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Fig. 86. — Two suggested planting plans for a border. Each of these is so arranged that it 

 can be adapted to almost any space— a smaller number of plants being used in each sec- 

 tion on a limited area, and a larger number in a more extensive garden. These plans 

 can be used separately or as parts of a continuous border. A long period of flowering is 

 covered by the materials used, all of which are good for cutting purposes 



go toward producing an unusually large flower on a long stem. 

 To produce a quantity of blooms, as is generally desired in a Rose 

 garden, the strong shoots arising chiefly from the base of the plant 

 should be pinched back occasionally. This will induce the plant to 

 form more wood (shoots) and attain a bushier habit. There being 

 more young wood, the result is naturally a greater number of flowers. 



Monthly Blooming Roses (Hybrid Teas, and Teas) such as La 

 France and Caroline Testout, outrank all other classes for color, form 

 and fragrance, and as a result the modern Rose garden is composed 

 of practically all monthly Roses. 



As in the case of June Roses, these may be shortened when planted 

 in Autumn, but the Spring pruning should be more severe. Monthly 

 Roses are more irregular in growth than the June Roses, but, as before, 

 the best three or four branches or shoots should be selected and all 

 others removed. These shoots should then be cut back to about three 

 or four eyes, leaving about five to eight inches of the old shoot. En- 

 deavor to prune so that the uppermost bud points outward, so as to 

 prevent the new shoots from interlacing. 



The size and quantity of the flowers can, in a measure, be con- 

 trolled in the same manner as was recommended for June Roses. 



Climbing Roses (Wichuraiana and Multiflora), such as Dorothy 

 Perkins, produce their flowers on last year's wood or rather on one- 

 year-old shoots, so that the method in pruning must be different from 

 that used in the case of bush Roses. The best time to do this work is 



