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Show The Old Gardener, Says: That climbing roses shoul'd be txim-!med txim-!med Immediately after they have bloomed. They have a different habit of growth from the bush roses and ; therefore must be handled in a differ -'ent way. Cut away a part of the old wood at the base of the canes. Then I put on a good dressing of cow manure I if you can get it, or puherlzed sheep I manure if you must have a substitute. substi-tute. Within a few weeks you will have a strong growth of vigorous young shoots which may climb ten or I twelve feet in the season. Tje them in place as they grow and next year ihey will give you a big crop of flowers. |