MAKING A KOSE GARDEN 



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silence. Then he spoke : "You are not a gardener 



yet, Liebchen, and you are an American. People who 



are not gardeners and are 



Americans must always be 



buying roses when they are 



in bloom, and shrubs when 



they are in leaf, and set out 



trees as big as they can. 



Everything they must see, 



and then have at once. 



"This rose here is asleep 

 yet. She is Catherine Mer- 

 met, an old kind, but lovely ! 

 She was dug last fall, and has 

 been lying asleep all winter ; 

 in June she will be ready to 

 flower." 



"Won't you hurt her?" 

 asked Mary, in alarm ; for 

 Mr. Trommel was cutting the 

 branches and leaving but one 

 shoot, and that he cut until it was not more than six 

 inches long. 



He shook his head. "No. You see, I cut her back 

 so ; she can then be quiet and have little to do 



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DORMANT ROSE BEFORE 

 PRUNING 



