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ROSES 



is frozen. They are usually received in such 

 excellent condition that rarely one in a hun- 

 dred of the hardy sorts fails to make good 

 growth and a fair bloom in the following 

 season. 



PLANTING BUDDED ROSES 



Before planting, each plant should be 

 examined, all broken roots cut off cleanly 

 with a sharp knife, and all eyes that can be 

 detected on the stock — i. e., the portion below 

 the bud — should be removed. If this is not 

 done, the eyes will push out and suckers will 

 develop from them. One difference in ap- 

 pearance between a sucker and a root is this: 

 the sucker swells the farther it is from the 

 stem, and the root tapers the farther it is from 

 the stem. 



A hole large enough to accommodate all 

 its roots without crowding should be made 

 for each plant. The collar or point where 

 the bud was inserted and from which the new 

 growth starts should be placed not less than 

 two inches nor more than three inches below 

 the surface of the soil, the roots spread out 

 carefully, nearly horizontally, but inclining 

 downward, taking care that no two roots 



