The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-12-22

The climbing rose MOVERS upon the
wood of the current year. The closer it
is pruned the better it blooms at the lat
ter end of the season, the more beautiful
are the flowers, and the more numerous
the shoots will be the following year. A
rose tree constantly long-pruned becomes
deformed, and produces too many small
flowers, while close pruned tree presents
head like that of willow, and wears
itself out quickly from the effects of the
rehux of the sap, which induces the for
nation of suckers. BY a combination of
the methods the advantages of both may
be secured, for each will neutralize the
injurious effects of the other. With the
rose tree, pruning to a medium length
will be preferable to either the long or
short system but experience shows that
in the majority of cases a combination of
the two systems is still more advantageous
The following is our me thod cooperating /:
The best placed branches are subjected to
long pruning, being cut to a length Of
from eight inches to foot, while the
Others are cut back or spurred to two
eyes. Badly placed shoots are cut clean
out; young wood better situated will be
encouraged to take their place. The
shoots pruned on the long system will
bloom early, while the shoots produced
by the short pruned wood will push ont
vigorous growths that will be covered
with flowers later in the season. The fol-
lowing year this process is reversed the
long pruned will now be short pruned,
while the shoots that were previously cut
short are now long pruned, according to
their size, and every year this alienation
takes place. Sometimes vegetation is
retarded, and, should the long wood after
their blooming show signs of whitening,
medium pruning in the middle of the
summer will be beneficial. This treat
ment is somewhat analogous to that be-
slowed upon the double bearing raspberry.
If at any time an over luxuriant branch
is allowed to grow and bloom, which it
will do profusely if properly managed, it
should be cut down, and the young shoots
may be then used as cuttings. Under
any circumstances, however, medium
sized shoots, especially of the Hybrid
Perpetual or Moss varieties, Of which the
buds are well formed, will, after having
been pruned, blow during the first season,
without becoming over luxnFiant. dis
like summer pruning. As soon as rose
has shed its blossoms it is best to leave
the shoots uncut, as the terminal eyes are
the most 'horiferous, and any pruning
tends to exhaust the tree. This forifer-
Gus disposition of the top eyes shows that
among the more productive kinds
Chromatella, for example-the rose cul- |
tvator should choose his scions from the |
upper extremity, and Immediately below
the flowers, if possible These luxuriant |
branches should be kept back by pinching |
at spring time to a length oftwelve inches, I
and the laterals will become Horlferous.
it is upon these that the pruning of the
following year should take place. The
best time for pruning roses is April au-
tumn pruning induces buds to burst too
soon, which are thus rendered liable to
injury from springs frosts. By operating
while the sap is rising the dormant ewes
which have not yet commenced to push,
are acted upon. AS to non.climbing
kinds of roses, it is better to leave thenS
alone, or to long prune, a certain number
Of branches without which tfley will
become overcrowded. The branches
should be thinned by removing
some of the superfuous wood. The
after viii produce shoots for long prnn-
ng the following year, and the former
gill be covered with flowers So soon as
he blossoms have fallen they should be
'ut back to dormant eyes, or TO a we'll
placed branch. Nothing else need be n
lone to the others, except To- resfinin ]
hem by pinching In too .ilxtifiant | /
,rowth. correspondent af LoiAaoh Gar !
len. II