GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



ROSE FERTILIZER 



10 lbs. sheep manure Llix well. Give a level 

 5 lbs. bonemeal, trowelful to roots of 



1 lb. Scotch soot. each rosebush every two 



weeks, after buds start, 

 and wet do^vn thorough- 



ly. 



Being hearty feeders, roses need a rich, light 

 soil, and they do best in an open, sunny spot, away 

 from the roots of trees and shrubs that would steal 

 their food. 



And while they do not thrive in low, damp 

 ground, neither do they stand being set ''high and 

 dry.'' Too damp beds should be drained with a 

 first layer of small stones or gravel. 



Cultivate your roses every week or ten days, and 

 keep the ground covered with grass clippings unless 

 it is protected from the sun by the shade of other 

 plants. Cut off close to the parent stem any wild 

 shoots or ''suckers," — generally recognizable by 

 their briary stems, — as they will cause the budded 

 part to die. 



FALL PROTECTION 



Late in the fall mound up the earth well around 

 the roots of all youv roses, and give them a good 



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