of the branch. Don't be afraid of cutting too much. 

 The courageous rose surgeon is the one who gets the 

 largest fees in flowers. 



If you have done enough trimming along through 

 the summer blooming months, there will be no neces- 

 sity for any trimming in the fall, except to cut out 

 dead branches. Then, too, when you think of the 

 cold that's coming, and the struggle the poor things 

 will have to go through during the winter, to trim 

 them at this perilous time would be as mean as to 

 strike a man when he's down. In mid-April prune 

 all blackened ends and weak branches. 



Some of your hybrid teas may look absolutely 

 dead, but don't hold funeral services over them yet. 

 Trim these apparently defunct bushes down to within 

 two inches of the ground, and shortly you will be 

 rejoiced to see red nosed sprouts peeping through 

 the ground — shoots from the rose-roots which gen- 

 erally survive. 



If you don't own a compost pile do begin one to- 

 day. Even a weed becomes valuable when pulled up 

 and thrown on the compost pile. Contribute all 

 dead blossoms, weedings, trimmings, garden rubbish, 

 leaves, manure rakings, and even some garbage and 

 dish water, if you can persuade the kitchen queen 



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