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ROSES 



For Teas, Hybrid Teas, Noisettes and 

 Bourbons a lighter, warmer soil is desirable. 

 Three-fourths of the compost already de- 

 scribed, into which about one-fourth of sand 

 and leaf-mould has been thoroughly mixed, 

 will be found entirely satisfactory. It is 

 important to remember that all the manure 

 should be incorporated w T ith the lower two- 

 thirds of the soil. The upper third should 

 not contain any recently added manure, as 

 this will rot the roots of the new plants, which 

 should be covered with fine, friable soil. 

 When growth begins the roots attract the rich 

 moisture from beneath and appropriate it as 

 it reaches them, without any danger of the 

 roots being burned by fermenting manure 



The beds or borders may be edged with 

 either stone, terra-cotta, cement coping, or 

 planted with a border of some close-growing 

 herbaceous plants, such as funkia or some 

 varieties of lychnis or dianthus. But still bet- 

 ter, for edging rose borders and other flower 

 beds in permanent flower gardens, is the old- 

 fashioned boxwood. The stone edge, or 

 anything related to it, will be avoided by the 

 artistic gardener. The beds being prepared, 

 we are ready for the planting. 



