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ROSES 



protection from high winds is good, but not 

 at the cost of having a close, stuffy location. 



The beginner in rose growing will do well 

 to weigh carefully the advantages and disad- 

 vantages of available sites. The soil may be 

 poor and unsuitable. We can change that 

 by taking away the present soil and filling in 

 with soil from the meadow. Drainage and 

 shelter can be provided, but if an error has 

 been made in the site, all these accessories 

 will avail little. 



Low grounds are more subject to late spring 

 frosts than adjacent places only a few feet 

 higher, and late spring frosts are much to be 

 dreaded after the tender shoots of the rose 

 bushes have put forth. While shelter from 

 high winds is very desirable, it must not be 

 secured by trees whose roots can reach the 

 beds. The roots of growing trees may be 

 regarded as spreading from the trunk for at 

 least a distance equal to the height of the tree. 

 Thus if a tree is sixty feet high the rose bed 

 should be at least that distance away; if 

 nearer, the tree roots will revel in the enriched 

 soil of the bed and appropriate the food 

 needed for the roses. If the bed must be 

 made nearer than this it may be protected 



