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And I don't at all care for the "started" roses in 

 pots; they may doubtless do beautifully in many 

 places, but have so far done most unbeautifully 

 in my garden. Can I be blamed for following the 

 indications of my own experience? 



Other trees and shrubs are less sensitive to the 

 calendar, I think; but any hardy, dormant, growing 

 thing is given a better chance for prosperity if it is 

 planted early. The nurserymen are willing and 

 glad to get the "stock" off to the planter as soon 

 as the ground is open to them. Some of them 

 carry certain trees and plants over winter in great 

 sheds, where they are unfrozen; and if the stock in 

 these sheds is "heeled in" so that the roots are 

 covered with damp soil, the plants may be con- 

 sidered good. Where the storage is in bins, with 

 exposed roots, I have come to believe that the 

 vitality of the trees and plants is materially 

 lessened over winter; wherefore I should prefer 

 for myself freshly dug stock, even if it had to come 

 a little later. 



If I do not here set down my belief that one can 

 with success plant anything at any time, if he 

 takes trouble enough, I shall be blamed with incon- 

 sistency later. Such is my belief, based on some 

 experience; but I call particular attention to the 

 italics. The "trouble enough" is trouble enough, 



