362 A Practical Hand Book 



Hybrid Peqjetuals about two feet apart, and Teas and 

 Hybrid Teas from one and one-half to two feet apart. In 

 planting several varieties in one bed, the stronger growing kinds 

 should be placed in tlie centre, or if in borders, they should be set 

 back of the weaker growing kinds. 



Budded or grafted plants should be set so deeply 

 Planting that the j unction of the bud or graft is at least three 



inches below the surface of the soil. In fact, deep 

 planting is one of the most essential things in successful rose cul- 

 ture. After placing the plant in position, the earth should be 

 firmly pressed in around it. The roots should be placed in a 

 natural position, and loam free from hard lumps carefully worked 

 in between them. Care should be taken that plants, while out 

 of the ground, are kept from the wind and sun, and that the roots 

 are never allowed to become dry. Pot-grown plants should be 

 carefully removed from the pots and set in the ground without 

 disturbing the roots or breaking the ball of earth, and after 

 planting, some shade should be given for a few days, and a 

 liberal amount of water applied. 



If dormant plants are set out in the spring, they 

 Pruning should be pruned immediately after planting. After 



being set to the proper depth and the ground lev- 

 eled, they should be cut down to within three or four inches of 

 the ground. If planted in the fall, the pruning should be de ferred 

 until early in the following spring, so that such wood as winter- 

 kills may be removed. 



To obtain the best flowers, and in order to keep the plants 

 thrifty and attractive, it is necessary that ever-blooming varieties 

 should be cut back to within a few inches of the ground each 

 spring. In pruning the Hybrid Perpetuals all weak wood should 

 be removed and the strong canes cut back to within three or four 

 buds above the ground. Moss Roses, and such other varieties 

 which bloom only in the spring, should be pruned immediately 

 after flowering. 



