LOCATION AND PREPARATION 



after the first layer is mixed, and one bucket of bone 

 meal, evenly distributed, to be added before the last 

 layer is put in. 



When making beds for autumn planting it would 

 be well to realize that very often roses imported 

 from the other side are delayed. The season may 

 be very late with the European growers, and the 

 leaves not fall from the plants until after our heavy 

 frosts (which may be early ones) have frozen the 

 ground. For this reason, when the beds are made 

 the ground conditions must be carefully watched, 

 and if frost appears they should be covered, with a 

 heavy litter. This will usually protect the ground 

 so that if the roses do not arrive until well into the 

 autumn they may still be planted. We have suc- 

 cessfully planted roses after hard freezing and six 

 inches of snow in December, our beds having been 

 covered with a heavy litter before the snow fell. 

 When planting we removed snow and litter and the 

 following year our roses did well. 



