HOUSE AND GARDEN 
394 
May, 1911 
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Hardware for Homes of Refinement 
Colonial designs (like the Albany design illustrated) are simple in ornament and dignified 
in effect. The assortment comprises designs suitable for Colonial, Craftsman and Mission 
homes and for that large class in which the school has not been given special consideration. 
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with soil of this kind about one-quarter of 
its bulk of sand and leaf mould to lighten 
it for the Teas and Hybrid Teas. Remem¬ 
ber, also, that all the manure that is used 
should be incorporated with the lower two- 
thirds of the bed; the upper third should 
not contain any recently added manure as 
it is apt to harm the roots of new plants. 
Before setting the plants examine each 
carefully and cut off the broken roots with 
a sharp knife as well as all eyes that may 
appear on the root stock, in order to fore¬ 
stall suckers. The plants should be set 
immediately upon their receipt from the 
nurserymen so that they will not become 
dried out. If they seem dry it may be well 
to puddle the roots in thin mud just be¬ 
fore setting. Make the hole large enough 
to accommodate all of the plant’s roots 
without crowding, remembering to put the 
budding point not less or more than two 
inches below the surface and with the roots 
spread out nearly horizontally, but inclin¬ 
ing downward towards their ends and 
without crossing one another. Above all, 
see that the plant is firmly set into its site, 
using the balls of the feet to accomplish 
this. After the plants have been set, rake 
the soil to loosen it up over the whole sur¬ 
face. 
If this planting has been done in the fall 
a top dressing of about three inches of 
rough manure should cover the whole bed 
and the long wood of the bushes should be 
cut back to about one foot in height. If 
planting in the spring, this wood should be 
cut back to leave but two or three eyes, 
and, of course, the top dressing will not 
then be put on. 
Pruning may be started with the dwarf 
Hybrid Perpetuals in March—-leaving four 
or five canes three feet in length if large 
masses of bloom are wanted. The result 
will be a large number of small flowers. If, 
on the other hand, fewer and larger 
flowers are wanted, all weak growth should 
be removed and every healthy cane re¬ 
tained and cut back in preparation of the 
plant’s development. The weakest should 
not have more than four inches of wood 
left on the root, while the strongest may 
have eight or nine inches. Always prune 
a cane about a quarter of an inch above 
an outside bud unless the cane is very far 
from the vertical, when an inside one 
should be left for the terminal shoot, and 
see that the wood is not torn or bruised in 
the operation. The pruning of Hybrid 
Teas and Teas had better be postponed un¬ 
til the first signs of life appear. The bark 
becomes greener and the dormant buds be¬ 
gin to swell. Dead or dying wood will 
then readily be noticeable and it may be re¬ 
moved. These two classes do not need 
such severe pruning as do the Hybrid Per¬ 
petuals. Twice the amount of wood may 
safely be left if it seem promising. 
If you have planted your roses in the 
fall, remove the mulch of rough manure 
just before growth starts in the spring. 
Dig in with a spading work all the fine 
particles of the mulch that remain, but do 
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