GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
ROSE FERTILIZER 
10 lbs. sheep manure Mix well. Give a level 
5 Ibs. bonemeal, trowelful to roots of 
1 Ib. Scotch soot. each rosebush every two 
weeks, after buds start, 
and wet down thorough- 
ly. 
Being hearty feeders, roses need a rich, light 
soil, and they do best in an open, sunny spot, away 
from the roots of trees and shrubs that would steal 
their food. 
And while they do not thrive in low, damp 
ground, neither do they stand being set ‘‘high and 
dry.’’ Too damp beds should be drained with a 
first layer of small stones or gravel. 
Cultivate your roses every week or ten days, and 
keep the ground covered with grass clippings unless 
it is protected from the sun by the shade of other 
plants. Cut off close to the parent stem any wild 
shoots or ““suckers,’’—generally recognizable by 
their briary stems,—as they will cause the budded 
part to die. 
FALL PROTECTION 
Late in the fall mound up the earth well around 
the roots of all your roses, and give them a good 
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