PLANTING 



Third, have your bucket containing a mixture of 

 equal parts of top soil and bone meal to place 

 around the roots. 



Fourth, take plenty of time in digging the hole to 

 get it large enough and wide enough at the bottom 

 to spread the roots properly. 



Fifth, do not let the roots cross one another. 



Sixth, plant carefully and slowly, tamping down 

 the earth with a stick, making sure by gently raising 

 and lowering as the earth is filled in that no air 

 space remains below the main part of the root. 



Seventh, do not place the bud more than three 

 inches or less than two inches from the finished 

 surface of the bed. 



If it is impossible to finish your planting in any 

 one day take particular care of the remaining roses. 

 Keep them heeled in damp earth, or if the season is 

 so late that you are unable to do this, keep them well 

 covered indoors with soil. It is very easy to cover 

 the finished beds with a heavy litter of manure 

 and straw to keep the frost from them. If a quan- 

 tity of soil is mixed and kept indoors ready for use, 

 holes can be dug and the plants set in this soil as 

 has been suggested in " Location and Preparation." 

 We have used this method successfully in the very 

 late autumn and at the end of the winter. If plant- 

 ing in the late autumn, it is well to protect the plants 



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