OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



bed should be two inches below the surface of the 

 adjacent ground. 



The matter of soil, or of the best composition of 

 soil, for the rose bed is a very interesting one, and 

 when a person wishes to go into rose growing on a 

 large scale, beds should be constructed for each par- 

 ticular kind of rose. 



Pemberton goes most thoroughly into this subject 

 of soils; any one contemplating the planting of a 

 large collection of roses will do well to study his chap- 

 ter on soils. He advocates for roses, where autumn 

 blooms are desired, from forty to seventy per cent, 

 of clay in the bed, and this statement of his has been 

 borne out by our experiments with different soils. 



The most complete and technical book on this 

 subject which we have found is: "Soils," Lyon and 

 Fippin; L. H. Bailey, editor. 



A rule which seems to be endorsed by all rosarians 

 is that Hybrid Perpetuals and the stronger Hybrid 

 Teas do better in clay, and the weaker Hybrid Teas 

 and Teas are more certain to thrive in soil containing 

 some sand. 



Until his death, the late Mr. Frederick W. Taylor, 

 of Philadelphia, conducted a great many interesting 

 and exhaustive experiments with different kinds of 

 soils, particularly in relation to the growing of grass 

 but to some extent in testing roses. Some of his 



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