. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Fig. 33.—Long Pruning. and short pruning, and their results, wliich make all this plain. But of course there are endless gradations be- tween these two extremes, and only practice among the Roses themselves will teach the whole art of prmnng. And not orAj the quantity of bloom, but its quality, is largely dependent on the mode of pruning adopted, and the extent to which it is carried. Prune too little, you may have many blooms of inferior character; prune too much, you may have a few fine ones or none at all. Those, however, who prune for the highest q
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Fig. 33.—Long Pruning. and short pruning, and their results, wliich make all this plain. But of course there are endless gradations be- tween these two extremes, and only practice among the Roses themselves will teach the whole art of prmnng. And not orAj the quantity of bloom, but its quality, is largely dependent on the mode of pruning adopted, and the extent to which it is carried. Prune too little, you may have many blooms of inferior character; prune too much, you may have a few fine ones or none at all. Those, however, who prune for the highest quality of flowers only or chiefly, must prune harder—that is, cut closer—than those who prune for size or form of plant, as well as quality-. Time to Prune Roses.—Those culti- vators who grow quantities alike out of doors and under glass, prune every month in the year, per- petual pruning being in fact the surest receipt for continuous blooming. But—leaving the pruning of Roses under glass to another occasion—there are thi^ee general seasons for the pruning of out-of-door Roses, with various times for disbudding, pinching, and root-pruning abreast of or between these prun- ing times. These are autumn or winter, spring, and summer. The Autumnal Pruning of Roses.—The two months of October and November are the most suitable for this. Not only is the frost, if any, less severe, but the wounds get partially healed over before the severities of the -^-inter strike, injure, find hinder from heaHng the newly-made wounds. Not. Fig. 34—Sliort or Close Pruning. only this, but having pruned off the superfluous wood, the buds left for bloom have the whole of the so-called dead season before them, and fill up into larger size and firmer substance. For the fluids of plants are by no means stagnant, nor the forces of growth at rest, diu-ing winter. Hence, as ah-eady pointed out, for all really hardy and non-excitable Roses—such as the Cabbage, Moss, Provence, Alba, Galli
Size: 1350px × 1850px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade18, booksubjectgardening, bookyear1884
