Gardening for Amateurs 



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Hybrid Perpettials may bo pruned in the 

 south about the middle of March, and in 

 the north during the last week of March ; 

 in very bleak, cold districts in the north 

 pruning should not be performed until the 

 first week in April. 



Hybrid Teas and Tea*, in the south, may 

 be pruned in the third or fourth week in 

 March, but in the north they should not be 

 touched until early April, and even later 

 April in the colder districts. 



the middle to late March in the north. They 

 generally flower very early. 



Climbing Roses generally, as before men- 

 tioned, should be pruned in late summer or 

 early autumn so far as regards cutting out 

 old or worn-out stems, and blossom best if 

 only new stems are left, though if new stems 

 are not abundant some old ones must be 

 retained. All the pruning needed in March 

 is to cut back the laterals or side shoots 

 to two or three buds say 2 or 3 inches. 



Chinas may be pruned about the middle of 

 March in the south and late in March in the 

 north. 



Provence Roses are among the earliest to 

 be pruned ; late February or early March 

 in the south, from the middle to the end of 

 March in the north. 



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as the Provence. 



Damask Roses. Prune in March, early or 

 late according to the district. 



Bourbon, Hybrid Bourbon, and Noisettes 

 are pruned about the middle of March in the 

 south and in late March in the north. 



Rugosa Roses may be pruned late in Feb- 

 ruary or early March in the south, and from 



Any pruning that Sweet Briers, Penzance 

 Sweet Briers, or Scotch Briers require may 

 be done in March, early or late, according to 

 the district. 



All Roses newly planted in the spring 

 should be pruned at the time of planting, 

 and not again later on. 



In pruning Roses intended to produce 

 flowers for exhibition, do not study sym- 

 metry, but leave the hardest and best of the 

 previous year's shoots, as most likely to 

 bear good blossoms ; but in pruning Roses 

 in beds and for the garden generally, have 

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 In dealing with erect-growing dwarf Roses 

 of the bedding type the growths need 



