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wichuriana, but they are little known and less 

 grown. 



SOILS FOR ROSES 



The hybrid teas or the hybrid perpetuals thrive 

 best in heavy soils, the Bourbon class do well in any, 

 but the teas and noisettes seem to produce best if 

 the soil is light or somewhat sandy. It is essential 

 in all cases that drainage be good, and for this rea- 

 son some rosarians of experience remove all soil 

 from the beds to the depth of two feet, pick up the 

 bottom of the pit as deeply as possible, scatter a 

 little manure and sand over the surface and replace 

 the soil, mixing it as it goes back with sand and 

 thoroughly rotted stable manure, being careful to 

 make a good job of the mixing process. A_great 

 deal of such work is done in England, some in the 

 eastern part of our country, and but little" by our 

 impatient Californians. 



In light soils there is little doubt but own-root 

 roses give best satisfaction over a long term of 

 years, the necessity for budding keeping pace with 

 the increasing heaviness, but, when one reaches 

 adobe or clay, it is better either to give up pure teas 

 and plant hybrids only, or convert the soil for these 

 into one of much lighter texture. It therefore must 

 be apparent that if you grow many roses it will be 

 found better to keep the classes separated. When 

 purchasing mixed sorts of roses for heavy soils it 

 is doubtless better to get them budded, for few 

 have enough in number to sharply discriminate be- 

 tween the classes as to their specific needs. It is 

 well to reiterate that all roses do best in soils that 

 have been deeply stirred and well worked over. 

 SUMMER TREATMENT 



In California roses need the same amount of rest 

 that nature gives them where winter's cold renders 



