. Roses, and how to grow them; a manual for growing roses in the garden and under glass ... uals; twice the amount ofwood may safely be left if it is promising. Bourbon Roses, as Malmaison and , require very little pruning. If theweak wood is removed and the strong shootsshortened a few inches the best results will beobtained. This class will not bloom on thenew wood. 4o ROSES In pruning the weak-growing varieties, itwill generally be found that the winter hasdone most of the work already, leaving butlittle to choose from. In this case prune to the very soil, if neces-sary, to get to s
. Roses, and how to grow them; a manual for growing roses in the garden and under glass ... uals; twice the amount ofwood may safely be left if it is promising. Bourbon Roses, as Malmaison and , require very little pruning. If theweak wood is removed and the strong shootsshortened a few inches the best results will beobtained. This class will not bloom on thenew wood. 4o ROSES In pruning the weak-growing varieties, itwill generally be found that the winter hasdone most of the work already, leaving butlittle to choose from. In this case prune to the very soil, if neces-sary, to get to soundwood. If anythingremains at all afterthis apparent de-struction, thesesame plants will befound to bear pro-fusely before theseason is over. Rugosas, climbersand pillar rosesshould be prunedas little as possible,merely removing theold wood past bear-ing, cutting out deadwood and trimmingback the ends of theremaining shoots slightly, after training may be stated here that in training allclimbers, you must avoid straight-up training,or the sap will all tend to the top, denuding. Hybrid Perpetual Rose beforepruning. (General Jacqueminot) PRUNING 41 the lower part of the plant. First bend theshoot in one direction or another, then let ittend upward if necessary. If a climber hasdeveloped more shoots than it appears able tosupport, the weakest may be removed, remem-bering that in most cases the bloom of anyone year is best on the last years shoots. AUTUMN PRUNING Before the high winds of November begin,the bushy tops of all canes in the dwarf-growing varieties should be removed unlessthey are securely tied to stakes. This is toprevent the plants from being whipped bythe wind and the tender feeding roots frombeing broken. It isbetter to leave thecanes about two feetin length. Theplant should not becut back to the pointsuggested for spring pruning, fo r a few
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