to the furthermost stake, when the other should 

 be removed, for there will be no danger of breaking. 

 Pegging induces new shoots to grow, their laterals 

 pointing skywards. The number of new shoots 

 and the quantity of additional blooms they will 

 produce will astonish you. Pegging induces flow- 

 ering laterals from the base to the very top. 

 ^ I have read that " roses on pegged down bushes 

 are of very little use for cutting." The absurdity 

 of this statement will be apparent to you, after 

 you have cut the blooms from your pegged down 

 bushes. Naturally they should be given liberal 

 feeding, just because they are pegged down, and 

 they will produce a great many more flowers than 

 if left unpegged. 



^ Where many bushes are pegged a good way 

 is to manipulate them so as to form small semi- 

 circular arches. You can do this by tying the end 

 of one shoot so that it will extend just beyond 

 that of the previous one, all in a line if possible. 

 But do not under any circumstances cross one 

 shoot right over another. 



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