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little pruning. In order to keep the bushes open nicely, the cut must 

 always be made to an outside bud. Take care not to leave stubs above 

 a bud either; the tips always die back and may die back farther than 

 preferred. 



Briers and Roses for Landscape Effect. Those Roses which are 

 to be seen in mass and with which a profusion of bloom is to be 

 preferred to a few slightly larger blooms should be pruned but 

 little. The main work is to improve the shape of the bush and cut 

 out the very oldest wood. Wood which has flowered year after 

 year should be cut out from the base of the plant so thaft the younger 

 shoots may be given a chance. Prune in March. 

 Climbing and Polyantha Roses. When the new season's wood is 

 completed cjit out the old stems which have flowered. Little 

 pruning is necessary in Spring except to cut out any branches 

 which have been killed. The old wood can usually be gradually 

 removed year after year. All new canes should be CEurefully tied 

 up. Prune in March. 

 Hybrid Perpetuals. Various soils and climates cause the hybrid 

 perpetuals to be either very tall bushes or, in other localities, only 

 to attedn a height of three feet. The varieties dififer greatly in 



height and amount of pruning 

 needed. The weakest shoots should 

 be pruned the most severely; in the 

 same way the strongest varieties 

 need the least pruning. Never leave 

 a weak shoot. Care must be exer- 

 cised that sJl shoots are not pruned 

 to the same height. Prune early in 

 Spring for main pruning, because 

 the shoots are apt to freeze back if 

 done in Fall or Winter. The canes 

 of the strongest varieties, which may 

 be eight or nine feet long, should 

 be shortened a third in Autumn to 

 prevent the injurious whipping by 

 the Autumn winds. 

 Hybrid Teas. The hybrid teas should 

 hardly be pruned as severely as the 

 hybrid perpetuals, otherwise the 

 treatment is the same. 

 The Teas often freeze back to the soU; 

 if so, remove all wood which is the 

 least bit browned. Take care tP 



PRUNING A DWARF ROSE 

 The dotted lines show the 

 growth or stems that are to be 

 cut away. As a rule amateur 

 gardeners are too much afraid 

 to prune hard. "The weaker 

 the growth the harder the 

 pruning,*' Is a fairly safe rule to 

 follow 



