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ROSES 



foot with broken stone, bricks, cinders, gravel, 

 or anything that will permit a free passage 

 of water. 



If this is not sufficient and the water is not 

 carried away quickly, provision must be made 

 for this by tile draining, but except in very 

 extreme cases, the drainage before mentioned 

 will be sufficient. 



At least three months before planting — to 

 allow time for settling — the soil for the beds 

 should be dug to the depth of two feet and 

 liberally enriched with well-rotted manure; 

 preferably with cow manure, though horse 

 manure is good. 



MAKING BEDS 



The size which the beds shall be made is 

 governed by the certain considerations of 

 convenience in after years. All the bushes 

 must be readily reached without leaving the 

 walks; the surface of the beds must be access- 

 ible in every part for frequent cultivation, and 

 the expense and labour of cultivating unneces- 

 sary space should be avoided. 



With the exception of the climbers and the 

 Rugosas (which ought not to be planted in 

 the beds at all), a space of twenty-one inches 



