6 GARDENING DIFFICULTIES SOLVED 



TEA ROSE BEFORE PRUNING. 



THE SAME PLANT AFTER PRUNING. 



Pruning Newly 

 Planted Roses 



Q. Will you 

 kindly say how 

 and when I should 

 prune climbing 

 Roses planted in 

 November 1 P. 

 M., Basing stoke. 



A. There are 

 two courses open 

 to you in pruning 

 your climbing 

 Roses which were 

 planted in au- 

 tumn. The third 

 week in March 

 you can shorten 

 them either a little 

 or much. Leav- 

 ing the shoots 

 nearly full length 

 or half length you 

 will doubtless get 

 a certain number 

 of blooms the first 

 summer, but the 

 plants will make 

 unsatisfa ctory 

 growth. If you 

 cut down all the 

 shoots on each 

 plant to within 3 

 or 4 inches of the 

 ground you will 

 get no flowers 

 from them the 

 first year (or prac- 

 tically none), but 

 they will make 

 shoots 6 feet and 



