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may be destroyed for the Summer 

 W by the careless cutting of the flowers. 



DISBUDDING 

 The process of disbudding roses is rather a 

 delicate one and should be done delicately. All 

 superfluous and ill-shaped buds may be pinched 

 off or cut away. The superfluous buds will be 

 found close to the large central bud and by remov- 

 ing them the main bud or buds will develop into 

 larger and finer flowers. Such roses as Gruss and 

 Teplitz, I think, should not be disbudded. The 

 greatest charm of this rose is the long sprays of 

 flower clusters. To disbud such roses as Marie 

 Pavie, Mme. Cecile Brunner, George Elgar, etc. 

 and I have seen it done, to me seems wicked, be- 

 cause these alluring miniature roses, so captivat- 

 ing in their miniature form, are so lovably tiny — 

 and so they were meant to be. 



With the rose Kaiserin Augusta Victoria I 

 do not disbud either. I cut it with long stems in- 

 cluding the buds. It is by doing this that I have 

 more Kaiserin Augusta Victoria roses to cut than 

 anyone else I know. Disbudding should be done 

 when the buds are large enough to hold between 

 the thumb and finger for pinching off or cutting 

 away with a blunt end scissors. 



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