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Dickson (H.P.), blush white; Mme. Abel 

 Chatenay (H.T.), salmon-pink ; Mme. An- 

 toine Mari (T.), lilac rose and white; 

 Mme. Hoste (T.), cream -yellow ; Mme. Isaac 

 Pereire (Bourbon), rose ; Mme. Jean Dupuy 

 (T.), rosy-cream ; Mme. Leon Pain (H.T.), 

 blush with buff centre ; Mme. Ravary (H.T.), 

 apricot -yellow ; Mrs. J. Laing (H.P.), rose- 

 pink ; Mrs. Sharman Crawford (H.P.), bright 

 rose-pink ; Mrs. Stewart Clark (H.T.), rich 

 rose ; Prince de Bulgarie (H.T.), rose, shaded 

 yellow ; Ulrich Brunner (H.P.), light red ; 

 Viscountess Folkestone (H.T.), white and pale 



notched peg well into the ground in the 

 proper place, then to attach a piece of string 

 or cord (tarred for choice) to the upper part 

 of the long growth, gradually to bend the 

 tip earthwards, being very careful to do this 

 gently and gradually, otherwise the shoot 

 may snap ; then the tip is carefully but firmly 

 tied to the notched peg. Of course the 

 extreme tip of the shoot will be too thin and 

 weak to stand the strain and may have to be 

 cut off. Pegged down shoots will give a 

 flower or spray of flowers at almost every bud, 

 but the stalks will be short and most of the 



Standards of Rose La France (Hybrid Tea), 



rose ; W. A. Richardson (X.), orange-yellow ; 

 White Maman Cochet (T.), white. 



Pegging Down Roses. There is some 

 doubt among Rooarians as to whether 

 " pegging down " is really permissible or 

 even wise, but there can be no doubt that, 

 for a while at least, it largely increases the 

 show of bloom on any rose which by ite 

 freedom of Drouth lends itself to this treat- 

 ment. Such Roses as Frau Karl Druschki, 

 J. B. Clark, Dr. Andry, Hugh Dickson, 

 Gustave Regis, Charles I^efebvre and Mar- 

 garet Dickson are the kind of Rose best dealt 

 \\ith in tlii- fa-hion. The growths it is pro- 

 posed to peg down should be not less than 

 half -an-iiich or so in thickness at the base. 

 The method commonly adopted is to drive a 



blossoms will be of little use for " cutting." 

 This work is best performed just before the 

 general pruning takes place, say about the 

 middle of March. 



If pegging down be not adopted it is often 

 better to make these abnormally long stems 

 into " natural standards " by cutting away 

 all shoots from the lower j>art. and then 

 attaching the toll stems to sup|x>rts ; squared 

 stakes painted green are the best, but bam- 



IKM.S or tall -tick- \\lll -llllire if -tout a 11(1 



strong enough. If these vigorous Roses are 

 planted near a trellis or a wall, several may 

 be retained, if there are more than one, and 

 these may be spread out and tied out palmate 

 or fan shape. If the plants are well fed new 

 shoots are thrown up annually ; they take 



