places the "sulky ones." Now I hope I have 

 convinced you of the importance of supplying 

 new soil as well as the new plant, for bear in mind 

 if this is not done you will eventually find, as 

 my friend's skeptical gardener did, that when a 

 bush has been removed because it failed to thrive, 

 and where the soil has not been removed and re- 

 placed with good soil taken from another part 

 of the garden, such a plant will not flourish 

 and bloom as we wish it to, and as it should. 

 It is more than likely, yes, almost certain to 

 meet the fate of its predecessor. 

 ?f When replacing a dead or hopeless rose bush 

 with a healthy one do not fail to strip away all 

 the foliage of the healthy plant. Cut it down to 

 about eight inches, prune the roots slightly 

 and plant firmly and in a short time it will be 

 in leaf and in flower again and will not appear 

 in the least like a "gap-filler." 

 ^ To dig up every few years roses that have become 

 well established, I know is often recommended, 

 but I have found that where a plant is well es- 

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