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stake of iron, which thus serves the combined purpose 

 of Iffieping roots and stem immovable, and giving 

 stability to the training-frame upon the top. At 

 others, from three to five or more strong stakes round 

 the side support hoop or hoops or frames. In any 

 case great strength is needed, as the purchase of the 

 ■wind on a weeping Rose, and its tendency to whip 

 all the branches into fragments or confused bundles 

 of bruised foliage and flower, without form or 

 comeliness, must be seen or felt to be properly esti- 

 mated and provided against. Where iron or wire 

 hoops are used, the rings should be perforated at 



tions for particular purposes), providing rich soil 

 for their roots, and judicious long pruning — carried 

 to such excess as not to prune at all in many cases — 

 weeping Roses will soon reach down to the ground, 

 and prove as grateful in aflEording useful shade as 

 they are in enriching the landscape with unique 

 subjects of interest and beauty. 



How to Prune and Train Pillar and 

 other Koses. — In pillar and climbing Roses 

 several shoots may be used instead of one, and the 

 practice may be far less formal and generally more 



Fig. 44,— Pyramidal Pruning, Snislied. 



Fig. 45. — Umbrella Trainer for Weeping Boses. 



distances of a foot or so, and iron pegs project- 

 ing two inches or so on either side driven home, so 

 as to become immovable. This prevents the wind 

 -from sweeping the branches round the hoop into 

 confusion or sheer destruction. When wooden 

 hoops are used the natural snags should be kept on 

 to serve the same purpose, that of fixing the branches 

 securely where placed, and making them independent 

 of wind and weather. Fig. 45 shows a section of a 

 weeping Rose fixed in position. 



It will also be seen that the very longest of all 

 modes of long pruning is adopted. It would, indeed, 

 be a waste of time, as well as a trial of patience, to 

 mount Roses on the highest available stocks, and 

 then prune back their drooping shoots so often and 

 ■BO severely as to hinder, their' becoming effectual. 

 By the choice of rapid-growing Roses (see our selec- 



rapid. Pyramids are also formed at times of Ayr^ 

 shire. Noisette, and Evergreen Roses, and in such 

 cases the procedure may be different. The above 

 instructions are given for the formation of standards 

 and pyramidal Roses out of Hybrid Perpetuals. Roses 

 that run twenty feet a year claim, and should have, 

 greater liberty of growth and fi-eedom of training. 

 They, in a word, should have less pruning and more 

 room. Two or more shoots run from the ground 

 up a pole or tree, with the snags left on to support 

 the Roses, may be left almost full length, and may 

 form a magnificent pillar or climbing Rose the next 

 year. The secret of perpetuating their beauty lies 

 in, if possible, cutting out a main shoot back to the 

 root annually, or so often as opportunity presqnts 

 itself. PrOm the base of this, other long rambling 

 shoots will spring forth, probably more vigorous 



