Evening journal., 1921-04-09
new HINTS FOR
HOUSEKEEPERS
Severe Pruning of Rose
Bushes is Necessary For
the Finest Blooms
SHOULD PRUNE
ROSES EARLY

The rose has been a favorite from
earliest timos. So deep a hold has IL |
on the affections Of tho people that
Il IS often spoken OF as tho queen
OF the flowers" Il has figured In the
literature OF all ages and all nations.
People in all stations OF life yield
homage TO its beauty OF form and
color and 20 its delicious fragrance
II Is loved by poor and rich alike
II is grown In the dooryards OF the
least pretontious cottages. whore
often the occupants are stinted In
food and raiment, as well as on tt
grounds OF large estates. where
abound the choicest things that
money can buy. II Is also gr'wn In
immense quantities under glass and
is the most popular winter cut How
er for all occasions
Cut-fiower roses should have nc
ground entirely to themselves. They
should not be set among other pl@tts
nor have other plants between them,
not even pansics or otnrr ,ow-Er W.
ing herbs. They need clean cult va
tion throughout the season every
year.
For the production Of individual
blossoms OF greatest perfect, n. as
we'll as TO secure a succession Of
blooms. severe pruning Of the p
bush must be nracticed. say land
scape gardeners In the United 'tates
Department OF Agriculture.
When a large number OF blooms Of
small size Is the aim. the pruning is
less severe. when dormant bushes
are set in tho fall one-half or more
Of the wood should be removed. In
the spring cut back the branches
still more. leaving only two or three
stems with four or five eyes on each.
The stems will then be six inches or
less in length. when dormant roses
! are set IN the spring they should
! be pruned at the time OF planting,
, leaving four or FIVE eyes on a stem
? as above recommended. In regions
Z where there IS danger OF injury from
] frost or dry winds. the final prun-
; ing. as described for spring, may be
! made in the fall.
After the first year prune as soor
as freezing weather Is over In re-
o gions where roses never suffer from
cold the work may be done in the
: fall. Remove all weak wood anc
crossing branches every year. Fol
fine specimen blooms on hybrid per
petuais shorten the remaining shoot
to four or five eyes, but for th'
greatest mass Of bloom only one
! third to one-haif the length OF tn
. shoots should he cut away.
In regions where cold sometimes
, Injuries roses teas and their hybrid
should be trimmed later than IN
other classes, or about the tim
n growth starts Trim in the sam
manner as the hybrid perpetual
Because Of their usually more del
cate growth they will look muc
smaller when the work Is done, how
ever. The strongest growing rose
should not be cut as short as IN
weaker ones When over-prune'
r the tendency OF the plant Is TO gro'
! wood rather than 10 bloom. A fe'
varieties will not stand the extremel
close pruning described. When prun
II ed for specimen blooms the teas an
'e hybrid teas win be only six inches
j. one foot high. China. Bengal an
II moss roses should be treated IN
same as the teas and hybrid teas, ez
copt that IL is not desirable TO Gu
p them quite so closely. Bourdo
roses should have only half the lengt
- OF the shoots removed. Summe
d pruning is desirable.
u, When a flower Is cut from a te
rose or other perpetual bloomei
, only two or three strong eyes OF IN
a current seasons growth Of tha
II branch should be left on tho plan
p This will give the roses very lon
stems. Il may seem like destroyin
~ the bush TO take so much off, but
~ the object is the production OF rose
70 the cutting away Of the surplus WOO
/, will attain the desired end.
70 The greatest temptation 20 leav
IA wood is where there arc two or MOI
~ buds on one branch. some bein
small when the terminal one Is opel
IN This temptation to follow bad pra'
a tice can be avoided by pinching O
,- all side shoots after a bud has form
e. ed on the end OF a branch. This pr
"a vents the formation Of two or mol
buds on one stalk and will encou
A. axe additional blooms on varieti'
h. which bloom more than once "a yea