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and all that are on it; for rose trees and bushes, like everything else, 
are easily spoiled by bearing too much wood, and being over-crowded. 
The regular Climbing Eose is often required to make as much show 
as possible the first year of planting; but unless they are removed 
with the greatest possible care, they ought to be cut almost to the 
ground, and thinned out also. None but the strongest wood ought 
io be allowed to remain on the plant, and if this be not of quite first 
rate excellence, it is far better to cut out all the weak branches, and 
cut down the strong ones to two eyes each. 
Pruning Standards, 
With regard to Standard Eoses, we cannot help thinking, from all 
we have seen practised, that a large portion of them are grown alto¬ 
gether upon a wrong principle. Standard trees, to be handsome, 
should be as wide in the head as their entire height; and upon the 
present system of pruning them, they enlarge a little every year. 
When your standards are planted, you need do nothing to them until 
April; the**. cut all small shoots off close; that is to say, clear them 
right away; cut down the strong ones to two, three, or at most, four 
