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INSTRUCTION 14. 



FRENCH AND DAMASK ROSES.— Prun; early 

 in March. 



The list of these given on page 75 really com- 

 prises three classes, but for pruning purposes can be 

 treated as two. There is (a) the Lady Curzon type, 

 (6) the Rosa Mundi type. (a) This is the taller 

 section, and the varieties in it may be treated as 

 tall bushes or even as 5-ft. to 6-ft. pillars. Thin out 

 the shoots, keeping the best one and two-year-old wood 

 and the best laterals, (b) Prune the dwarfer growers 

 similarly, but so as to leave the bushes not more than 

 2j-ft. or 3-ft. high. 



M (b) 



Lady Curzon. Rosa Mundi. 



Mrs. O. G. Orpen. Red Damask. 



INSTRUCTION 15. 



ROSA AliBA. — Prune early in March. 



These may be grown as 5-ft. to 6-ft. bushes or bushy 



pillars. Always thin out the weak wood ; the best blooms 



will be produced by laterals on old shoots. These laterals 



should be left g-in. to 12-in. long. 



INSTRUCTION 16. 

 THE HYBRID CHINAS.— P»-mb« early in March. 

 The Hybrid Chinas make some of our best large 

 bushes or bushy pillars, and the shoots may be left about 

 5-ft. to 6-ft. long. The laterals on the three-year-old 

 wood should be shortened to three or four " eyes," and 

 some of the old wood should be removed. Blairii No. 2 

 will not require much shortening, and very little thinning. 

 Blairii No. 2. Fulgens. 



Charles Lawson. Mme. Plantier. 



Coupe d'HdbS. 



