ET a bush once become 

 girdled and it is pradtically 

 certain to die. Nothing can 

 save it above the girdle. All 

 the thousands upon thou- 

 sands of splendid rose 

 plants that were girdled la^ 

 Winter necessarily had to be 

 cut down to their very base, 

 which in many in^anceswas 

 the be^t thing in the world for them, judging by 

 the countless numbers I saw, in that they Parted 

 with all new growth. The bushes were broader, 

 ^urdier, and the roses finer and richer for the 

 dra^ic pruning that was inevitable and which I 

 dare say they would not have received but for the 

 fa(5t that they had been girdled. 



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