262 THE ROSE BOOK 



November 



This is the busiest month of the year for the planter, 

 and no time should be lost now in getting the plants in 

 their places. Avoid planting in wet and " sticky " 

 ground. It is better to wait until it has dried some- 

 what, although there are some seasons when it seems 

 hopeless to wait ; it is best to have a supply of dry 

 compost at hand and work this well among the roots. 



Standard Briers may still be planted. If they are 

 set out on land trenched the previous year they succeed 

 better. In trimming the roots, do not retain too much 

 of the " knob." Plant them fairly deeply, say eight or 

 ten inches. The rows should be three feet from each 

 other, and the Briers twelve inches apart in the rows. 



Manure should be applied now to the beds and bor- 

 ders ; a dressing of basic slag (six ounces to the square 

 yard), if applied now, will give excellent results the next 

 summer. If the space between the plants allows of it, 

 it is an excellent plan to open a trench down the centre 

 of each row twelve to eighteen inches deep, and to fill 

 this with farmyard manure. Tread it firmly and cover 

 with soil. Whenever manure is given now, let it be 

 forked beneath the soil. If left on the surface it keeps 

 the roots cold and wet all the winter. The surface soil 

 of rose beds should be dug up roughly during this 

 month and left so throughout the winter. Tender roses 

 should be protected by a mound of soil or burnt earth 

 heaped up around the base of the plants. If the weather 

 is very severe, bracken fern or evergreens should be 



