November Autumn Work for Summer 



and to tread the soil firmly as it is filled in. It is a 

 mistake to fill it all in and then tread it down. Roots 

 that are bruised or broken should be cut back as far 

 as is necessary, and other thick ones, bare of fibrous 

 roots, may be shortened also, as much as one- third being 

 cut off. Before the final covering is put on a little bone- 

 meal may be scattered in the soil immediately above the 

 roots, though it ought not to come in actual contact with 

 the latter. If the ground is very wet it becomes a 

 difficult matter to work the soil well among the roots; 

 it is therefore wise to have a bushel or two of dry soil 

 at hand. As all the shoots of dwarf Roses are best 

 pruned hard in the spring following planting, those that 

 are more than 12 inches in length may be cut back to 

 that height when the bushes are put in, and those of 

 climbers ought to be partially shortened. 



The selection of suitable varieties is of the first im- 

 portance, for some are so much more satisfactory than 

 others. Those who grow for garden display only will, 

 judging from my own experience, scarcely find a better 

 two dozen than those to be named. 



Good Garden Roses. Catalogues rarely give the 

 bad points of a Rose and, on reading the descriptions, 

 one might well imagine them all to be without fault 

 or flaw. I do not claim for these that they are perfect, 

 but when a fault is so pronounced as to call for comment, 

 attention is directed to it. I should include Caroline 

 Testout and Fran Ka"rl Druschki, because they are not 

 really surpassed as a pink and white Rose respectively. 

 The blooms of the former are of rather coarse form and 

 scentless, but they come freely in summer and autumn. 

 Both this and Prau Karl Druschki make splendid stan- 

 dards. The latter Rose may be grown as a big bush, 

 and lightly pruned, after the first year or two, or the 

 long shoots may be pegged down. Margaret is a 

 beautiful pink Rose of perfect form. Ophelia is a 

 splendid Rose of yellow and rose shades. James Coey is 



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