. Boddington's quality bulbs, seeds and plants / Arthur T. Nursery Catalogue. Arthur 342 West 14th St., New York City SECTION IV-PLANT DEPARTMENT A Few Hints on Outdoor Rose G rowing E^ERT ARRIVAL OF PACKAGE. —Immediately the package containins; tile Ki>ses arriws. it should be taken to a cellar or sheltered place, where the dryin;,' winds cannot penetrate, to be carefully unpacked. The plants should be taken from the bundle and the roots and tops thoroughly sprinkled with water, after which they may be covered with a sack or mat until they are planted. Should the
. Boddington's quality bulbs, seeds and plants / Arthur T. Nursery Catalogue. Arthur 342 West 14th St., New York City SECTION IV-PLANT DEPARTMENT A Few Hints on Outdoor Rose G rowing E^ERT ARRIVAL OF PACKAGE. —Immediately the package containins; tile Ki>ses arriws. it should be taken to a cellar or sheltered place, where the dryin;,' winds cannot penetrate, to be carefully unpacked. The plants should be taken from the bundle and the roots and tops thoroughly sprinkled with water, after which they may be covered with a sack or mat until they are planted. Should the weather be wet and tlie soil unfit to receive them, it is best to open a trench, lay the plants in thickly, covering the roots well with soil, until the weather be fine and soil sufficiently dry to tread upon. If planting is being performed during a dry wind or sunny day, it will benefit the plants, before taking them from the shelter in which they were unpacked, to dip the roots of each plant in a thick puddle made of clay and water; this will cover the fibrous roots with a coating sufficient to protect them from the most severe winds. FROST. Should frost set in after the receipt of plants, so as to prevent planting, the Roses on arrival should not be opened, but rolled up in a mat or straw and put away in a dry house where there is no heat. The plants, which are always care- fully packed before leav-. ing, will, when so treated, keep safely for one month. DELAY OF PACK- AGE. — It occasionally happens through negli- gence on the part of ex- press companies that pack- ages containing plants are unduly delayed, and in- stances may occur when some of the plants may have become shriveled. In such cases, lay the shriveled i)lants quite flat in the bottom of a trench in the ground, similar to that prepared lor celery, cover them entirely (both roots and tops) with soil which has received a good soaking with water, and allow them to remain there for three days. At the expiration
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