TEA-ROSE TRIFLES. 



than real, only the weakest, or those with bad unions, being seriously 

 damaged. 



With many it has been the practice to use the hoe only when there 

 were weeds to be destroyed, and I believe some of the older men employed 

 in gardens still look upon this as sufficient. I am certain it is as neces- 



Fig. 158. — Kose coming over a Wall. [The Garden.) 



sary for Tea Roses to have plenty of pure air to their roots as it is to their 

 foliage, and this can only be secured by the frequent use of the Dutch 

 hoe, or some other suitable tool. Many authorities deprecate the use of 

 the spade among Roses, but I consider it absolutely necessary for turning 

 in manure, and deeply moving the soil between the rows. Roses grown 



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