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of the bed at the rate of one-quarter pound 

 to the square yard. A second and lighter 

 dressing may be applied at the end of May if 

 heavy rains have occurred. 



PROPAGATION 



Many methods are employed in propagat- 

 ing roses, but the practice here described 

 commends itself to the amateur because it is 

 simple and effective. Cuttings can be rooted 

 in the garden or in the greenhouse. For out- 

 of-door work they should be made in Novem- 

 ber, before severe frost, of wood of the current 

 year's growth. They should be cut into 

 lengths of six inches, tied into bundles with 

 tarred rope and buried in sandy soil, eighteen 

 inches deep, and furthermore protected from 

 freezing by a covering of leaves. In spring, 

 when the ground is thawed and settled, they 

 should be planted in V-shaped trenches in 

 well-prepared beds, using a little rotted barn- 

 yard manure. The cuttings should stand 

 nearly erect and be so deeply planted that 

 only one bud shows above the surface of the 

 ground, two inches apart in the row, with the 

 rows twelve inches apart. In this way many 



