WHEN, WHERE AND HOW TO PLANT 



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Tender roses, planted on or about April 

 20th, may have thrown over them a few loose 

 handfuls of old hay, or other light covering, 

 to protect from possible late frosts and 

 from the glare of the sun. After about ten 

 days this shelter may be removed. The hardy 

 roses do not need even this. 



HOW TO PLANT 



It is best to unpack the plants under the 

 cover of some convenient shed, and to take 

 to the beds, at one time, no more than can 

 be properly protected nearby or promptly 

 planted. During this move some people 

 protect the roots by dipping them in mud; 

 others carry the plants about in pails with the 

 roots immersed in water. All these precau- 

 tions are taken to avoid the immediate and 

 very harmful drying action of the sun, and 

 especially of the wind, upon the fibrous roots 

 of the plants. Hence the first rule for plant- 

 ing is to wait for dry soil and to select, if pos- 

 sible, a calm, cloudy day. 



Too deep and too shallow planting are 

 equally damaging; the first is certain to kill 

 the plant by rotting the stem, and the second 



