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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 9, 1895, 
THE ROSARY, 
A NEW ROSE, 
Tur Florists’ Exchange of New York gives a coloured 
illustration of a new Rose, called Belle Siebrecht. 
so highly thought of by our W 85 Society 
that a medal was awarded for 
Tue Errects or Frost UPON THE Rose. 
What the effects of the frost may be among Roses 
one is almost afraid to imagine. npro- 
f here was not much snow in our part, 
more than 2inches even fora few 
hours, I am surprised at the state of the dormant buds 
in Rose stocks, These, both Teas and hybrid per- 
petuals, are er little the worse. Plants, how- 
ever, are in many cases i 
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en e 
d the tender hybrid per- 
petuals, have a very unpromising appearance. Among 
those with the soundest wood are 
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weet 
rdy than Sue de Dijon, 
porz Vibert, and other old varietie 
That there will be sad tales of 8 I am 
sure, for the wind on several occasions 
coldest I have ever experienced. A 
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extreme cold, its power ufficient to thaw the 
an hour 4 so at midday, to be 
pages hard a few hours late f our — do 
ose in other pa a the country, 
r a — this ordeal fairly well, I shall 
be m 
of a few hours, will have tried the cold- withstanding 
capabilities of unprotect ted Roses more than has 
n the case in the memory of the oldest Rose 
ee. I am ready to admit that my feelings 
ee more comfortable if the wood bes sa plants 
2 tected. But the frost ca sud- 
denly, — continne with such severity, — Gin 
could be don 
The 0 sight of all is found among climbers, 
and those of very strong growth. ee 3 
as the wi of these was before the winte in, 
the plants have a nipped look, and I fear thei chief 
reports rom ratios pars of — riy 
Feb, 20, 
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time to time, that one are be p Bator in consider- 
ing Bre further remarks unnecessary ‘ten as the 
b 
— be 8 repetition. to the very severe frost 
eee last month the knife will be almost 
icted to the removal of dead or frost - bitten 
vari weak- growing varieties, 
invariably flower best from the strongest wood of the 
previous season —always provided that this was 
properly matured ; soft unripe wood is of little value. 
Now when a Rose has fon owered upon these shoots, 
others vee advance sot take their place. —— 
origina = may continue to grow and bloo 
more — its vitality and usefulness have 
been aio anal reas the new comer is improv 
By cutting away the former we help — latter: S 
turning 2 plant’s energies in the necessary direc- 
tion, by year the older — grow 
weaker, pate in time they are succeeded by the others, 
In the case of dwarfs and standards in the open 
borders, we shall se well by cutting away these 
ths as far 1 or tka losing 0 
o gre veg an extent the number of t 
healthier and stronger shoots of ma NN 8 
= this rl way ane is helped, and the greatest 
mber o e 
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arf plants, but the same plan may be followed 
certain extent, and those growths that have 
flowered should be removed, to be replaced with the 
stron h ast summer’s Apr A N 
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good show, far better in every way stoke the com- 
paratively useless older growth. 
Bat all Roses used upon wa gt a fences are 
not very vigorous growers; and i good prac- 
tice to plant Roses of medium 1988 between 
those of greater vigour, otherwise, even with the 
greatest care, we cannot always avoid having bare 
spaces at the base of the wall. There is another benefit 
derived from this plan, seeing 
ed a 
petual bloomers. Climbing W are seldom par- 
kon showy as regards blossoms after the main 
last year’s wood has — 5 but with a 
ee. mixture of the two Classes of Roses, more 
leasing 
gr 
eed pruning some what on the same lines, The growth 
that last severed — not be so freely cat away 
as in the case of climbers, and the strongest and 
best of last year's Aia should be preserved, Before 
leaving this part of my subject, it will be well to 
glance at those late autumnal growths that afforded 
rs. 
owths are left after “the removal of the w 
first described, the frost-bitten, dead, and that which 
has flowered, we may cut out these pithy unripe 
shoots, Of course, 3 should not be done unless 
there is a scarcity of shoots to cover the wall; but 
as the first point in enen is the thinning out of 
all superfluous growth, the removal or not of these 
shoots, according to circumstances, will have to be 
considered, 
I have red described the pruaing of wall- Pes 
and those on pillars and arches. In the case of 
Roses that are pegged ib the same . 
varieties are h season the wood 
which has bloomed me be removed, rep 
by pegging down the long, upright growths that 
from the base of the p — summer. The 
same principle holds good here as with climbers, 
viz., the removal of old, and laying-in or 2 ee 
down of new wood that has not flowered, Don 
fear to thin-out these growths, omens ‘has 
every eye will be producing shoots of n 
9 to 18 inches long, and the mass of foliage thus 
secured needs considerable space in which to develop. 
If one gives a thought to what thes 
pegged-down will present when each 
with new shoots, they will not crowd them, as many 
do, simply from fear of undue thinning, 
Cut superfluous growths back to the base rather 
than partially shorte Ia 
growers, like Marie Baumann and General Jac- 
queminot, we must first of all g haii 
quantity or quality be wanted, If the former, then 
we should cut away the thin, 
ips wood from 
the centre; shorten the medium 
Whatever 
position found must be cut out, the Nb being 
cut back to within four or six buds of the main stem 
a 
individual plant, the pruner should bear in mind the 
that the weaker the plant the hird should 
their principal shoots, 
Time To Prune, 
As to the proper time for pruning, much will 
depend upon the situation of the Rose-garden and 
the kind of season. Last year our Roses 
80 forward by March that fees! feared delaying 
pruning until the early part of April. a rule 
the Bourbons and Hybrid r may be E 
at the end of March; as also those upon sheltered 
walls and fences, Teas not trained upon fences, &c., 
should be left till the middle of April, unless very 
sheltered and in a warm district, We need have little 
fear of the precocious growths that come from the 
extremeties of our Roses. Such would rarely come to 
perfection, and they really form an outlet for the sap, 
leaving the lower and more valuable buds compara- 
ti e place without 
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bloom with the bulk of other hybrid perpetuals, these 
should be praned ten days earlier than those. 4, P. 
FORESTRY, 
PROFITABLE WOOD MANAGEMENT. 
Tuose who advocate the planting of inferior or 
waste land with timber-trees are invariably met with 
the rejoinder that timber-growing in this country 
will not pay, and instances are given of the expe! 
of planting and the low-selling value of timber, 
which are sufficient ad make the most ess 
d 
3 
cts, and 5 
rience alone can furnish information upon gig 
as soon think of tak 
a British 
ri 
tive, we feel emboldened to give a few — 
we think jastify us in coming to such a conclusion. 
formed, say, nowher 
fencing as will preclude all probability pa 
proving a financial success, and will satisfy th? 
