. The practical book of outdoor rose growing for the home garden. ecureplants which would entirely cover the an ordinary six-foot bench with a rustic topthe same length, one good climbing rose planted onthe southern side would be sufficient to cover theentire structure. The very hardiest of the Wichu-raianas would make a brave effort to do well on anorth wall, but unless this is the only availablespace we would not advise its use. There is oneexception to north wall planting, as explained later. PRUNING CLIMBERS WicHUKAiANA Climbeks. About the last ofJuly or the first of August,
. The practical book of outdoor rose growing for the home garden. ecureplants which would entirely cover the an ordinary six-foot bench with a rustic topthe same length, one good climbing rose planted onthe southern side would be sufficient to cover theentire structure. The very hardiest of the Wichu-raianas would make a brave effort to do well on anorth wall, but unless this is the only availablespace we would not advise its use. There is oneexception to north wall planting, as explained later. PRUNING CLIMBERS WicHUKAiANA Climbeks. About the last ofJuly or the first of August, when the bloomingseason is over, it is well to cut put some of the oldestcanes; this gives new wood a better opportunity todevelop and it becomes the flowering wood of thefollowing season. The older wood on Wichuraianablooms to some extent but not as well as the growthof the previous year. After this August pruning it 76 AVIATEUR BLERIOT AND GARDENIA The two flowers at the left are of Aviateur Bleriot, a HybridWichuraiana, introduced by Fauque et Fils in CLIMBERS will hardly be necessary in the following spring todo more than cut out the dead wood and keep theplant within the prescribed bounds, which may bedetermined by the arbor or trellis on which it isgrown. The new canes springing from the basewhich have grown during the previous seasonshould remain untouched, excepting that the endsor tops of the longest canes should be somewhatshortened. The same process used in pruning re-cently planted Hybrid Teas applies in the case ofnewly-planted Wichuraiana, and especially weaker-growing climbers planted the previous autumn,viz., pruning back wickedly in the spring to afew eyes. This gives the roots less work to do andinsures good growth for the following year. It givesno chance for flowers during the first summer, but atbest the blooms on a newly-planted climber would bepoor; the great point is that such cutting back givesthe plant a better chance to become established ands
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