94 GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS 



Buds that were inserted in July should now be untied if not already 

 done. If any are dead it may not be too late to rebud dwarf stocks. 



Climbers on walls, arches, or pillars should be unfastened and old 

 and dead wood cut away. Where plants have been neglected this 

 thinning should be done by degrees, not in one season. Tall climbers, 

 such as Gloire de Dijon, are best unfastened and laid carefully on the 

 ground. The old wood can be more easily removed and the plant re- 

 fastened in a more satisfactory way. Roses that were grown under glass 

 in the late spring, and that have been plunged outdoors for the summer, 

 must now be repotted. Afterwards stand them on a bed of ashes, and 

 syringe morning and evening for a week or two. If very dry, water at 

 the root. Loam may sometimes be bought at a reasonable price where 

 building operations are going on. If so, do not fail to secure a load or 

 two. This is the stuff to grow good Roses in, both in pots and beds. 



OCTOBER. Study the catalogues carefully and give the order early. 

 Never buy cheap Roses because they are cheap. Go to a good house 

 that has a reputation of supplying quality and true to name. Remember 

 many of the old Roses are still the best. The lists have been carefully 

 prepared, so that the novice need have no hesitation as to his selections. 

 By the third week planting may commence. Roses may be planted 

 from October to April, but October and November are the best months. 

 If the plants have much foliage when received cut it off. Cover their 

 roots with earth immediately the package is undone. Never let the 

 roots become exposed to sun or wind. If the weather is dry, water the 

 plants before filling in all the soil, and again at intervals of a few days. 

 Replanting of established Roses may be begun at the end of the month. 

 Roses that have been planted from six to ten years may be safely trans- 

 planted, and this often gives them a new lease of life. 



NOVEMBER. Planting is now in full swing, many millions of Roses 

 being annually planted during this month. 



Standard Briars for budding should also be planted, other stocks 

 being best kept healed in until February and March. 



Tea Roses grown as bushes should be earthed up like potatoes by the 

 end of the month. This is maintained until March. Bracken fern 

 should be at hand ready to place among the branches both of bush and 

 standard Teas. 



Pot Roses must now be put under cover, except those potted from 

 the ground last month. These may be kept outdoors plunged until 

 January, unless the weather is very severe. 



DECEMBER. Be prepared to protect Tea Roses if hard weather 

 occurs. They are better for the free circulation of air, providing the frost 

 is not severe. During mild intervals the fern litter or evergreens should 

 be removed, to be replaced when hard frosts occur again. Pot Roses 

 for early forcing should now be pruned. With moderate heat, three 

 months elapse from the pruning to the blossoming of a pot Rose, so that 

 if wanted before March the plants should be pruned in November. 

 Climbers under glass, if attended to in the summer, will merely re- 

 quire tying out now. 



