Ill 



Conrad F. Meyer. This is perhaps best as a tall 

 pyramidal bush, some 6-ft. to g-ft. high. It makes a 

 splendid pillar, but its Dijon blood betrays itself in a 

 tendency to bareness towards the base which must be 

 counteracted in pruning. In the case of Hybrid 

 rugosas budded on rugosa or other stocks, all suckers 

 below the graft must be suppressed. (See Instruction 33.) 



INSTRUCTION 36. 



PERPETUAL SCOTCH..— Prune in March. 

 This is undoubtedly best grown as a bold half- 

 standard or tall bush, as it is slightly pendulous in habit. 

 It matters little how it is pruned, except for the sake of 

 symmetry, since it will always flower. 



INSTRUCTION 37. 



WICHUSAIANA RAMBLERS (Rosa Wichuraiana). 



Prune in the Autumn. 



Rosa wichuraiana is a species of rampant trailing 

 growth. It sends up from the base every year a number 

 of strong shoots often 10 to 15-ft. in length. Established 

 plants also send similar long shoots (continuing laterals) 

 from the long shoots of previous years, and these may 

 be given off at any distance from the base. 



The wichuraiana ramblers are hybrids of this 

 species, and are mostly similar in habit of growth, though 

 some of them have rigid upright stems in contrast with 

 the trailers of the parent species. As the flowering 

 laterals of next season will spring from the long shoots 

 just formed, it is essential that these long shoots should 

 be preserved when pruning. The pruning should be done 

 in the early autumn, or the flowering laterals are liable to 

 be damaged, as they begin to start into growth very early 

 in the year. 



