watering, naturally the roots will 

 come up for the moisture they can't find 

 below — resulting in surface -rooters, few 

 blooms and poor, ill-shaped blooms. The water- 

 ing must be thorough, or it will not reach the 

 roots. 



TRENCH WATERING 



Make a trench seven or eight inches deep 

 and as wide by drawing a heart shaped (War- 

 ren) hoe through the soil between the rows of 

 roses— this trench should be filled several times 

 with water, or better still, remove the nozzle from 

 the hose, and cover the open end with a piece of 

 bagging or burlap and lay it at one end of the 

 trench, moving the hose from trench to trench as 

 they become filled, and several times refilling 

 them, after the water has been absorbed. This 

 method obviates the fatigue occasioned by stand- 

 ing and holding the hose. I need not say that it 

 saves time. 



Of course, "Amateur Gardeners," you know 

 why the bagging is put over the open end of the 

 hose. It softens the force without reducing the 

 flow of water. After watering, do not fail to have 

 the earth that is heaped along each side of the 



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