- PRUNE BACK 

A ROSE READY FOR WINTER. Note 
how the plant is pruned back, and also 
how the soil has been heaped to a depth 
of 5 to 8 inches. 
Perhaps you do not have enough soil in 
your garden, and in that case, you must trans- 
fer it from some other point. You do need 
this soil mound over the crown of the plant. 
If you mound earth over the crowns in 
this manner, usually a mulch is not necessary, 
though a light mulch can be used. 
Some prefer to use mulching in place of 
the mound of soil, but in that case you must 
allow for packing down, and the mulch 
would have to be at least ten inches deep, 
and twelve inches would be better. We pre- 
fer the method of using mounded soil. It 
will usually bring the Roses through. 
Time for Mulching 
Roses 
OR other flowers we have emphasized the 
idea of mulching after the first freeze. 
Roses are an exception. 
They should be mulched shortly before 
the first heavy freeze. Of course, a little guess 
work is required, so to be safe you could do 
your *mounding, or mulching a week or ten 
days ahead of when you guess the freeze will 
arrive. If it does arrive early, you are pre- 
pared, and if not, no harm is done. 
Removing the Mulch 
in the Spring 
13 general the same rules apply for remov- 
ing the mulch from Roses in the spring, 
as for other flowers. It should not be done 
until all danger of freezing is past, but the 
mulch should not be left on so long that the 
Rose canes will bleach. 
Be careful in removing the mulch, not 
to injure the canes. And, if you have simply 
mounded soil around the Rose plants, it 
need not be carried away, but will soon level 
off. If you have brought it in, again, it is not 
necessary to carry it away. Otherwise, 
brought-in soil would not have been neces- 
sary. 
R. M. KELLOGG COMPANY 
Three Rivers, Mich. 















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