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You have spent some money and put in a great deal of affectiona 
care on your rose garden by the time you have blooms ready to c be 
Therefore as a matter of good common sense you naturally wish to@ 
make your blooms last as. tone as possible when cvt. If they are 
kardled so thoughtlessly that they ere withered almost as soon "as 
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arcenged, you have practically thrown away your rosé-garden divi. 
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it goes without saying that when cutting from your first year ro- 
SEs “you will refrain from taking such long stems thet your planta 
are in effect cut to the ground. REMEMBER that the Toate — feed 
the roots as well as the roots feeding the plant, and if you do 
not leave a reasonahle amount of foliage on your bush it) cannot 
e-ow and perform excep fcebly. You shovld not remove more than 
one-tenth the i'cliage from your bush during ahy one blooming sea 
on. To cut off more is to invite trouble. 
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Use a sharp pair of shears to cut your blooms. And do not under — 
any. circumstances strip the foliage from your cut buds. Leave 
every leaf on; the foliage wiil keep sweet in water for the whole 
lire of your cut roses, and will take up so much water that the | 
life of the blooms will be greatly lengthened. | ; e 
if roses are cut in the bud stage when they are just beginning to. 
epen they will naturally last longer thon if they are cut under? 
ovher circumstancese If you cut them early in the morning when a 
the dew is on them a 3 hour period in water up to their chins — 
so that just the bud is above the water, wil 1 be sufficient Roses 
must always be filled full of water before being TT in. your 
vascs if you expect them to last. : : =i & 
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If you cut them in the evening after they have stood the heat 
the day keep them up to their necks in water all night, and care- sa 
fully sprinkle every bud as well. Keep them in a cool place ‘oa 
rofresh them further, covering the blooms with waxed paper if you 
put them in the refrigerator. | 4 
Slit the ends ef the stems and cut or break off a number of large 
chorns before soaking them, to take up more water, but leave on 
chorns above water line when buds are arranged in VaseSe 
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