^ tire length of the cane is encour- 

 aged to make new shoots, resulting in 

 s so many additional blooms that it will 1 

 astonish you. 



All that is needed to properly "peg", rose 

 bushes is some stakes with a notch at the top to 

 drive into the ground, and a roll of narrow tape 

 to use in tying the tip of the shoots to the stakes. 



To guard against the breaking of canes when 

 pegging I always peg them down first by tying 

 them at the center of cane and then tying the tip 

 to stake, then releasing the middle tying. This 

 prevents breaking of the cane and also makes 

 certain that the shoot will not suddenly snap back 

 when you are tying it at the tip, necessitating a 

 hurried visit to the oculist. 



We can peg our roses over low stone walls, 

 or low hedges, pegging them over on the other 

 side, and in borders and beds. Pegging the long 

 canes produces miniature rose arches and in 

 duces them to bloom freely, as they form flower- 

 ing shoots from the base to the tip of the stem. 



A few of the long shoots of the Frau Karl 

 Druschki rose should always be pegged down, 

 and any rose that sends up one great, strong 

 cane, for if you cut it down, you usually get a 



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