JONKHEER J. L. MOCK 
LADY HILLINGDON 
Selected for the South 
Some Hints on Planting Roses 
R oses may be planted safely in fall or spring, but we prefer 
^ fall planting if the gardener can get the ground ready. In 
the fall the plants are dormant, yet full of the vigor stored up 
in summer; they can be moved without difficulty, and the roots 
will at once begin to draw food from the soil, storing it until spring’s 
warm days call the plant into growth. 
Planting directions are simple. Dig a large hole, making it deep, so that 
the plant will set 3 or 4 inches deeper than it stood in the nursery; in the 
bottom put a little bone-meal or well-rotted manure, covering with an inch or 
more of soil; cut off broken or damaged roots, then set the plants, separating 
and spreading the roots carefully; gradually fill in the soil, packing it tight 
around the roots; when the hole is about half filled pour in three or four quarts 
of water, let it settle and then finish filling the hole. Each fall or spring give 
the Rose bed a good application of plant-food—Vigoro, bone-meal, or well- 
rotted manure. A mulch of peat moss is of value during hot weather as it 
conserves moisture and keeps the roots cool. (See diagram below.) 
TALISMAN 
EDITOR McFarland 
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