PLANTING ^ ^ 



I do not recommend setting roses more 

 ' than eighteen inches apart or less than fifteen '^^'^ 

 inches. Standards three feet. I usually plant 

 my roses not more than fifteen inches apart, with 

 the exception of such roses as Frau Karl 

 Druschki, Gruss an Teplitz and Caroline Testout, 

 which I plant two feet apart. 



The bed is ready and has settled— the plants 

 are ready for planting. 



We have with plant stakes designated as a 

 guide the various places where the plants are to 

 be set. The plants are not located by guess or 

 even by a rule, but with a template fifteen or 

 eighteen inches long, so that it makes it very 

 simple to put a stake down and then by placing 

 the template on the ground against it, setting the 

 next stake, and so on. 



Now we make individual holes eight inches 

 deep. This is only practical where the bed has 

 been prepared as I have described. 



After removing the plants from the tub where 

 they have had a mud bath to prevent the roots 

 from drying out, they should be planted imme- 

 diately. Before planting the roses, fill the holes 

 with two or three gallons of water and allow it 



