THE GARDEN 



meshes. If painted a dark green, this support 

 will not be unpleasantly obtrusive. 



And every garden ought to include a bed 

 of Tea Roses. Say what they may about the 

 beauty of other flowers, there is not one of 

 them that rivals the Rose, and no other plant 

 that we can grow will afford us the satisfaction 

 that this will. Small plants of the ever- 

 blooming varieties this includes the Teas, the 

 Bengal, and the Noisette sections will come 

 into bloom by midsummer and continue to give 

 us flowers until cold weather if given proper 

 treatment. This consists in planting them in 

 a very rich soil for the Rose is fond of hearty 

 food and a good deal of it and a system of 

 cutting-back after each crop of flowers that 

 new branches may be sent out, on which flowers 

 w r ill be borne. This is important, because the 

 flowers are only produced on the new growth, 

 and any method of culture which fails to pro- 

 vide such growth will prove unsatisfactory. 

 By making and keeping the soil rich we encour- 

 age the plants to constant effort in the way 

 of growth, and our reward comes in the shape 

 of large, richly colored, and delightfully fra- 

 grant flowers, any one of which is worth a 

 score of ordinary blossoms. Young plants 



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