Do not place manure in contact with roots, cover with fine mold, 
then fine manure, well rotted. 
Pruning hardy Roses, both cHmbers and others, should be finished 
March 15th. 
Tender Roses early April. 
Prune back new Roses very vigorously. 
Do not train chmbers straight up. 
After April 15th soil in cultivation, hoeing every fortnight until 
middle of July, then mulch. 
When Roses are setting buds, Uquid manure, especially after rain. 
Hybrid Perpetuals, June ist. 
Teas and Hybrid Teas, June 15th. 
yi gallon to plant middle of July, cHmbers also. 
Water, gallon to plant dry weather. 
Middle of July mulch with manure after hoeing. 
Remove surplus mulch in autumn before putting on winter 
protection. 
Spraying. Whale oil soap, i pound to 8 gallons water, 4 times sea- 
son, beginning just before leaves open and every 20 days until July ist. 
Bordeaux mixture for mildew or black spot, once a week from 
middle of July. 
For Rose bug, Paris Green, i pound to 200 gallons. 
Protection. By Nov. 15 th, all Roses — well rotted manure around 
base, forming cone 10 inches high. 
All tender shoots bent down and buried. 
Cover beds with coating of dry leaves 20 inches in thickness. 
Completed Thanksgiving. 
Remove covering not before April lit and until April 20th. What 
remains of manure may be forked in. 
Summer Work of the 
North Shore Garden Club of Massachusetts 
A special meeting of the North Shore Garden Club was called to 
consider the suggestions of the Farm and Garden Association to 
finance a unit of women workers on the land. A committee was 
appointed to investigate whether the conditions in that club war- 
ranted the effort. 
It was foimd that sufficient labor was available to produce garden 
crops for the consumption of the people of the neighborhood without 
reverting to hired women labor. The flower gardens must, of course 
take their chances in the hands of their owners. We were very anxi- 
