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THE BOOK OF THE ROSE 



CHAP. 



preparations should have commenced even in September, 

 in procuring fresh soil and digging the beds out to the 

 depth of two feet. It should be pushed on at any rate 

 early in October. Pot Roses for growing under glass 

 should now be repotted, and fresh ones purchased if 

 necessary. Many of the free-blooming Teas, now covered 

 with buds, will open them indoors at a time when 

 they will be much appreciated. But beware of too 

 much heat when the amount of daylight is small. This 

 is the month for taking cuttings out of doors : those of 

 the Roses themselves do better if the leaves have not 

 fallen, and these, if used at all, had better be taken 

 first. Manetti and briar cuttings will do as well without 

 the leaves. All extra long shoots of Roses should now 

 be shortened sufficiently to diminish the wind leverage 

 on the roots ; these pieces may be used as cuttings. 

 Towards the end of the month a commencement in 

 planting may be made with those Roses which have 

 simply to be moved from one part of the garden to the 

 other. Such may be planted before their leaves have 

 fallen, much care being taken that their roots are exposed 

 as little as possible ; they should be watered and 

 syringed immediately after planting, and will probably 

 do better thus than if moved later. About the middle 

 of the month fresh cuttings may be taken of briar and 

 manetti, and later the rooted cutting and seedling stocks 

 may be planted out, but standard stocks will not be 

 ready yet. About the middle of the month the wild 

 growth may be removed from those budded stocks where 

 the buds look weak. 



November. — This is a busy and important month, as 

 it is the time for planting, and the work should be 

 pushed on whenever the soil is fairly dry, for November 

 days are short, and no planting should be done when the 



