298 PLANTING THE ORNAMENTAL GROUNDS 



during the summer is also useful in encouraging growth 

 and flowers. The stronger branches which have flowered 

 may be cut back one -half or more. The rule in trim- 

 ming roses is, cut back weak-growing kinds severely ; 

 strong growers moderately. 



Eoses should be carefully taken up every four or five 

 years, tops and roots cut in, and then reset, either in 

 a new place or in the old, after enriching the soil with 

 a fresh supply of manure, and deeply spading it over. In 

 Holland roses are allowed to stand about eight years. 

 They are then taken out and their places filled with 

 young plants. 



ROSES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. 



The following classified lists embrace some of the va- 

 rieties of recognized merit for various purposes. There 

 are many others, but it is desirable to limit the list to a 

 few good kinds. The intending planter should consult 

 recent catalogues. 



Free -blooming Monthly Eoses for bedding. These are rec- 

 ommended not for the individual beauty of the flower 

 although some are very fine but because of their suitabil- 

 ity for the purpose indicated. If to be carried over winter 

 in the open ground, they need to be protected north of 

 Washington. In beds, pegging down the branches will be 

 found desirable. Those starred have been found hardy in 

 Southern Indiana without protection, although they are 

 more satisfactory with it. The name of the class to which 

 the variety belongs is indicated by the initial letter or 

 letters of the class name. (C., China; T., Tea; H. T., 

 Hybrid Tea; B., Bourbon; Pol., Polyantha; N., Noisette; 

 H. P., Hybrid Perpetual; Pr., Prairie Climber): 

 Bed- PinJc- 



Sanguinea, C. *Hermosa, B. 



Agrippina, C. Souvenir d'un Ami, T. 



Marion Dingee, T. . Pink Soupert, Pol. 



* Meteor, H. T. *Gen. Tartas, T. 



