GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
covering of coarse manure or leaves. The more 
tender kinds can be laid over and protected with 
litter or boughs. 
SPRING PRUNING 
Then early in the spring, before the first of 
April, cut back the hardy roses, keeping only the 
strong canes, which, however, should be shortened 
to about 10 inches. The middle of April prune the 
more tender varieties. But remove from both all 
shoots growing in toward the center, and cut all 
weak plants back to the third or fourth eye, to 
promote stronger growth and larger flowers. 
Climbing roses need only the weak branches and 
tips removed. 
Date new climbing canes with wired wooden tags 
each spring, and cut out all over three years old. 
This renews the stock, restrains ambitious climbing, 
and produces better flowers. 
SPRAYING 
About this time a spraying first of Bordeaux 
mixture to prevent disease, and a little later a 
spraying of whale-oil soapsuds as warning to the 
great army of bugs, slugs, etc., will give your roses 
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