PLANTING ROSES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 137, 11 June 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)

PLANTING ROSES.

Planting ruses is ji comparatively easy job, and, as 111 o rose is fairly goodtempered. il lakes the rough usage it receives in ,uo:x[ .spirit anil does its lies'. To get the liest out of a rose lice, however, a. little attention to detail ia nrct'S-!-a.ry, and the difference in labour between doing (lie work correctly and itulilTerenl !y is vcr\ litlii'. The hole for planting shon! ' he large enough co take

tiir roots when stretched out their full length: ck'i'i" enough si that the root-; liiivc about .-i\. inches of soil i>ll top, o.' <-<> lluil ill" t-1 iMii is just, a little below the surface With tome rose growers il is considered correct to plant so that Hie union of bud and stock is below th-; ground level, on the principle that roots are emitted bv the "bud," and eventually the plant is supported by its own roots. This may bo ao with some varie-

ties, but with tin! majority it is only a iheory. The bottom of the hole should lie broken up with tho fork and a slight mound made in the centre, on which the--1 ree is stood, and giving the roots a slight downward tendency. Cover the runts with fine soil, tinning it by treading. The whole of the soil should be put back, for. although tliia will make a slight mound, it will allow for the soil to .-ottlc down. J ll bleak situations it may he necessary to partially prune the bushes; the final pruning can be given

ill July. Bad planting consi3te of making a small hole and pushing in the mots, so that most of the ends arc pointing upwards; this is wrong, according to every principle, and has to be rectified by the* plant before it can make any headway.