little rain, you should not permit the bushes to 

 want for water. Personally I have found that a 

 quick and a very thorough method is to make a 

 trench between the lines of bushes, say seven or eight 

 inches deep and about as wide, and this is quickly 

 done with a hoe, then removing the nozzle from 

 the hose, and covering it with a piece of burlap 

 or bagging, placing it in the first trench and mov- 

 ing it from trench to trench as they are filled, and 

 by the time the last trench is filled start re-filling 

 the first one. The trenches should be plentifully 

 soaked so that you may feel certain the water has 

 penetrated down to the thirsty roots that are 

 anxiously waiting for it. After this has been done 

 four or five times it need not be done again for 

 a week or ten days, then the soil that has been 

 mounded up in making the trench should be 

 drawn back again with the back of the hoe and 

 the surface cultivated. When this is done thor- 

 oughly you will linow that your roses will not 

 want for water for a week or ten days. 

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