. Roses, and how to grow them; a manual for growing roses in the garden and under glass ... 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 un
. Roses, and how to grow them; a manual for growing roses in the garden and under glass ... 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. The same bush after pruning. hot days will forceout the uppermost eves, which later will bedestroyed in the winter. Enough wood should 42 ROSES be left to insure the safety of the eyes that areretained for next seasons flowers. RULES FOR PRUNING I. Hybrid Perpetuals, Hybrid Teas, Pro-vence and Moss Roses are best grown as bushyplants. They should be severely cut backwhile dormant in spring, but never in summeror early autumn, as is sometimes done be-cause they are straggling and look unkemptin an otherwise neat garden. From two-thirds to four-fifths of last years wood, andall weak shoots, are removed. This results instrong growths, producing large flowers, thesize of which can be increased by numerous smaller flowers are desired—i. e., quantity at the expense of quality—theshortening-in need not be carried so far. Itis permissible to cut back only one-half, butthis treatment is objectionable, and does nottend to keep the plants in good winter pruning s
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