GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



covering of coarse manure or leaves. The more 

 tender kinds can be laid over and protected with 

 litter or boughs. 



SPRING PRUNING 



Then early in the spring, before the first of 

 April, cut back the hardy roses, keeping only the 

 strong canes, which, however, should be shortened 

 to about 10 inches. The middle of April prune the 

 more tender varieties. But remove from both all 

 shoots growing in toward the center, and cut all 

 weak plants back to the third or fourth eye, to 

 promote stronger growth and larger flowers. 

 Climbing roses need only the weak branches and 

 tips removed. 



Date new climbing canes with wired wooden tags 

 each spring, and cut out all over three years old. 

 This renews the stock, restrains ambitions climbing, 

 and produces better flowers. 



SPRAYING 



About this time a spraying first of Bordeaux 

 mixture to prevent disease, and a little later a 

 spraying of whale-oil soapsuds as warning to the 

 great army of bugs, slugs, etc., will give your roses 



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