and uniformly spread. The next '^4^ 

 W step is to incorporate bone meal, lime and 

 1' Scotch soot, that is, one quart to the square 

 yard— the mixture to be six parts bone meal, one 

 part Scotch soot and one part lime. 



As it is necessary to allow for settling, the 

 rose bed now in preparation should be filled two 

 or three inches above the natural level with rich 

 loam screened through a coarse screen. Then, 

 every three square yards of the bed should now 

 receive ten quarts of pulverized sheep fertilizer, 

 one quart of bone meal and one-half pint of Scotch 

 soot, of course all well mixed together and then 

 thoroughly raked into the surface of the bed. 



PREPARATION BEFORE PLANTING 



For a week or two the bed has been ready 

 for planting, and it is just as well that we have 

 had to wait for our new plants to be delivered, as 

 it has given the bed time to settle. 



Our rose bushes are now here from the nur- 

 sery and unpacked. We are very careful that the 

 roots are not exposed to the wind or sun, or per- 

 mitted to dry out. Each plant has been carefully 

 inspected. Any broken root or shoot we cut away 

 with a sharp pruning shears. A broken shoot or 



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