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Want not, can he keep his knife from the string. Let 

 him plant his Rose-trees as soon as may be after their 

 arrival; but if they reach him, unhappily, during frost 

 or heavy rains, let him " lay them in," as it is termed, 

 covering their roots well with soil and their heads with 

 matting, and so wait the good time coming. When 

 planted they must not be set too deeply in the soil — 

 about 4 or 5 inches will suffice — but must be secured (I 

 am presuming that the trees are chiefly low standards, 

 according to advice given) to stakes, firmly fixed in the 

 ground beside them. Some gardeners plant deeply, to 

 save, I suppose, the trouble of staking; and indolence 

 has its usual result — debihty. Let the Briers also be 

 planted as soon as received. Weakly trees may now be 

 carefully taken up, and, planted in fresh soil, will often 

 make a complete recovery. 



The established Rose-trees should, if the ground be 

 dry and the weather fine, have a good dressing of farm- 

 yard manure. And in 



December 



you should take advantage of the first hard frost to 

 wheel in a similar supply for the new-comers, the 

 freshly-planted Rose-trees and stocks. In both cases 

 the manure must remain upon the ground to protect 

 and to strengthen too, and need not be dug in until 

 March. At the beginning of this month, it will be wise 

 to give a munificent mulching to Roses of a delicate 

 constitution, planted out of doors — the little Banksian, 



