. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 322 CASSELL'S POPULAfl GAEDEXIXG. in the space of five , heginning at three under the surface. There is yet another reason for the shallow planting of Eoses, and that is found in the fact that the roots hardly ever rise afterwards. Do-^sTi, do'tt'D, yet lower and lower do^Ti, runs their motto and their work through life. Hence the surface soil hecomes more of a mere coverer, and less and less of a feeder, and consequently the roses should he planted fleetly, and the hest food for them should proceed from the upper layer of roots to the bottom of
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 322 CASSELL'S POPULAfl GAEDEXIXG. in the space of five , heginning at three under the surface. There is yet another reason for the shallow planting of Eoses, and that is found in the fact that the roots hardly ever rise afterwards. Do-^sTi, do'tt'D, yet lower and lower do^Ti, runs their motto and their work through life. Hence the surface soil hecomes more of a mere coverer, and less and less of a feeder, and consequently the roses should he planted fleetly, and the hest food for them should proceed from the upper layer of roots to the bottom of their feeding quarters. Disposition and Corerinrj of tlic lioota.—Xatu- rally the roots of Roses are more like under- gTOund sparsely-hranched stems, than the fibrous bundles of recticulated tissue, each terminating in an open mouth, that we instinctively associate with the name and character of roots. Perhaps nothing dis- appoints the novice in Rose-growing more than his first practical acquaintance with their roots. It even tempers the enthusiasm so admirably expressed by my friend Canon Holtc—Canon and Bishop among^ oiu' Roses, in his charming book about Roses, " How it cheers the Rosarian's heart amid those dreary days (November), to welcome that package from the nur- series, long and heavy, so cleanly swathed in the new Russian mat, so closely secured w^th the clean white cord. His eyes glisten, like the schoolboy's when the hamper comes from home; and hardly, though he has read the story of * waste not want not,' can he keep his knife froni the ; But his pang of disappointment is great as he turns from the tops of fishing-rod length and suppleness to the roots, which are too often like a whipcord, broken off short in the middle. In almost every instance their size, form, and number, are grievously disappointing. But as every minute's exposure to the air is dangerous, the sooner the roots are dressed and dis- posed of under ground the better. The dres
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