. Rose gardening; how to manage roses and enjoy them . to try to persuade some old gardeners to tired I have become of the reiterated reply— For mypart, I like roses to grow naturally. Roses dont. We prune. And we have a race of roses that are wholly made byartists, as tools ofthe Most High. Sothe obstinate oldgardener ought tobring dog-roses fromthe hedges into hisbeds and borders ifhe really prefersa rose that growsnaturally. Having to opentoo many buds ex-hausts a tree, as wellas results in a ple-thora of miserableflowers, and a dearthof creditable should be done
. Rose gardening; how to manage roses and enjoy them . to try to persuade some old gardeners to tired I have become of the reiterated reply— For mypart, I like roses to grow naturally. Roses dont. We prune. And we have a race of roses that are wholly made byartists, as tools ofthe Most High. Sothe obstinate oldgardener ought tobring dog-roses fromthe hedges into hisbeds and borders ifhe really prefersa rose that growsnaturally. Having to opentoo many buds ex-hausts a tree, as wellas results in a ple-thora of miserableflowers, and a dearthof creditable should be done when the buds are just visible,tiny green objects only, set in the hearts of shoots. Everyday they all live the one that is to reign alone ultimatelyis being impoverished. The best bud should be left; it isusually the middle one, if there are three or more, and thehighest up. Removing malformed buds is a task that calls for doing allsummer; but it begins when the first sort of disbuddingtakes place, as it is essential to ascertain that the bud left. Malformed Bud. DISBUDDING AND FEEDING ROSES 139 is not warped, as some of the biggest, and most promising,at first glance, are apt to be. Buds are often twisted, sometimes abnormally swollen, orrock-hard. Then there are buds that maggots pierce, orearwigs nibble ; buds too that go black in the stem, and wouldsoon drop off ; buds that are so covered by green-fly as to beruined. Later in the season there are mildewy buds. The
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