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CULTURE OF ROSES. 
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dressing is forked in, is an excellent 
addition. Any good top-soil. which 
has not been recently fertilized is 
suitable for filling in the rest of the 
beds. The beds should be arranged 
at least five or six weeks in advance 
of planting time, if possible, to allow 
the ground to settle. When ready 
for the plants to be set, the surface 
of the beds should be about an inch 
below the level of the surrounding 
earth, in order that all rainfall may 
be eaught and retained during the 
hot weather. 
In respect to shape, the rose beds 
may be varied to suit one’s taste, 
but small ones are usually preferable 
to those of larger size. By means 
of these varieties requirirg slightly 
different soils can be readtiy grown, 
each kind in its own particular bed. 
Often a grower has a large number 
of rose plants of similar hubits and 
in such instances long, narrow beds 
allowing for the grouping of such 
plants are most convenient. A strip 
of ground four feet wide accommo- 
_ dates two row of plants and by set- 
ting them out diagonally rather than 
directly opposite each other every 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
plant. will receive an equal amount 
of air and sunlight, tending to pro- 
mote a uniform degree of develop- 
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the soil of the beds. 
When the time comes for select- 
ing roses for planting, the amateur 
MRS, E. C. SWIFT’S GARDEN AT PRIDE’S 
ment. In addition to this, such an 
arrangement has the advantage of 
permitting the plants to be properly 
cared for and the blossoms to be 
gathered without trampling down 
not be required. 
finds himself face to faee with a 
‘problem which has caused a great 
deal of comment and stili remains a 
much mooted question. Roses offered 
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Chauffeurs, however, must carry their 
NEW AUTO LAWS. 
It behooves motorists to keep in mind the amendments 
to the automobile law that became effective last Sunday. 
There are several amendments that it will be most 
- wise to keep in mind, as the interpretation of the read- 
ing of the same rests entirely on the judgment of the 
constables and later the court. These are those refer- 
ring to smoky exhaust and harsh, objectionable and rea- 
sonable noise in the sounding of signals in thickly settled 
districts. 
The law says that no operator of any motor vehicle shall 
at any time permit any unreasonable amount of smoke 
_ to escape from the vehicle. In this clause also there is 
left wide opportunity for persecution, for what is an 
unreasonably smoky exhaust to one person may not seem 
so to another. 
Another clause is that no operator shall at any time 
permit his vehicle to make any unnecessary acise by 
eutting out the muffler or otherwise. The enforcement 
of this clause will undoubtedly be’ common in the city 
streets, and will put a stop to the’ annoying practice of 
some drivers of using the muffler cutout as a warning to 
pedestrians instead of the horn provided for the purpose. 
As amended the law requires the motorist to signal only 
where his view is obstructed upon approaching an inter- 
sceting way, curve or corner. The eight-mile limit also 
applies now to intersecting ways, crossings, corners and 
curves where the operator’s view is obstructed, and not 
to all corners and curves. 
Professional chauffeurs will be relieved of the duty of 
wearing badges furnished by the Highway Commission, 
as under the law as amended the wearing of a badge will 
licenses, as heretofore, and must produce them when 
ealled upon to do so by a police officer. Number plates 
may be hung four instead of three feet from the ground. 
New Jersey motorists are barred from Massachusetts 
by decision of the Highway Commission, under the 
amended section of the law relating to non-resident 
motorists. The Highway Commission has decided that 
New Jersey does not give similar privileges to Massa- 
chusetts motorists that Massachusetts gives to non-resi- 
dents, and therefore New Jersey motorists wil! have to 
take out licenses and certificates if they want to enter 
Massachusetts. 
The amended law provides that a non-resilert, who 
has complied with the laws relative to motor vehicles 
of the state or country in which he resides, may operate 
his ear in Massachusetts for not exceeding ten days in 
any one calendar year without registration, provided 
that the said state or country grants similar privileges 
to residents of Massachusetts. The Highway Commis- 
sion is required to determine what states or countries do 
or do not grant similar privileges and its determination 
is final. Under this section, New Jersey motorists have 
been placed under the ban. No action has been taken 
regarding any other state. 
By this amendment visiting motorists cannot legally 
run in and out of Massachusetts at will without registra- 
tion, for their total stay inside a calendar year is limited 
to ten days. Under old law visiting motorists were con- 
sidered to be within their rights if they did net stay 
more than ten days at a time, the number of ten-day 
periods being unlimited. The present law doubticss will 
force many non-residents spending the summer in Massa- 
chusetts to take out registration certificates an licenses. 
