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remain for a few months or a year. When the bed is finished it should 

 be two or three inches above the normal level. The main secret of 

 successful Rose growing lies in the proper preparation of the bed. 



Time to Plant 



Spring is the best time to plant the Hybrid Teas and Teas. If 

 the beds have been carefully prepared the previous Fall, the soil wiD 

 get into good condition quickly. The nursery stored plants can be set 

 out as soon as land can be worked. The pot-grown stock, if it is not 

 crowded, can well be kept till May. These latter plants are growing 

 and there is no necessity for giving a check by planting in open ground 

 sooner. If the stock is frosted when received, cover the whole plant 

 with soil until the frost is drawn out. The plants are often rather dry 

 when received ; the bark is shriveled and the roots brittle. If the whole 

 plant is either buried in soil or placed in water before planting, it will 

 be greatly benefited. In planting budded or grafted Roses remove all 

 buds which may be present upon the stock below the soil and prune the 



broken roots. All tops 

 should be severely cut 

 back so that each 

 bears three to four 

 eyes ; this is especially 

 necessary and should 

 not be neglected. The 

 roots should bespread 

 naturally and in the 

 case of budded plants, 

 so placed that the 

 point budded is two 

 or three inches below 

 the surface of the soil. 

 It is absolutely neces- 

 sary to plant very 

 firmly; the soil must 

 be filled in about the 

 roots most carefully 



and made soKd. The hole should not be entirely filled, but the plant 

 should be watered, after which dry soil is placed on top to prevent 

 baking. 



Distance Apart 



Teas are best planted fifteen inches, Hybrid Teas eighteen iuches, 

 Hybrid Perpetuals three feet and Rugosas or ^loss Roses four feet 

 apart. Varieties will differ greatly as to the amount of space needed.^ 



Showing the difference in foliage between a sucker 

 *'B" and a good strong shoot "A" 



A — Tjrpical Rose leaf with five leaflets. B — Typical leaf 

 of a ' sucker" or Brier with nine leaflets 



