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earth about their roots intact. If sent by mail it will 

 be better to pot off in three-inch pots, and set in a cool, 

 rather shady place for a few days, bringing grad- 

 ually into the sunshine until they have become estab- 

 lished, when they may be turned out into the open 

 ground without disturbing their roots. If planted at 

 once in the open ground, the more delicate ones would 

 be likely to perish. 



Give the rose-bed a sunny, protected situation, 

 using a soil of good garden loam, clay, and old, well- 

 rotted manure, made deep and mellow. If the plants 

 are the small mail-order size set one foot apart each 

 way, planting according to directions for transplant- 

 ing, and make the soil very firm and hard about their 

 roots. Cultivate frequently, or mulch with lawn 

 clippings, working them in as they decay. Liquid 

 manure must not be given until the plants are grow- 

 ing vigorously, when it may be applied once or twice 

 a week. More plants are injured by the injudicious 

 use of fertilisers than in any other way. 



If two-year-old plants are purchased, set from 

 eighteen inches to two feet apart each way. See that 

 each plant has a zinc or wooden label securely fast- 

 ened to it, or, what is better, make a list in their 

 regular order, or a diagram of the bed in a note- 

 book. This permanent memorandum will enable you 

 to be sure of the name of any particular Rose. 



Cut Roses with a liberal amount of the stem, and 

 only enough pruning will be needed to keep them in 



