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INSTRUCTION 25. 



THE BOURSAUIiTS.— Pr)iK£ in February. 

 The Boursaults are huge growers, throwing up bold 

 base shoots which are very rigid. The shoots of the 

 previous year will have produced very strong laterals at 

 regular intervals. They will require no thinning, but 

 otherwise may be treated as the Penzance Briars and 

 the shoots left 6-ft. to lo-ft. long (Instruction 22) ; 

 alpina flore pleno, a dwarfer grower, belongs to this 

 division and should be grown as a broad, bold bush. 



INSTRUCTION 26. 

 THE BANKSIANS.— P>-im« in April. 



The Banksians do not require pruning, except in 

 the case of old plants, which it will be sometimes 

 necessary to cut back a bit hard to restore vigour. 

 Grown on a wall, the main shoots should be distributed 

 at intervals and the laterals tied in, as it is from these 

 laterals that the bloom will be produced on little 2-in. 

 flower stems the third year. So do not prune at all 

 for the first three years. 



INSTRUCTION 27. 



MUIiTIFLiORA RAUBLiERS Prune as soon as possible 



after flowering ceases, and in early spring. 



The Ramblers, derived from R. multiflora, date their 

 importance from the introduction of Crimson Rambler. 

 Typically they are rampant growers, throwing out, 

 every year, long, bold shoots both from the base, and 

 from various parts of the stems of previous years. It 

 is from these fresh shoots that the flowering laterals 

 will spring in the following season. 



