. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. THE ROSE GARDEN fair-sized cinders. This "^ \\ // II II a can be covered with up- 11 1/ if I ^ ^^'^' ^^^^ /oT^Wirxter turned sods (or, if small stone is used, the sods may be omitted). Over this spread a layer of S^s. \k<2cl -o^iLK old cow manure about ,^?:^^^^ dirl/fer wmLe-r six inches thick when tamped down. Then fill up the bed with good soil. The best prepared Fig. Roses in Winter. After the ground soil for Roses consists freezes, cover with leaves, litter or strawy manure of two-thirds good clay loam
. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. THE ROSE GARDEN fair-sized cinders. This "^ \\ // II II a can be covered with up- 11 1/ if I ^ ^^'^' ^^^^ /oT^Wirxter turned sods (or, if small stone is used, the sods may be omitted). Over this spread a layer of S^s. \k<2cl -o^iLK old cow manure about ,^?:^^^^ dirl/fer wmLe-r six inches thick when tamped down. Then fill up the bed with good soil. The best prepared Fig. Roses in Winter. After the ground soil for Roses consists freezes, cover with leaves, litter or strawy manure of two-thirds good clay loam and one-third well rotted cow manure. The beds should then be allowed to settle before planting (Fig 83). PLANTING ROSES There is a wide diversity of opinion as to the best season for Rose planting, but many of our most successful amateur and professional growers prefer Autumn. They reason that the plant becomes thor- oughly settled or established by Spring and has the advantage of a full season's growth beginning the first warm Spring day. Further- more, the soil is certainly in a better condition for planting in the fall, being warm, moist and friable, whereas in Spring it is wet and cold from thawing frost and snow. If planted in Fall, the bushes must be protected thoroughly, accord- ing to the method described later. Whether done in Spring or Fall, the actual planting operations are the same. It is most important that the roots be kept moist, as the Rose produces only a few fibrous or feeding roots, and those few must never be exposed to sun or air. Therefore, keep them covered right up to the actual moment of planting. On a bright or drying day it is a good plan to have nearby a bucket of water or, preferably, of clay puddle in which to dip the roots of each plant as it is unpacked or uncovered. In this way the root fibers are kept fresh and the plants suffer no check. Just as in all other cases, the hole dug for the Rose plant must be amply large to permit spreading the r
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