HOW TO PLANT ROSES. 39 
_ for dwarfs, although necessary for standards. If I had very 
strong dwarfs to deal with, especially in an exposed position, 
I might stake, because, if heavy winds caused the plants to 
sway, the collar would be exposed, and the roots would not have 
a proper chance of getting hold. But it is more likely that I 
should take off a third of each strong branch, to reduce the 
wind surface. There is no harm whatever in this, even if it 
is done in autumn, so long as pruning proper is deferred till 
spring. 
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PICTORIAL PRACTICE.—PLAIN HINTS IN FEW WORDS. 
FIG. 17.—PLANTING ROSES.—II. 
D, A Rose tree properly planted : m, a layer of thoroughly decayed manure 
covered with fine soil; , the soil which has been excavated replaced, 
the roots spread out in the hole, with the collar just below the surface ; 
0, the prepared bed; py, a mulching of manure 2 inches thick, 
K, a section of a bed with the trees properly planted: g, bed; 7, grass; s, 
shoots shortened a little to avoid rocking by the wind. 
I’, a section in which the tree has been rocked hither and thither by the 
wind: ¢, a hole made at the stem, thereby injuring it and affecting 
the rooting prejudicially. 
G, a plant staked: wu, stake, and shoot secured to it 
