GARDENING DIFFICULTIES SOLVED 



Pruning Hybrid Perpetual Roses 



Q. I have a collection of Hybrid Perpetual Roses, but the pruning 

 has been neglected. Can you advise ? E. J., Hitchin. 



A. These are easily divided into three sections representative of 



their vigour of 

 growth, namely 

 weak (e.g. A. K. 

 Williams) ; mod- 

 erate (e.g. Mrs. 

 John Laing); 

 vigorous (e.g. 

 Clio). They 

 should be pruned 

 according to their 

 growth the 

 stronger the 

 shoots are, the 

 less severe prun- 

 ing they need. 

 Pruning encour- 

 ages growth, so 

 that to cut back 

 a vigorous shoot 

 hard results in 

 the production 

 of three or four 

 equally strong 

 growths with 

 fewer flowers. 

 Broadly speak- 

 ing, the vigorous 

 sorts are cut 

 back to within 9 

 inches or 1 foot 

 of the base of -the previous year's growth. Those of moderate 

 growth may be cut back to within 6 inches, and the weak growers 

 to within 2 to 4 inches of the base of the previous summer's growth. 



Pruning Hybrid Tea Roses 



Q. How far back should I cut my Hybrid Tea Roses at pruning 'I 

 X Y. Z., Henley. 



BUSH OF HYBRID TEA* ROSE BEFORE 

 PRUNING. 



