of water which was allowed to settle and soak 

 deeply into the soil? and how we placed a little 

 mound of dry soil in the center beneath the roots 

 to serve as a cushion for them to rest upon ? The 

 little trouble required to spread out the slender 

 roots at right angles, to prevent any of them 

 from being turned under or crossing one another, 

 has given the bushes an equal support. And don't 

 you realize now that where the hole was not wide 

 enough to spread the roots out at right angles, 

 that the extra time spent to make little trenches 

 to receive the over- long ones was well worth 

 while, instead of turning them under or, what 

 would have been worse, turning them up? 

 ^ The bush roses have been planted about fifteen 

 inches apart — none closer than that — and the 

 standards have been planted, as they should be, 

 three feet apart. And after carefully spreading 

 out the roots, the filling up with good, dry 

 screened soil well worked in and pressed down 

 among the roots was of unthought value at the 

 time. You seemed to think then that after we 



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