. Dingee guide to rose culture : 1850 1910. are kept cut off and the plants pruned in to induce new shoots being thro^^-n out, which produces the flowers. The average planter is extremely timid in pruning because he is afraid of the injury- it will possibly do. This idea should be discarded, because, as we have said, the priming of all Roses is bene- ficial. The different varieties of Roses differ very much in habit of growth; many are neat and compact, requiring little or no trinmning, while others of the same class are A-igorous and straggling, sending out long shoots which tend to outrun th
. Dingee guide to rose culture : 1850 1910. are kept cut off and the plants pruned in to induce new shoots being thro^^-n out, which produces the flowers. The average planter is extremely timid in pruning because he is afraid of the injury- it will possibly do. This idea should be discarded, because, as we have said, the priming of all Roses is bene- ficial. The different varieties of Roses differ very much in habit of growth; many are neat and compact, requiring little or no trinmning, while others of the same class are A-igorous and straggling, sending out long shoots which tend to outrun the limits assigned them. Pruning, therefore, is a matter to be governed by the judgraent of the possessor of the plants. We will add, however, that plants of persistent growth should be trimmed back each fall or in early spring about one-half to two-thirds of the season's growth. Where plants, appar- ently healthy, fail to mature the buds which they bear, remove a large percentage of the unde- veloped buds and imperfect blooms and prune severely. Also trim back about one-third, when, after planting, they shed their leaves and exhibit signs of weakness; this gives the roots a chance to become \'igorous. INSECTS AND INSEC- TICIDES HEALTHY, ^'igorousRoses are less liable to the rav- ages of insects than weak specimens which do not have the \'itality to resist the on- slaughts of the pernicious para- sites. Our Roses are singularly free from insects, owing to their \'igor, but, should they become infested, a few applications of a good insecticide will extermi- nate them at the outset, after which ver\' little or no trouble will be experienced. One of the most common of insects is the green-fly, wliich â¢will be found usually on Roses of weak growth. We, at times, find them attacking our Roses, but they are readily removed by s}Ting- ing with clear water or smoking with tobacco stems; but where these accessories are not to be had, we recommend kerosene emulsion or tobacco insectici
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