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long way towards it; here, as' in all other eases of rose pruning, the 
little weak shoots must be removed, the strongest left on all the way 
up, and should be shortened to two eyes. If the tops here die down 
at all, shorten them to the strong top eye, not to the top eye, for seve¬ 
ral near the top may be found weak, and they would never be other¬ 
wise, whereas the stronger one will grow fast, and soon supply the 
place of the old top. 
When the buds first show r in spring, it will be right to go over the 
roses carefully, to remove any that are in the way; and the growth 
of some roses will be found so different to that of others, that one sort 
will want enormous room to develop its shoots and blooms, while 
another will make but short branches and bloom abundantly. These 
characteristics will be discovered in a year’s growth, if not well ex¬ 
plained beforehand, and the provision can be made accordingly. Many 
Pillar or Climbing Roses are made to run over arches from pillar to 
pillar, or along festoons from pillar to pillar; the best way to manage 
those parts which form the arch, or festoon, is merely to thin out their 
weak branches without shortening their strong ones, because they 
will bloom more abundantly, which is the great charm; and the loose 
and free manner in which they hang about will be to their advantage, 
so they be kept within bounds a little. 
Pruning and Training Roses on Plat Trellises, Walls, and 
Fronts of Houses. 
The management of this family is very similar to that of Pillar Roses, 
except that the leading shoots must be encouraged to grow the best 
way to fill up the space allotted to the plant, for which purpose it will 
be advisable, in some cases, to train the strongest two shoots horizon¬ 
tally right and left along the bottom; or if the space to cover be only 
Dne way, to train one strong shoot along the bottom, and turn it up at 
the end ; if it reach further, the rest of the strong shoots may be fanned 
out at equidistances, and all the weak joints removed. The next year, 
rub off the buds that are coming where they are not wanted. Allow 
any strong shoots that come up from the bottom horizontal shoot, to 
grow as much as they will, but no weak ones. A fast-growing Rose 
will soon cover a house front, a trellis, or wall, and flower all over. 
