LOCATION AND PREPARATION 



force their way into the space reserved for the roses, 

 so the boards must be renewed. The best way is 

 to put hi a small wall of concrete four inches in 

 thickness, which will protect your bed for all tune 

 from this interference of tree roots. 



Providing your roses get at least half a day's sun- 

 light and the tree roots do not interfere, the bed can 

 be successfully made as above proposed. The ideal 

 location is a south to southeast exposure, especially 

 with a windbreak on the north and northwest sides 

 from which the coldest winter winds come. Wind- 

 breaks may be in the form of trees, houses, or any- 

 thing which will stop the direct force of the cold, 

 bleak winds. Roses will do well even on a north 

 slope if they get the sun and are properly cared for. 

 Worse than a north slope is low land, which is not 

 and cannot be easily drained, and where roses will 

 get more late frost than they will on the exposed 

 hillside. 



Having looked over your ground and selected, in 

 accordance with the general working directions 

 given above, the most suitable place for your roses, 

 consider next the shape of the bed, the extent of 

 space to be given to it and the number of plants 

 it will accommodate. Unless formal or landscape 

 gardening is desired the most practical form of bed 



for roses is one three feet wide (the proper width 

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