only fair and right that the rose garden be started 

 correctly? I feel all real amateur gardeners are 

 agreed upon this. 



^ " When the roses are abloom in the garden 

 it is Summer, until then it is Spring." Our 

 roses will look well and vigorous if the making 

 of the garden has been carefully superintended, 

 if the beds enjoy a fine sunny position and 

 are not subjected to the " drip " of trees 

 that is so injurious to them, and providing 

 the beds have been intelligently made by 

 digging them to a depth of about two feet, if 

 possible, and the soil at the bottom heavily 

 coated with lime, and in addition, the usual, 

 and I think necessary, layer of small stones 

 which are so essential to good drainage and 

 the well-being of roses. 



Aside from being a waste of time, it is also a waste 

 of valuable bushes to even attempt to plant 

 them in wet or moist soil ; if we must plant in a sit- 

 uation where such soil predominates then we must 

 provide proper drainage as I have suggested. 



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