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than when it is used as a surface-dressing. When 

 placed, about two inches deep, over the surface in 

 March, the ground seldom suffers from drought, 

 but this is, perhaps, by some considered un- 

 sightly." 



Mr. George Paul, " the hero of a hundred 

 fights," advises that ''in planting the ground 

 should be deeply trenched, and well-rotted manure 

 be plentifully added. If the soil be old garden- 

 soil, add good loam, rich and yellow; choose a 

 dry day for the operation, and leave the surface 

 loose. Stake all standards, and mulch with litter, 

 to protect the roots from frost." 



Mr. William Paul, in his interesting work, T/ie 

 Rose- Garden, gives, in the introduction, the results 

 of his experiments with manure. '' In the sum- 

 mer of 1842," he writes, ''six beds of Tea-scented 

 Roses were manured with the following substances: 

 I, bone-dust; 2, burnt earth; 3, nitrate of soda; 

 4, guano; 5, pigeon-dung; 6, stable manure, 

 thoroughly decomposed. The soil in which they^ 

 grew was an alluvial loam. The guano produced 

 the earliest visible effects, causing a vigorous 

 growth, which continued till late in the season ; 

 the foliage was large and of the darkest green, but 

 the flowers on this bed were not very abundant. 

 The shoots did not ripen well, and were conse- 



