296 PLANTING THE ORNAMENTAL GROUNDS 



Set open -ground plants about as deep as they stood pre- 

 viously, excepting budded or grafted plants, which should 

 be set so that the union between the stock and graft 

 will be from three to four inches below the surface of 

 the soil. Plants from pots may also be set an inch 

 deeper than they stood in the pots. The soil should be 

 in a friable condition. Roses like to have the soil com- 

 pact immediately about their roots; but we should dis- 

 tinguish between planting roses and setting fence posts. 

 The dryer the soil the more firmly it may be pressed. 



Hardy roses, especially the strong field -grown plants, 

 should be set in the early fall if practicable. It is de- 

 sirable to get them out just as soon as they have shed 

 their foliage. If not then, they may be planted in the 

 early spring. At that season it is advisable to plant them 

 as early as the ground is dry enough, and before the buds 

 have started to grow. Dormant pot -plants may also be 

 set out early, but they should be perfectly dormant. Set- 

 ting them out early in this condition is preferable to 

 waiting till they are in foliage and full bloom, as is so 

 often required by buyers. Growing pot -pi ants may be 

 planted any time during the spring after danger of frost 

 is past, or even during the summer, if they are watered 

 and shaded for a few days. 



North of the Ohio river all the Everblooming roses, even 

 if they will endure the winter unprotected, will be better 

 for protection. This may be slight southward, but should 

 be thorough northward. The soil, location, and surround- 

 ings, will often be a great help. If the situation is 

 not so favorable, more protection will be necessary. 

 Along the Ohio, a heap of stable manure, or light 

 soil which does not become packed and water -logged, 

 placed about the base of the plants, will carry over many 

 of the Tea roses. The tops are killed back; but the 

 plants sprout up from the base of the old branches in the 

 spring. Bon Silene, Etoile de Lyon, Perle des Jardins, 



