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matter how much care was used, failure prac- 

 tically always resulted unless plants received green- 

 house care. 



The advantage of planting roses in the autumn 

 is that if they are dormant, i.e., if growth has stopped 

 for the year prior to their shipment, and if they 

 have not been subjected to heat during shipment 

 causing growth to recommence, they will when 

 planted become more or less fixed in their position, 

 and little fibrous roots will have in most instances 

 commenced growth before spring. Roses so planted 

 and which have become so established will start off 

 well in the spring, much better than a rose which 

 has only been hi the ground a short time. 



Our advice to all planters with whom the expense 

 of replacing dead plants is not of much moment is 

 this: From October to May plant your roses as 

 soon as you have decided that you want them. 

 Undoubtedly, you will lose some if you plant after 

 the growing season has begun; perhaps if you plant 

 the last of the winter you will not secure as good 

 roses as if you set out perfectly dormant plants hi 

 the late autumn, but no doubt a great many of 

 them will come through and be better plants the 

 following year than if you had waited, say from the 

 early spring to the following autumn. In addition 



to this there is the pleasure of having the roses. 

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