellow loam, and the rest old cow-dung, 

 leaf-mould, and sand in equal parts ; but 

 a greater proportion of loam may be 

 added with advantage, should the rose 

 to be potted be a Bourbon or Hybrid 

 perpetual. The plants being potted in 

 October, place them on ashes under a 

 north wall, in some sheltered part of the 

 garden, until the frosts compel to put 

 them in cold pits, keeping them, since 

 their being repotted, as dry as can be to 

 prevent growth, but not sufficiently so to 

 cause the plants to flag, or their roots to 

 get quite dry. Then, about the com- 

 mencement of December, prune all that 

 you intend bringing into the greenhouse 

 in the early part of January, for bloom- 

 ing in May and June, and stimulate 

 them gently by applying water at a 

 temperature a few degrees wanner than 

 the atmosphere of the pit where they 

 still are, so as when they are introduced 

 into the greenhouse at the commence- 

 I ment of January, at a medium tempera- 

 j ture of 45, they are just beginning to 

 i push strongly. About the commence- 

 ment of February a little more heat is 

 to be given, and weak liquid-manure is 

 applied about twice a week, which is 

 strengthened as the plants increase in 

 vigour and have their buds well set. 

 About this time syringing over-head with 

 lukewarm water, or steaming, may oc- 

 casionally be had recourse to, as it tends 

 to give strength to the plants, and keeps 

 away the aphis and other enemies. Lastly, 

 when the shoots are sufficiently long for 

 the purpose, they are to be gently brought 

 down to the sides of the pot, or staked 

 to such places as they are intended to 



