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HOSE. 
The Noisette, or cluster Rose, may be called a 
half running rose, and can either be tied to stakes, or 
trained over low trellises. The Ayrshire Roses send 
out from their main shoots numerous branches,interlac¬ 
ing each other so closely, that the dead leaves collecting 
amongst them, make it troublesome to keep them 
clean ; otherwise they are very good roses for nail¬ 
ing over fences or to hide any unsightly object. 
RunningRoses require pruning, more or less, annu¬ 
ally, which is best in part performed soon after they 
have done flowering, for at that time they commence 
throwing out vigorous shoots near the root, and also 
from the main branches. In pruning them, as many 
of the old stems as are past flowering, (if there are 
young shoots to supply their places,) should be cut 
out as near the ground as possible, or to the point from 
whence the young shoots grow out, and the young 
shoots should be tied up in their places, as they pro¬ 
ceed in growth, to prevent their getting broken ; then 
let them remain till November, at which time, where 
the shoots are too thick, they maybe thinned out, and 
distributed equally upon the trellis or pillar a few 
inches apart, and secured in their places. The shoots 
should not be shortened, as they produce flowers to 
their very extremities the next season, and no more 
of the young wood should be cut out than is sufficient 
to keep the plant in its proper form, and within requi¬ 
site bounds. There are various ways of training 
Running Roses, the most simple of which is to tie 
them to a single stake, or a trellis or pillar. When 
trained upon a veranda, they should not be suffered 
to entwine their branches through the lattice work. 
