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was planted out, you can depend on it that the canes are allowed to 

 freeze down each Winter, the plants sending up a new lot of shoots 

 every Spring that become heavier and longer the older the plant gets. 

 If you happen to be located in a section where from experience you 

 know Roses winterkill, don't stop planting them, but do what you 

 can to -protect them. To save the flowering wood of a Rambler is 

 well worth aU the trouble it takes, which, after all, isn't much. 



To plant such a Rose where for some reason it cannot be pro- 

 tected is wrong to begin with. The best way to protect tender 

 Roses when only a few are grown, is to take the canes, lay them 

 down and cover them with a heavy layer of soil — the heavier the 

 better— foUowed by a layer of manure and a top dressing of leaves, 

 straw and brush or evergreen boughs. 



There is nothing like surrounding the wood of a Rose with 

 moist soil over Winter^ with a layer of manure or something else on 

 top of the soil. Even if it all freezes, by Spring the Rose wiU come 

 out with the wood in perfect condition. A plant left on a treUis, 

 even though well protected with a straw covering won't over- 

 winter nearly as well. It isn't a hard job to train the Roses on wires 

 or wire frames which can easily be taken down in the FaU or when 

 severe weather sets in. In the case of Hybrid Teas or Perpetuals 

 planted in a bed or border, whether you make use of own root or 

 budded stock, always plant deeply and far enough apart to permit, 

 whenever possible, the piling up of the soil around the plants for 

 ten or twelve inches. The soil doesn't have to be taken from the 

 bed the plants are in, but with such soil protection and a layer of 

 manure on top of it you can carry almost any Rose over Winter no 

 matter what the weather. Let the tops freeze, for you will have to 

 cut the plants down anyway by Spring. Of course, the higher you 

 can pile up the soil and the more complete the manure covering the 

 better We have found that a covering of leaves or straw through 

 which the air can reach the wood isn't nearly as effective. 



With Hybrid Teas, another way is to lift the plants by the middle 

 of November, lay them on their sides, bury them fifteen or eighteen 

 inches deep, and replant them the following Spring. You cannot 

 do that with the Hybrid Perpetuals, for usually it takes them until 

 the second year to become properly established. 



MISCELLANEOUS OUTDOOR ROSE SPECIES 



Rosa Rugosa 



Whether he favors the single pink and white sorts or the beau- 

 tiful hybrids, every florist should recommend the planting of Rugosa 

 Roses in the home grounds. There may be only room for one 

 plant, or there may be space for a hedge of them or a group in 

 the foreground of the shrub border. In any case, their sweet- 



