LOCATION AND PREPARATION 



The matter of soil, or of the best composition of 

 soil, for the rose bed is a very interesting one, and 

 when a person wishes to go into rose growing on a 

 large scale beds should be constructed for each 

 particular kind of rose. 



Pemberton goes most thoroughly into this subject 

 of soils; any one contemplating the planting of several 

 hundred roses will do well to study his chapter on 

 soils. He advocates for roses, where autumn blooms 

 are desired, from forty to seventy per cent, of clay 

 in the bed, and this statement of his has been borne 

 out by our experiments with different soils. 



The most complete and technical book on this 

 subject which we have found is: " Soils," Lyon and 

 Fippin; L. H. Bailey, editor. 



A rule which seems to be endorsed by all rosarians 

 is that Hybrid Perpetuals and the stronger Hybrid 

 Teas do better in clay, and the weaker Hybrid Teas 

 and Teas are more certain to thrive hi soil containing 

 some sand. 



At the present time, Mr. Frederick W. Taylor, of 

 Philadelphia, is conducting a great many interesting 

 and exhaustive experiments with different kinds of 

 soils, particularly in relation to the growing of grass 

 but to some extent in testing roses. Some of his 

 beds have been made up in most complicated and 

 expensive ways, and while good results have been 



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