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INSTRUCTION 2. 



HYBRID PERPETUALS, HYBRID TEAS, AND 

 TEAS AND NOISETTES. 



Varieties whicii require hard pruning. 



For time of pruning see page 88. 



For Garden Purposes. — Where the plants are grown 

 chiefly for the ornamentation of the garden and 

 high quahty of individual blooms is not required, the 

 method of pruning to be employed will be as follows : — 

 All the dead, weak and unripe shoots must be cut clean 

 away to the base whence they started, and the centre of 

 the plant thinned out sufficiently to allow room for the 

 new growth which is to come after pruning. This done 

 only the stronger and well-ripened shoots of the previous 

 year's growth will be left, and these should be cut back 

 to within four to six " eyes " from the base from whence 

 the shoot started. In pruning Roses tor garden purposes 

 greater attention should be given to the symmetrical 

 formation of the plant, and more shoots (according to 

 the vigour of the variety) from the base should be 

 allowed to remain than when pruning for exhibition 

 purposes. 



