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grand sight ; but an immense amount of labour, 

 care, and time was expended to bring about such an 

 astonishing result. There is no real difficulty in the 

 matter, as the summer Eoses grow freely after the 

 bloom is over, and patience and care for several 

 years in disbudding and tying out the required 

 shoots at the proper distances from each other is all 

 that is required. I have been told it would often 

 take a man three days to tie out and wire one of 

 these big plants. The lower shoots were given 

 sufficient lateral direction by long ties fastened to 

 wire surrounding the pot ; and these were pruned 

 first to give them a start over the central upright 

 shoots, which would otherwise get more than their 

 share of the sap. A pyramid or cone was the usual 

 shape aimed at, but sorts of short stiff growth were 

 sometimes trained in globular form. 



For the pruning and training of Marechal Niel 

 and other similar climbing Eoses under glass, see 

 Chap. VI (p. 108). In this case, if the roots run in 

 the outside border, little or no syringing will be re- 

 quired, and as a consequence there will be less 

 necessity for fresh air in cold weather. 



