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and covered with a light layer of soil to make 

 the bed tidy. Though I have chosen a Rose as 

 an example, the general system I have indicated 

 applies to all planting of trees and shrubs, 

 special care being taken to arrange the roots 

 with due regard to their natural inclination. 

 If they are too long to lie flat in the hole; it 

 must be enlarged till they rest comfortably 

 without being bent or forced into an unnatural 

 position. If they are deep rooting, the hole 

 must be made deeper. And in planting Roses 

 it is, as I have said, absolutely essential that 

 the collar should be three inches below the 

 surface. For if, as so often is the case, it is 

 above, the briar stock begins to throw up 

 suckers, taking all the nourishment which 

 should go to the scion, and eventually destroy- 

 ing it. I was called in last Summer by a 

 friend, whose charming garden is one of my 

 pilgrimage places here when I want refresh- 

 ment mental and horticultural. She desired an 

 opinion on her Roses, which she said had nearly 

 all failed, and she was sure the only thing was 

 to take them up and burn them. Happily I 



