for by the middle of July they have practically 

 finished blooming. At this time some of the oldest 

 canes should be cut out and all the flowering 

 laterals should be cut back to three eyes. The 

 reason for doing this is to induce new shoots to 

 start from the base, which as you know will bloom 

 to a certain extent, but not nearly so abundantly 

 as the new growth of the previous year. 



ROSE ENEMIES 



^ Now the enemies of our roses commence to 

 worry us. No, you must not feel that you have 

 more enemies of the rose in your garden than 

 there are in any other garden, because all roses 

 in all gardens have their enemies. However, as 

 I have often said, it is not necessary to spray 

 at different intervals for aphis, thrips, spiders, 

 mildew, black spot, etc. The modern gardener 

 should spray for all these at one time. I use in 

 one spraying solution what accomplishes the work 

 of several. It is an excellent spray, a thoroughly 



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