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BIGGLE GARDEN BOOK 



Pruning, culture and rose-bugs : Cut off the 

 upper one-third of each main shoot in the spring; 

 cut out all dead or diseased wood at any time; ever- 

 blooming roses may be cut back again after the June 

 flowering, which induces further bloom. Keep the 

 ground well stirred all through the growing season ; 

 spade deeply before planting; set plants about two 

 feet apart (more or less according to variety) ; re- 

 member that roses like a very rich clay-loam soil 

 with sufficient moisture. Rose-bugs are the worst 

 pest, generally, and no very good remedies are 

 known. Cover the bushes with mosquito-netting, or 

 knock the bugs into a pan of kerosene twice a day, 

 or spray with arsenate of lead as suggested in Chap- 

 ter V. (For other enemies, see general remarks and 

 hints on pages 165 and 166.) 



CLIMBING VINES. These as a rule do not belong 

 in the border, but should find a place somewhere in 



or near the garden 

 on porch, house, wall, 

 lattice screen, or 

 climbing upon a dead 

 tree-trunk, post or 

 fence. Dorothy Per- 

 kins, Thousand Beau- 

 ties, Gardenia, Crim- 

 son Rambler, Prairie 

 Queen, etc., are hardy 

 climbing roses that 

 succeed almost every- 

 where (give slight 

 protection the first two years in extreme northern 

 localities, by laying the vines down and covering dur- 

 ing the winter). Boston ivy, trumpet flower, honey- 

 suckles of various kinds, wistaria and clematis are 



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ENTRANCE TO A LONG ISLAND GAR- 

 DEN. ARBOR COVERED WITH CLEM- 

 ATIS PANICULATA, ETC. 



