
Una Wallace 

IMPORTANTCULIURALHINIS 
When the Rose plants have been selected, the next step in the growing of successful Roses is the 
study of the proper methods of culture. Any Rose lover knows that through the attention to certain 
principles of cultivation better results can be obtained. Simple directions accompany every Wyant 
Rose, but the suggestions given below are intended to offer additional help to Rose lovers. 
Selection of Location 
In selecting the location for your Rose bed, it is 
not important whether your Roses are to get morning 
or afternoon sunlight, but that they do get about a 
half a day of sun. Part shade is even preferable to 
a full day of sunlight. 
Tree Roots 
Select a location where tree roots cannot mterfere 
with your Rose roots. It is surprising how quickly 
tree roots will find a Rose bed and fill it, consuming 
food and moisture mtended for the Roses. If tree 
roots are present, dig a trench around your Rose bed, 
as deep as the tree roots extend, thereby cutting off 
all that might attempt to enter the Rose bed. This 
trench may be filled in again immediately, and should 
be dug around the Rose bed every year if the tree 
roots prove bothersome. 
Plant Early 
The best time in the Spring to plant Wyant Roses 
Is just as soon as the soil is workable. The larger 
part of the gardening public wait until the warm, 
sunshiny days of Spring to start their planting. This 
is too late to plant to get good results. In this lati- 
tude late March is an ideal time in the Spring and 
planting as late as May seldom gives the results you 
anticipate. Fall planting is usually safer even than 
Spring planting, but if you can plant in early Spring 
it Is no use losing a tele season of enjoyment by 
waiting until Fall, for early Spring planted Hybrid 
Teas start to bloom in June of the same year. 
Treatment of Rose Bushes on Receipt 
Plant Rose bushes as soon as possible after they 
are received. The roots are packed in damp moss in 
shipment, but this cannot ken them indefinitely. 
lf the weather does not permit planting when the 
bushes are received, take the bundle out of the paper 
and bury it, covering both tops and roots with soil. 
Do not drown the Roses in water nor allow the pack- 
ages to lie around and dry out if you expect good 
results. 
Planting 
If you want successful Roses, plant the bushes 
close together so that the foliage will keep the ground 
shaded and cool; 12 to 15 inches is the rule for the 
Hybrid Teas, the taller varieties being placed for 
the best effect. Colors in Roses seldom clash, al- 
though you will enjoy finding your favorite com- 
binations. 
Instead of waiting until the bushes arrive, it is 
better, a couple of weeks in advance to spade the soil 
down 15 to 18 inches, adding plenty of manure, if it Is 
available, and if drainage is needed, the bed should 
be tiled and surplus water carried away. Guard 
against the roots drying out from exposure to sun, 
wind or freezing during planting. Do not use chemi- 
cal fertilizer when planting Wyant Roses; bonemeal 
and rotten manure only may be used at planting 
time. 
Soils 
In years past, the opmion was that Roses should 
have aclay soil, but Wyant Roses will grow in almost 
any soil, if it has food or humus incorporated into it. 
It is best to keep away from either extremely 
heavy or extremely light soil, for the loam soils will 
have more food in them. Any rotted vegetable mat- 
ter (humus) mixed into the soil improves the texture 
and makes it better for the Roses. The best soil you 
can get is best soil for Roses. 
The Ph of Soils 
The acidity and alkalinity of soils is designated by 
Ph. A neutral soil has a Ph of 7, while anything less 
than 7 is acid, getting more and more so as the num- 
ber becomes smaller, and anything above 7 is alka- 
line, getting more and more so as the number grows 
larger. 
It has been found that Roses are very tolerant. 
They will grow m a soil from 4.5 Ph up to 8 Ph, but 
the best growing conditions seem to be found in a 
soil that 1s neutral or slightly acid—that is, around 
6 to 7 Ph. Lime, in almost any form, can be used to 
make soils more alkaline and sulphur to make them 
more acid. 

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Crimson Glory 
Metvin E. Wyant, Rose 
