62 PLANNING AND PLANTING 



WINTER PROTECTION. Some folk make 

 the mistake of tying up their Roses for winter, 

 using straw or paper, and this is an excellent way 

 to smother the life out of the plants. They need 

 no such coddling, and there is no use in killing 

 your Roses with kindness. The best possible pro- 

 tection for winter is to hill the soil up with a hoe, 

 around the stems of the plants, and cover the beds 

 with some evergreen boughs. It is also feasible 

 to cover the beds with a mulch of leaves, straw or 

 coarse manure just preceding the setting in of 

 permanent winter, and to clear off the beds about 

 April first. 



PRUNING IN THE SPRING. It is impor- 

 tant to particularly notice tins' difference in the 

 characteristics of Roses. The flowering wood of 

 the Hybrid Teas is the wood of the present seasons' 

 growth, hence the more flowers you cut from them, 

 and with long stems, the bushier your plant 

 becomes, and the more resultant blooms you will 

 have this year. 



The Climbing Roses are different. They flower 

 only on the wood of LAST years' growth, so it is 

 readily seen that if pruned back severely, few if 

 any flowers will be had at all. The way to handle 

 the Climbers is to cut out any old or dead wood, 

 and to prune them into the desired shape or form, 

 immediately after they are done blooming for the 

 season, then the plants will make a new growth yet 



