320 How to Make a Flower Garden 



the greenhouse. For out-of-door work they should be made in November, 

 before severe frost, of wood of the current year's growth. They should be 

 cut into lengths of six inches, tied nito bundles w4th tarred rope, and buried 

 eighteen inches deep in sandy soil, and furthermore protected from freezing 

 by a covering of leaves. In spring, when the ground is thawed and settled, 

 they should be planted in V-shaped trenches m well-prepared beds, using 

 a little rotted barnyard manure. The cuttings should stand nearly erect, 

 and be so deeply planted that only one bud shows above the surface of the 

 ground, two inches apart in the row, with the rows twelve inches apart. 

 In this way many desirable hardy roses can be multiplied — e. g., Crimson 

 and Yellow Ramblers, the Dawson Rose, Rosa miiltiflora, R. Wichuraiana, 

 and all their other progeny, R. setigera, Prairie Queen, and Baltimore Belle, 

 etc., also the ^lanetti rose for stock. Under glass, these same varieties will 

 give a larger percentage of rooted plants if the cuttings are made two or 

 three inches long, planted in pure sand in pots or boxes, and kept in a green- 

 house, 45° F. These cuttings, also, should be made in autumn, before severe 

 weather, of wood just completing its growth. They should be planted 

 thickly, about one-half their length deep, and well shaded for three weeks. 

 Keep the temperature so low that the buds will not start into growth before 

 the cutting is rooted. The young plants can be set out m May, either directly 

 from the cutting-bed or after having been established in pots. 



VI. A Rose Bank 



By W. H. Sargent 



Concealing an unsightly bank by transforming it into a rose garden 



accomplishes several desirable objects. It "makes 



-xiu mw>um'-- tlic wastc places to blossom as the rose," and also 



Rose bush --->S^ y*^™'™; ;'.•■:.■■ 



,,^^/ V'"'" affords the plants abundant light, air, and room, 



Turf- IS, ^ ^vl^icj^ lY^Qy ^Q j^Q^ always get if planted in beds 



3/ / --Sand where room is of more value. 



Ig^l.Heavygardensoii Pockcts should bc dug iuto thc sidc of the 



bank and the turf brought forward and shaped 



into basins, as shown in the sketch. In this way 



all the wash from the bank will be collected 



