Evening journal., 1905-03-30

lying asleep all winter; in June she ~.li
be ready to flower"
Won't you hurt her?" asked Mary. in
alarm; for Mr.. Trommel was cutting the
branches and leaving but ono shoot. and
that he cut until u was not more than
six inches long.
He shook his head. mo You see, / cut
her haolS--so; she can then be quiet and
have little 10 do until she Is used to the
new place / cut on the roots "a little also.
Row, when the sun and the rain walScn
her, she will feel like a new pant and
much younger; she viii send down the
new little roots, and ON top the strong
new shoots will come up, and In June
there will be roses for us"
Better than u Il were blooming nowT
questioned the undergraduate.
Better than II u were az work now"
answered Herr Trommeli besides, she
will be a stronger plant.
when We pruno roses we cut out all
tho wood that looks a Bit wealS-seeY he
said. taking up another rose root That
llittle branch comes on; Il is too weak. /
leave but these two; they are fine. strong
shoots; but 1 cut them back-so."
Let me do one" begged Mary.
Herr Trommel dnmurrod. III Il were
anything but a rose" he said. wait un-
I'll you arc bigger. Liebchen. Did you see
the fine bed / have made for themy" he
added. changing the subject hastily
'sThe square place on the other side OF
the pathT
YES. yes, that IS II. have there three
feet of good soil with a layer Of broken
stone underneath for drainage-they do
not like wet foet-and the most beautiful
manure for theml 1 often think when
make up the beds for my roses that job
made a great mistake. Yes. When he
found Il necessary 20 sit on the dung
heap. he should first have put some
earth over Il and then planted roses ON
top. 1t would have been good for the
roses; it would also have made II much
pleasanter for job Yes.
"'rhe roses. little one. are very dainty
and celicate-loolzing, but like the sweet
peas. you can hardly give them too much
20 eat They ike good food. and plenty
of II. II is only in the stories that the
lady looks very lovely and eats nothing;
we gardeners know better, and / think
she in the story went down the back
stairs and found something to eat-some
wurst or frankfurters-when the man who
told the story knew nothing about it,
you see, Liobchen, the rose has been
for years tho fine lady OF the garden;
the-what do you say?-the society lady
yesl She is also what they call exclusive;
she likes but TO live with herself and
other roses. Then, she must have very
rich food-yes and great many baths
and she must have her beauty-slcep--so
we cut back the branches. as you see,
and she does not wish too many chill
dren 20 take care Of. so We take on many
of the buds. She does not use the-ths
cosmetics, but she has her little toilet
preparations"
What" exclaimed Mary, incredulous.
~. do roses have tooth powder and
cologne and-and ourling-tongs, and thos,
thingsY
mot exactly" admitted Mr.. Trommel
They have kerosene spray, and whale.
oil emulsion. and Bordeaux mixture, in
stead of cologne; powder they use. too
sometimes powdered sulphur put on tht
under side OF the leaves where it will not
show; and when they begin to bloom
they also like some liquid manure as a
tonic.
"Liebchen, plants are like people; when
they become very highly cultivated the
liebe Gott does much, but the gardener
he also docs somewhat There" he said,
ending his lecture suddenly, "the roses
are now ready"
I'm going to plant some OF them for
you,7 said the undcr-gardcner, coaxing-
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path TO the rose-bed.
We'll" said Herr Trommel, hesitating,
''you will be very carefulT'
"Oh, very careful, repeated Mary,
with assuring emphasis.
"wen. then, We put the first one IN
here; this is Prince Camille de Rohan,