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HOUSE PLANTS 



one-inch layer of drainage — gravel or coal 

 clinkers will do — and fill the box with soil 

 for planting. 



Roses prefer a heavy soil, one composed of 

 three or four parts rotted sod to one of 

 manure will be satisfactory. 



THE PLANTS TO BUY 



Buy two-year-old plants. Put about three 

 plants to a box, and plant them as deeply 

 as the boxes will allow; and if the roses are 

 budded, get the union between stock and 

 cion three inches below the surface, if 

 possible. Cut the canes back to within six 

 inches of the ground. 



Until the plants have taken hold of the new 

 soil, keep the boxes in a shaded place, then 

 remove them to full sunlight. Never allow the 

 soil to become dry, and as soon as the boxes 

 have become well filled with roots water the 

 plants once or twice a week with manure 

 water. In the fall, when the leaves begin to 

 drop, give the soil less water, and when the 

 leaves have all dropped, or the last of them are 

 just about to drop, stop watering until 

 you are ready for forcing, which will be about 

 the turn of the year. 



