PLANTING 



be one and a half inches. This seems like getting 

 down to very exact planting, but if the bud is higher 

 it is not sufficiently protected in winter, and the 

 rose does not do as well if it is planted lower. 



The hole being properly dug, place the rose in it, 

 carefully spreading out the roots so that they do 

 not cross or touch one another at any point. This 

 will take some time and care, but it is of the greatest 

 importance to the future growth of the rose that it 

 be properly done. Two persons can do the work 

 much better than one. In planting always have a 

 small bucket containing top soil and bone meal finely 

 powdered in equal parts to sprinkle at the bottom 

 of the hole and also on the roots ; this is very helpful 

 to their growth, because it precludes the possibility 

 of any manure touching the roots (manure which, if 

 too fresh and not well-rotted, will bum them) and 

 promotes the growth of the very much to be desired 

 fibrous feeding roots. After this preparation is put 

 in, the helper adds the soil carefully, a little at a 

 time, to fill up the hole. As he puts it in, tamp it 

 firmly with a stick, and, as the hole gradually fills, 

 take particular care that there is no space left just 

 underneath the main root of the plant, for air space 

 is most detrimental to the growth of the rose. Having 

 filled up the hole to the ground level of the bed, con- 

 sider the rose to be planted, and proceed to the next. 



When the first hole is dug, remove the earth and put 



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