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CULTURAL SUGGESTIONS 
After you have placed your rose order, choose a place 
which gets a maximum of sunshine and free circulation 
of air. To judge the size of bed needed, roses should not 
be planted less than 24 inches apart. Prepare the rose 
‘bed at once by spading to a depth of 18 inches and work- 
ing in a generous amount of well rotted manure (steer is 
best). Spade this bed each month until you receive your 
roses so that all weeds will be destroyed and ground kept ; 
in first class planting condition. If you live where the 
ground freezes in November or December, cover the bed 
with asphalt paper and then with about 12 inches of straw 
or hay so the ground will be soft enough to plant in the 
first good day after receiving your roses. 
On arrival, the rose shipment should be promptly un- 
packed and entire plant plunged in deep water over night 
and then buried in moist soil for 2 or 3 days. This restores 
the moisture lost in transit and holds the rose in good 
condition until planted. Of course, they should be planted 
permanently as soon as possible. 
- To set the plant. Make the hole large enough so that the 
roots will spread out naturally and will not be cramped. 
Build a cone of earth in the center of the hole so that the 
rose sets on the peak of this cone and the roots spread 
down and around it. Bud unions should be slightly above 

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the ground level. (The bud union is where the top fastens 
on to the stem that leads to the roots.) Fill in soil, firm- 
ing with the foot up to the ground level. Make a basin 
around the plant not larger than the original hole and 
settle the earth by running water very slowly into this 
basin until the soil is thoroughly soaked. This slow, thor- 
ough irrigation should be repeated two or three days later. 
Natural settling of the soil should leave the bud union at 
approximately ground level. As soon as the soil is dried 
slightly from the second irrigation, moist soil (but not 
wet) should be hilled up around the canes to a height of 
about eight inches. When the rose starts to grow, this 
mound must be removed leaving the bud union just 
slightly buried. 
We prune all roses before shipment. The only additional 
pruning they may need is to remove any broken twigs or 
roots. For pruning established roses consult the Rose 
Chart in this catalog. 
Roses like plenty of water, and it should be applied in a 
basin about each plant, or in a furrow on each side of the 
plant when planted in rows. Soak thoroughly once a week 
during the spring and fall and twice a week during hot 
summer months. Run the water in slowly, and NEVER 
SPRINKLE. 
For feeding and spraying of roses consult the Rose Chart 
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