How to Grow "Dingee Roses" 



Where To Plant 



It is of utmost importance that sufficient time and 

 care is given to the planning of a rose garden before 

 ordering the plants. This is true for both formal and 

 informal gardens, and even though it is possible to 

 have only one small bed, the selection of varieties to 

 fill that bed must be done with the aim of having 

 roses that will be best adapted for the purpose in 

 view. If the object is to have a rose garden, or if it 

 is merely to beautify the lawn, the main end is to 

 have a harmonious and pleasing effect from the 

 planting as a whole. This end cannot be attained 

 by indiscriminate planting, but by painstaking 

 planning before any plants are set into the ground. 

 No enthusiastic rose grower — and every rose grower 

 becomes enthusiastic over the beautiful blooms he 

 gathers all summer long — is ever satisfied with his 

 garden. The garden he has is only the beginning of 

 a larger garden. Therefore, when you start a rose 

 garden make your plan sufficiently elastic so that 

 growth which is bound to come can be cared for and 

 your whole garden develop along symmetrical lines. 

 Select a place that is well drained or provide drain- 

 age with a tile drain and by stones, broken pots, 

 cinders, etc., in the bottom of the bed. Protection 

 by trees, hedges, etc., from the north and west winds 

 is desirable. It should not be where trees roots are 

 so thick as to starve the roses. It should have at 

 least two-thirds of the day's sun though some shade 

 is desirable. 



The very best soil for roses is a rich clay loam but 

 any good garden soil will grow good roses if fertilized, 

 drained and cultivated. 



It is true in rose growing, as in raising children, that 

 the best results come if the greatest pains are taken. 

 Roses need plenty of sunshine and not too much water, 

 and they must have food to produce their beautiful 

 blooms. They ought to be planted with a foot and a 

 half or so of ground each way and in beds narrow 

 enough so that one can cut the blooms without being 



entangled in 

 the briars. 

 If, however, 

 too much 

 food or ferti- 

 lizer is given 

 roses, the 

 roots will not 

 grow so well 

 nor be so 

 strong as if 

 a moderate 

 amount of 

 fertilizer is 

 used. 



Preparation 



If the location where you 

 wish to plant them is moder- 

 ately drained or water does 

 not stand for days, or dig a 

 small hole 12 inches deep and 

 Fig. 2 fill with water, if the water 



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disappears in a short time 

 the situation is all right, 

 and you can simply spade 

 the soil up to a depth of 

 about 10 inches mixing it 

 with ordinary well rotted 

 manure of any kind, re- 

 turning it to the hole or 

 bed and plant roses as 

 directed below. If, how- 

 ever, the soil is heavy 

 clay and water does not 

 disappear when you fill 

 the hole, beds may be 

 made as follows: 



Dig the bed about 20 

 inches deep. A good plan 

 is to put the top spadeful 

 of soil on one side of the Fi «- l 



bed and the bottom spadeful on the other. For the 

 bottom of the bed put in drainage material if neces- 

 sary. Replace the top soil to the bottom of the bed 

 and the lower soil to the top of the bed. While re- 

 placing mix in one-third well rotted cow manure. If 

 you cannot possibly get cow manure, bone meal at 

 the rate of 2 lbs. to the square yard is good. Use 

 other manure or fertilizers carefully as they are apt 

 to burn the roots. Manure and fertilizers must be 

 well mixed in the soil. Work the soil fine and tramp 

 it down very firmly. Have the surface of the bed 

 an inch above the surrounding soil. 



Planting 



Plant the roses just as soon as possible. THE 

 ROOTS MUST RE KEPT COVERED AND 

 DAMP. Rury them in a trench and cover the tops 

 with straw or burlap if you cannot plant at once. 

 DRY ROOTS ARE DEAD ROOTS. 



The roses are properly pruned when sent and need 

 no further pruning at planting time. 



If the plants are dormant, dig a large hole so you 

 can spread the roots in all directions. Plant (where 

 top and roots are joined, see Fig. 1), about two inches 

 below the surface. Use your fingers and work the 

 soil around every root and tramp till all is very 

 solid. (See Fig. 3). Rut if you receive potted plants, 

 plant them with the soil left on the roots as received. 

 Soak the bed thoroughly. Then heap loose soil about 

 6 inches above ground level (see Fig. 1) to protect 

 from the sun and wind and leave till the roses start 

 to grow; then level it off. 



Plant Teas and Hybrid Teas from 12 to 16 inches 

 apart, Hybrid Perpetuals, 2}4 to 3 feet and Climbers 

 about 6 feet apart. 



Cultivation 



Cultivate top soil about 2 inches deep every week 

 or after every hard rain. Do not cultivate when 

 wet. This may be discontinued after the blooms 

 come, when a good mulching of Peat Moss (offered 

 elsewhere on the circular), cow manure, tobacco 

 stems, buckwheat hulls, are left around the bushes 

 the balance of the season. In dry weather water 

 thoroughly at least once a week, and in the morning. 



Fertilizing 



Roses appreciate plenty of good food. 



