^ and one part Scotch soot. A grea 

 many of the roses we see in gardens 

 are really being starved. Then the soil should ^ 

 be deeply ruffled by the use of a Dutch hoe cul- 

 tivator. As you wish to hurry this food to the 

 roots that are eager for food, the best way is to 

 hose it in, using a sharp hard spray— one that 

 will penetrate the soil when pointed at any par- 

 ticular spot. In that way it leaches down to 

 where it is needed, where it will be the rose reserve 

 larder for some time, where the tender rootlets 

 will revel in sending blooming strength and vigor 

 into the plant. 



PRUNING 



We prune plants so that the sap and the 

 vitality may be sent to the base of the shoot, and 

 so cause the dormant buds there to break. 



I really don't believe anyone could lay down 

 a set of fixed rules for pruning that we could 

 blindly follow. However, weak growth should 

 receive a more severe pruning than the sturdier 

 growth. 



The almost unfailingly reiterated advice 

 given regarding pruning— to prune roses to buds 

 pointing outwards — I know cannot always be 



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