SUMMER BEDDER 



plants. Younger plants seldom bloom with much 

 profusion the first season. 



Order your plants in April. Get them into 

 the ground about the middle of May. Mulch the 

 soil about them well. This will do away with the 

 necessity of watering if the season happens to 

 prove a dry one. In planting, be governed by 

 the directions given in the chapter on " The 

 Rose." 



Try a bed of these ever-bloomers for a season 

 and you will never afterward be without them. 

 Other flowers will rival them in brilliance, per- 

 haps, and may require less attention, but — they 

 will not be Roses ! One fine Rose affords more 

 pleasure to the lover of the best among flowers 

 than a whole garden full of ordinary blossoms 

 can, and this is why I urge all flower-loving peo- 

 ple to undertake the culture of the ever-blooming 

 class of Roses, for I know they will give greater 

 satisfaction than anything else you can grow. 



In fall, the plants can be taken up, packed 

 away in boxes of earth, and kept in the cellar 

 over winter. Cut away almost the entire top 

 when the plants are lifted. All that one cares to 

 carry through the winter is the root of the plant. 



