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being cut back hardest. In pruning any kind of bush or dwarf Rose 
it is important to cut back to a bud pointing outwards, so that the 
resulting shoots may not grow across the centre of the plant. The 
cut should commence on the side of the shoot opposite to the bud 
and proceed in an upward direction, the knife coming out just above 
the bud. In pruning China or Monthly Roses the weakly growths 
TEA ROSE BEFORE PRUNING. 
are cut out and the remaining ones are shortened to about half 
their length. 
Pruning Climbing Roses.—It is difticult to persuade amateurs 
that all newly planted climbing Roses, even if they have shoots 6 feet 
long, will thrive best if cut to within three or four buds of the base, 
that is, to within 2 or 3 inches of the ground. Not only the three or 
four visible buds, but also others still nearer the base of the plant, will 
