MEMORANDA FOR THE MONTH 273 

 March 



is the month for our final pruning of all save 

 Noisettes and Teas. I say final, because all the 

 longer shoots will have been previously shortened 

 in October. Different varieties will, of course, require 

 different treatment ; and the intentions of the oper- 

 ator, as well as the habit of the tree, will direct 

 the manipulation of the knife. Some Roses of very 

 vigorous growth, such as Blairii 2 and Charles Law- 

 son, Triomphe de Bayeux and Persian Yellow, will 

 not flower at all if they are closely pruned. They 

 will need little more excision than that which they 

 have already received — only the removal of any 

 weak or injured wood. Ten or twelve eyes may be 

 left upon the healthy shoots. With the Rose-trees 

 generally the question is. Does the owner wish for 

 number or size, quantity or quality? If the former, 

 let him leave five, if the latter, three eyes, on the 

 strong laterals, of course cutting out the infirm. 

 Rose-trees grown on the Manetti stock should not 

 be so closely pruned as those grown upon the 

 Brier. 



Look over the budded Briers. Rub off incipient 

 laterals from stems of Standards, and pull up 

 suckers. Breaks on the budded shoot should be 



all removed, save one farthest from the bud, which 



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