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ceeded by duU cold or foggy weather, the 

 sappy wood gets no chance to ripen, and this 

 bodes ill for the Rose crop in the year to 

 follow. 



During September, October and November 

 cuttings may be planted. Cuttings and 



After August do not hesitate to cut away 

 old wood and leafage which obstructs the 

 free access of light and air to new growth. 

 Attention now is centred on the season to 

 come, not on that which is on the wane. It 

 is a case of the old adage, " Youth will be 

 served." 



If new Rose beds are 

 to be formed for planting 

 in late October or early 

 N o v e m b e r admittedly 

 the very best time in 

 normal seasons the soil 

 should be trenched or at 

 least turned over as soon 

 as it can be got at. If 

 the land that is to be 

 used has borne vegetable 

 crops during the season 

 it had better be well 

 limed, with fresh, not 

 gas lime, or at least be 

 dusted with powdered 

 chalk, whilst it is being 

 worked. If the soil is 

 trenched 2 or 3 spits 

 deep it will need at least 

 three or four weeks in 

 w h i c h to s e 1 1 1 e the 

 longer the better so this 

 work should always be 



J^ "^S put in hand at the earliest 



JH Rd^ possible moment. 



Now is the time to 

 transplant those Roses 

 that were labelled with 

 the necessary instruction 

 in the summer, and now 

 is the time to re-sort 

 and re-arrange Roses as 

 may be deemed advisable. 

 In the latter part of 

 September or in the early 

 part of October the new 

 layers of many of the climbing Roses, par- Rose catalogues will be received, a great 



A good crimson Rose, Lieutenant Chaure (Hybrid Tea). 



ticularly those of the Wichuraiana tribe, 

 generally root with great freedom, and for 

 climbing purposes I doubt whether any 

 worked plants equal " own root " Roses. 



pleasure to all true Rosariaiis. The new 

 Roses required should be ordered from 

 the nurserymen as soon as is convenient. 

 The earlier these orders are sent in the 



But it is not always possible to buy them, so better for all parties the purchaser, 



the natural assumption is that this is a more 

 expensive method of production than budding 

 so far as the professional grower is concerned. 



because he gets first pick and the best 

 plants, and the vendor, because he can clear 

 a lot of work off early and sees better what 



