They require much feeding and as they should not be disturbed 
for years, they ought to be well started. When they do not 
bloom in the centre of the clump they should be lifted, separated 
and re-set. Very early spring bulbs can be set between the 
clumps. 
The fall is the best time to make any new bed, but it is 
especially true of beds for roses. All Hybrid Tea Roses should 
be set out in November. Half the people who have "given up 
Roses because they are too much trouble" would have succeeded 
if they had made the right kind of bed and planted strong field- 
grown stock in the late fall — not greenhouse stuff in the spring. 
A bed three feet wide will allow for a double row of Hybrid 
Teas eighteen inches from centre to centre. The bed should be -^ 0SES 
two and one-half feet deep, with six inches of small stone for 
drainage in the bottom. If rather large stones are used, cover 
with upturned sod so the dirt will not wash through. Fill the 
remaining space with one-third top soil, one-third heavy clay 
sub-soil, one-third cow manure. Thoroughly mix by dumping a 
given number of wheelbarrow loads of each into the ditch and 
forking; ramming each layer afterward. After the first layer, 
a bucket of lime should be distributed for every twenty -five feet 
of bed and a bucket of bone meal to every twenty-five feet before 
the last layer is put in. Crown the bed enough to allow for sink- 
ing in the ground an inch below the sod; this conserves the 
moisture. Plant your roses in November, cutting the Hybrid 
Teas back to twelve inches and the Perpetuals to eighteen inches 
— this applies to your established Roses as well, the idea being 
to prevent their whipping in the wind and tearing their roots 
loose. Opinions differ as to covering and the location is an 
important factor. Some people put up only a wind-break of 
corn stalks or southern canes and some make an edge of wire 
netting about the beds and fill with leaves after the ground is so 
frozen that the mice have gone into winter quarters. My garden 
is swept by winds, so I hill up each Rose for eight inches with 
earth and fill in the spaces between the mounds with manure 
after each Rose has been put in a salt hay jacket. If you use 
litter, straw or leaves, some earth or sticks should be scattered 
on top or the February gales will clear your beds. My Standards 
are tied together (being Ramblers) and wrapped in burlap with 
manure on their roots. I have re-made my Rose garden this 
fall, with single beds for varieties. It is much more satisfactory 
for both the Roses and the grower though, thanks to Quarantine 
37, it is often difficult (and very expensive) to get the most 
ordinary varieties. Also the stock offered by even the best firms 
does not begin to come up to what the Irish growers gave us — 
later on we may be able to buy variety and quality, but at 
present I cannot advise anyone to start a Rose garden. It is 
not entirely Quarantine 37- — but the fact is there is no com- 
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