October, 1916 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
103 
That night found me unexpectedly thud- 
thudding along the rails to Kansas City and 
thereabouts. 
On returning three weeks afterward, I found 
that the nursery order had, by mistake, been 
shipped at once instead of being held till 
April. When the plants came Dad, not know- 
ing where they were to go, had them all 
1. Here’s a bundle of shrubs as it is received from the 
nursery. Just unpacked and ready for heeling-in 
3. Put them in closely together, letting the tops lean over 
a bit. Spread out the roots flat as possible 
heeled-in, as he called it. With the general 
November first aspect of everything preparing 
to go into winter quarters, my planting en- 
thusiasm waned; so we left the heel-ins all 
right there just as they were, till spring. 
Saturdays for several weeks in March and 
April, we were doing that planting in an un- 
hurried, happy happening way. Everything 
lived and has thrived as none of our planting 
ever has before. 
As I write this (August 19th) we have been 
walking about, making a memorandum of the 
various shrubs, hardy flowers and several 
trees we need. Sunday I shall look up 
varieties in a catalogue. Monday, off will go 
our order for this fall’s delivery of all those 
spring planting needs. Now doesn’t the whole 
thing look like sensible sound sense to you? 
Then why not right here and now, join the 
Heehng-Inners? Order your required nursery 
stock for immediate delivery and then please 
yourself when to plant — now or in spring. 
Varieties of the Scotch Rose 
/^NE does not ordinarily think of this Rose 
as having many forms, yet according 
to a correspondent of the English Garden 
there are a great many varieties of the Scotch 
or Burnet Rose still to be found in cultivation. 
It will, indeed, be news to many rosarians in 
America that the writer refers to his own col- 
lection of twenty-two quite distinct, and he 
cites an old Scottish nursery catalogue that 
listed more than 300. The true Scotch single 
yellow Rose, which is quite rare, is really a 
4. Throw in the earth, making sure it’s well around the 
back as well as in front of each plant 
desirable plant. The Scotch Roses are of 
rugged constitution, dwarf, adapted to light 
soils and are admirable for use as soil binders 
on sandy banks, extending by underground 
stems. They are also, of course, tremendously 
spiny. In all probability it was a variety of 
Rosa spinosissima that was known as Prince 
Charlie’s Rose. 
2. Now dig the trench deep enough so the roots will be at 
least a foot below top of the ground 
5. Tramp the dirt down firmly and bank up eight inches or 
so with loose earth above the firmed soil. This is a mulch 
6. To take them out in the spring, dig the soil from the front of the plants, and pry out 7. And then you plant them. Yes. fall heeling-in certainly does take out the uncertainty 
with spade at the back of spring planting-in 
