THE ROSE 



you think would fill a bushel-basket, on a rough 

 estimate. But by all means use the cow-manure 

 if it can possibly be procured, as nothing else 

 suits the Rose so well. It will be safe to use it 

 in the proportion of a third to the bulk of earth in 

 which you plant your Roses. Whatever fertilizer 

 is used should be thoroughly worked into the soil 

 before the plants are set out. See that all lumps 

 are pulverized. If this is not done, there is dan- 

 ger of looseness about some of the roots at plant- 

 ing-time, and this is a thing to guard against, 

 especially with young plants. 



Location should be taken into consideration, 

 always. Choose, if possible, one that has an 

 exposure to the sunshine of the morning and the 

 middle of the day. A western exposure is a great 

 deal better than none, but the heat of it is gener- 

 ally so intense that few Roses can long retain 

 their freshness in it. Something can be done, 

 however, to temper the extreme heat of it by 

 planting shrubs where they will shade the plants 

 from noon till three o'clock. 



Care must be taken, in the choice of a location, 

 to guard against drafts. If Roses are planted 

 where a cold wind from the east or north can 

 blow over the bed, look out for trouble. Plan 

 for a screen of evergreens, if the bed is to be a 



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