The Autumn Planting of Roses -By w. s. Rogers 



EXCEPT IN THE FAR NORTH, HYBRID PERPETUALS AND THE HARDIEST HYBRID 

 TEAS MAY BE PLANTED IN THE AUTUMN, PROVIDED THEY ARE HEAVILY MULCHED 



YOU can plant roses successfully any 

 time from the middle of October 

 onward until March or April so long as 

 the ground is open. That's the point — 

 the open ground, not in the grip of frost. 



In America the general opinion has 

 been that the natural time for planting 

 roses is spring in the North and autumn 

 in the South. But the authors of "Roses 

 and How to Grow Them" say: "Hybrid 

 Perpetuals and Rugosas may be planted 

 in early November, and one need not hesi- 

 tate to plant most of the Hybrid Teas 

 and the hardier Teas at the same time, 

 if prepared to protect them properly after 

 the first frost." 



"True," says Mr. Leonard Barron, 

 " the tops may be killed down to the ground, 

 but remember that all you want is the 

 roots and sufficient eyes to start new 

 growing in the spring. This means plant- 

 ing deeply, so as to have earth mulch about 



the present year's canes, or covering well 

 with manure or other mulch. If you set 

 out roses in the fall the plants are there 

 to take advantage of the first warmth of 

 spring." 



Beginners who wish to keep on the safe 

 side should weigh these words from "Roses 

 and How to Grow Them": "As a rule, 

 spring planting of roses gives the best 

 results in the end." However, there are 

 many people who are eager to do as much 

 gardening as possible in the autumn, 

 because it is the only way of avoiding the 

 spring rush. And these may take heart 

 for experiment from [one of the largest 

 nursery firms in Rochester, N. Y., which 

 has for many years advocated fall planting 

 in the following words: "If the situation 

 be not too much exposed where the roses 

 are to be set out, we prefer fall planting 

 for all hardy kinds. Dormant plants 

 set out in the spring should be planted 



early for no plant suffers more from being 

 set out late than the rose." 



Select a sunny site for the rose garden, 

 and, following ancient usage, we cannot 

 do better than lay it out formally. They 

 are perhaps the most artificial of all flowers. 



We shall not therefore be in danger 

 of outraging good taste if we make our 

 rose garden on formal lines, by which I 

 mean if we plan it on a symmetrical basis. 



The most common method is to cut the 

 rose beds in grass. The beds should not 

 be elaborate in outline nor too small. The 

 groups should show a geometrical relation 

 between their component beds. 



The introduction of arches at suitable 

 points is an excellent device for obtaining 

 height. 



The necessary shelter in exposed situa- 

 tions may be contrived by the use of rose 

 or sweetbrier hedges, or of roses trained 

 upon a skeleton fence. 



Ramblers on a rustic arbor at Auburn. N. Y. The lighter colored hybrids of Wichuraiana. e. g. Lady Gay. is better than Crimson Rambler 



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