The Practical Book of Outdoor Rose Growing

The book that taught America to grow roses out of doors: how to site and prepare a bed, how to prune and propagate, and a rated list of the best varieties with the faults of each set down honestly.

Pruning

5 pages in this part of Outdoor Rose Growing.

Same Rose as Fig. 29 Properly Pruned

Same Rose as Fig. 29 Properly Pruned: Austrian

Rugosas, Austrian Briars, Chinas and Bourbons require practically no pruning excepting the removal of dead wood and necessary thinning to…

Same Rose as Fig. 29 Properly Pruned: Aphides

It will be found that all the young buds and leaves are covered with little, light green insects-Green Flies or Aphides, which are common…

Same Rose as Fig. 29 Properly Pruned: Massey

Professor L. M. Massey and Professor Whetzel, of Cornell, are making investigations of diseases of roses. This work is most valuable and…

Same Rose as Fig. 29 Properly Pruned: Hybrid

With the Hybrid Perpetuals and the very hardiest of the Hybrid Teas this hilling up is not really necessary, but there are very many…

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