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back to about one-third, and crowded branches should be thinned. 
In June the number of buds will, in almost every case, be greater 
than is desirable at that season ; and as this will greatly destroy 
and often altogether prevent the autumnal blooming, as many of 
the shoots bearing buds as are thought necessary may be cut 
back, and in some instances the clusters may be thinned. The 
buds thus removed will be no disfigurement even to these Hoses ; 
for the bloom falls on the time of greatest abundance of early 
Roses ; and therefore a number of the blooms of such plants as 
are to flower again are better out of the way. Besides this, if the 
operation is not too long delayed, the blooms which are left upon 
the trees are larger and finer than if the whole were there; and 
it is only where there is a paucity of flowers that the whole ought 
to remain on any one tree, especially during the early part of the 
season. When Roses are arranged in a bed, which is the best 
method with a large collection, a balance should be kept up both 
in the number and colour of the blooms ; and when single ones 
are planted as standards, care should be taken that while the 
appearance of the plant is kept as rich as possible, the plant itself 
shall not be weakened, or the flowering-season abridged, one 
or both of which may be the result of over-flowering. As seed 
of these autumnal roses is obtained with difficulty, and not of much 
value after it is got, the heps should be removed as soon as the 
flowers begin to decay, and if this is done by means of a clean cut 
back to a joint, the subsequent flowering will be all the better. 
By the time that the early flowering is over, the shoots which 
have been cut back will be ready to start for a new flowering; 
and they will do this with much vigour and no great loss of time. 
fe>uch is the method of treating one favourite section of the 
autumnal flowerers ; but, as many of the sections differ in character, 
and must of course be differently treated, they will require dif¬ 
ferent notices, which would occupy far too much space for a 
single number of the “ Florist’s Journal.” The remaining 
sections are :—First, the Bourbon, which is an accidental or 
sported variety, obtained from the island after which it is named, 
and in which the hedges are usually formed of two rows of 
magnificent roses, differing in variety from each other. Secondly, 
the China Rose, which consists of two varieties, the common 
China and the Ever-flowering : both of them are very hardy roses ; 
and are the ones that are so ornamental on the walls and around 
