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the whole in depth; and if manure is to be added, 
let it be mixed freely with the upper part of this 
lower portion. If the bed is meant for Tea Roses, 
heavy soil is not necessary, though good loam is 
desirable, and a large proportion of the lower part 
should consist of the best manure, remembering 
the more manure is added the more the beds will 
sink eventually as it decays. 
The upper third of the bed should next be formed. 
If the imported material be loam, a good deal of 
this may be used; but if it be clay it should be 
added very sparingly, and as well worked in as 
possible with a good deal of the lighter soil and the 
chopped turf, the upper two inches in all cases 
being of soil that the hoe will pass through freely 
and easily. The bed is now made up, with the 
strongest soil and much of the manure forming the 
larger lower part over the drainage, and the upper 
one-third of rather more friable material, getting 
eradually more porous towards the top, for the 
admission of air and warmth and the encourage- 
ment of fibrous roots. The beds should not be 
trodden more than can be avoided, if there be time 
for them to settle; it will be better if they are 
pressed gently from time to time, or allowed to sink 
naturally of themselves. 
By the first or second week in November the 
purchased plants ought to arrive, and these should 
have been selected beforehand, if possible in the 
nurseryman’s quarters, or at least ordered very 
early, as the good plants are sure to go first. They 
should not be sent before November, for though 
you may move your own plants with care in 
October, they do not stand a long journey well 
