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INSTRUCTION 30. 



BOURBONS Pruite in March. 



These bloom mainly on laterals from the old wood, 

 so that a good deal of the best lateral-bearing wood 

 should be left in. They make fine bushes and bushy 

 standards. Do not prune back too hard, but thin well. 



(a) Hermosa, also known as Armosa. A variety 

 with all the freedom of the Chinas, to be grown as a 

 low spreading bush, some 2-ft. high. Fellenberg 

 (China) may be pruned much in this way, or it will 

 make a good medium pillar. 



(6) Large flowering kinds, making bold fine bushes, 

 very fine standards, and excellent for pegging down. 

 They should be pruned much in the way of the taller 

 of the previous year, and should be well thinned of all 

 weak and cankered shoots, whether they be new or old, 

 as garden H.P.'s (see Instruction 6), keeping Malmaison 

 rather dwarfer. 



(a) (b) 



Hermosa or Armosa. Mme. Isaac Pereire. 



Mrs. Paul. 

 Souvenir de la Malmaison. 



INSTRUCTION 31. 



CHINAS. — Prune end of March or April. 



Chinas must be thinned rather than hard pruned, 

 but some of the stronger shoots may be cut back to 

 encourage new growth from the base of the plant. 

 Another way is to thin out the thin growths after the 

 summer flowering, and a third to cut them closely down 

 in April, when they will flower well but somewhat later. 



