CULTIVATION 



Mr. H. J. Staples, of Biddeford, Maine, who has 

 tried a number of roses advocated in our former 

 editions with very good success, claims that in his 

 section it is better to make the hills around the roses 

 twelve inches in height. By this method he lost only 

 twelve out of seventy-five roses during the winter 

 of 1915-1916. It is also interesting to note that he 

 reports the blooming of the roses, with very few 

 exceptions, to be identical with the records given for 

 the Middle Atlantic States. 



With the Hybrid Perpetuals and the very hardiest 

 of the Hybrid Teas this hilling up is not really 

 necessary, but there are very many beautiful varie- 

 ties which must be brought through the winter by 

 this method. 



After the roses are hilled up, wait until the ground 

 freezes before placing the litter on the beds. No 

 insects or mice will then inhabit it during the winter 

 and injure the green wood of the canes. Another 

 good way is to fill the spaces between the little 

 mounds with autumn leaves or meadow hay, with 

 enough earth spread over the top to keep them from 

 blowing away. This is an easy method and undoubt- 

 edly adds warmth to the beds. 



In the extreme North, the best protection is to 

 lay down and cover with waterproof building paper, 

 which in turn should be covered with earth. 



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