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to give it tenacity and retentive quality, and 

 in manuring to use cow manure. If the garden 

 is made upon turf, then dig in the sods, and 

 add any other decaying vegetable matter you 

 may have available. 



On heavy land it may be necessary to drain 

 the rose bed. This may be done by throwing 

 out the soil to a depth of three feet, adding 

 nine inches of rubble or brick rubbish, and then 

 filling up with soil. In such case it is well 

 to bring the level of the beds well above that 

 of the ground. Thorough preparation of the 

 rose bed is the surest guarantee of future 

 success. 



Planting should be done in the autumn, 

 preferably between mid-October and the end 

 of November, though it may be done later 

 if the winter be open. 



The operation of planting cannot be too 

 carefully conducted. Holes should be dug 

 of ample size, with the bottom formed dome- 

 shaped to facilitate arranging the roots. 



These should be separated and distributed 

 radially over the bottom of the hole. Fine 

 soil should then be placed over the rootlets, 

 moving the stem of the plant up and down 



