^ a wheelbarrow of soil a quarter of^ 

 a pail of bone meal, one pail of sheep 

 manure, and one quart of Scotch soot. Then 

 the old soil that has been heaped up each 

 side of the trenches should be removed from 

 the bed or it may be spread over the surface 

 again. However, it first should be enriched by 

 broadcasting the surface of the bed with ten parts 

 of pulverized sheep manure, three quarts bone 

 meal and one pint of Scotch soot, and each 

 plant should also be given a teaspoonful of pow- 

 dered sulphate of iron— then hoe and cultivate 

 the bed to a finely powdered surface. 



The lime and soot will insure your rose beds 

 against grubs, and all the soil enemies. The new 

 soil, thus enriched, areated and sweetened, will 

 give new life and vigor to the exhausted rose bed, 

 without necessitating lifting and replanting. Also 

 it will provide many additional inches of soil 

 on the surface of the bed which will cover the 

 base of roses that otherwise might have to be 

 replanted. 



'law 



PEGGING OF ROSE BUSHES 



There is one thing that pegging of rose bushes 

 will accomplish, and that is, every bud the en- 



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