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This plan, however, is adapted only to locations 

 where surface water will run away readily. 

 Stagnant water about rose-branches in spring, 

 before it is safe to uncover them, will always 

 severely injure them. In bending down the 

 bushes, preparatory to covering them, great 

 care should be taken not to break or crack the 

 stiff and somewhat brittle stalks. Make your 

 bends slowly and gently in order to allow the 

 branches to accommodate themselves to the 

 strain put upon them. When you have them 

 flat upon the ground lay a piece of sod upon 

 them to hold them in proper position until you 

 can give them their final covering. Lay them 

 all in the same direction and as close together 

 as possible to economize in covering material. 

 Old and large stalks and the great canes of 

 the Climbing Roses are exceedingly difficult to 

 manage without injuring them. To avoid the 

 risk of breaking them, as the result of too 

 abrupt a bend, I would advise heaping earth 

 against the base of the plant, on the side 

 towards which the stalks are to be bent, and 

 bending the bushes over it carefully and slowly. 

 This substitutes curves for sharp bends and 

 greatly simplifies the work of caring for stub- 

 born plants. If soil is used as covering, let 



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