PRUNING, TRAINING, AND BEDDING. 



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and the new shoots, as soon as they have attained suffi- 

 cient length, should be pegged down, so as to cover the 

 whole ground. The branches thus laid down will give 

 abundant flowers throughout their whole length, and from 

 each bud a strong-rooted shoot will be thrown up, and 

 being pruned down close in the autumn, will be ready to 

 produce a strong and bearing shoot another year. If 

 they become too close and crowded, the new shoots can 

 be partially cut away. ISTorth of Baltimore, these Roses 

 will need protection in the winter. This can be done by 

 covering the bed with sand, several inches deep, or by 

 taking up the plants, cutting them down, heeling them in 

 in a dry cellar, or potting them for a green-house. 



