I of great value in getting the finest
blooms and the longest bud develop
ment. Good wood dirt is excellent.
Fine, strong plants, set while entire
ly dormant, should give a satisfactory
QUEEN OF FLOWERS.
quantity of flowers the first summer.
In planting, the tops should be cut
Theme of the Poet and the Artist—
the Rose.
down to two or three buds.
Many fail at this point to prune close
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.
enough. On well grown plants there
is usually too much wood left. The de
Roses must have good air and plenty sire to obtain blossoms the first sum
the American
Hoses—queer
of
it,
without
being
too
much
exposed;
mer is so great that frequently the en
Hover garden!
beaM ail
rated situation is better tire top is left to grow, which Is too
The increasing tendency <
than
one
t.iat
is
lower
or
stagnant.
to patronize the rural sections
much for the root to support.
They should not, however, be exposed
The reverse should be done, for by
steadily increasing love for
to too violent winds, for the foliage close pruning the few buds left will
with the impulse to cultivate ne
garden found in the city and the rural lannot stand whipping.
develop into strong, vigorous shoots
Sometimes the protection of a clump that will produce buds, and only by
homes brings into prominence the
Hower of kings and of favorite, and of trees is sought, but unless the plants this practice can they be surely ob
are set well away from them they will tained.
of the humblest menial—the rose.
It is astonishing what varied types be robbed of plant food by the roots of
A good general rule to follow in
in nature there are of this Hower, and the tl* . To take a lvantage of this pruning is to cut severely all teas, hy
kind
of
protection
the
roses
should
be
how world-wide is its distribution.
brid teas and kinds that do not make
Wild roses are found from frigid Lap a t twenty-five feet further away from strong growth, and to cut all strong
land to tropic India. The rose has the trees than the latter's height.
kinds moderately. The more
The protection of buildings should growing
the honor of being the first cultivated
luxuriant a bush grows the less prun
flower. For a long time It was a rare he avoided, for so completely do these ing will be required, but the weakest
possession, but with the general and stop the circulation of air that mildew growing kinds require the severest
active love of nature that is a marked and blights follow from sheltered loca pruning.
characteristic of the pr< •esent tilmes tions of this character. There are,
While florists have their own way of
much his been learned ah )out the 1cul- however, exceptions to this rule, for
ture of flowers in general, , and of the sometimes In an elevated position propagating roses, amateurs usually
rose in particular, and it» s special re- there will be suitable circulation of get a start of everblooming roses either
air even close to a bull.Ung. This de from cuttings of the blooming wood,
quirements are better und derstooil.
While verandas and trellises of pends largely upon the prevailing or from cuttings of mature wood rooted
honey- winds and the exposure of the locality. during winter while in a semi-dormant
country homed may have their
i
suckles, and lilacs may y bloom in
abundance, nothing excels in beauty
or fragrance the climbing roses when
in their gorgeous and glorious bloom.
There is no flower beset with more
difficulties to grow, yet its cultivation
Is increasing. The harder it is to pro
duce a beautiful thing the more highly
it is prized.
Most Important Groups.
Roses of to-day are of complex line
age, for old and new species have been
crossed and recrossed until now our
cultivated rose, are divided into more
than thirty general groups. The most
important of these are: Moss, Rugosa,
Hybrid Teas, Persian roses and a few
June roses among the stiff, upright
growing sorts of medium to tall
growth; Polyanthus, upright but
dwarf, and Teas, of low or half re
cumbent habit. The latter, by some
classifiers, are again sub-divided into
China, Bourbon, etc., of which classes
the teas and hybrid teas are the
beautiful. They bloom longer
other types, hence they have
most widely grown.
For colder climates the hybrid
peluals are a most valuable class, be
ing generally hardier and larger
bloomers, though they do not bloom so
THE QUEEN BEATRICE—ONE OF THE NEWEST ROSES.
THE GOLDEN ETOILE DE LVON.
long as the teas. These have been ob
tained by crossing the French and Da
mask roses with the China rose.
Roses are propagated by cuttings, by
budding, grafting and layering. All
varieties will not root equally well
from cuttings and layers, and budding
is largely done.
'The budding roses have to bo care
fully watched, for being started on
strong brier and Manettl roots they
«
The hot noonday sun Is very hard
upon the blossoms, and if the rose bed
could be so located as to get a shadow
cast from a clump of trees for two
hours after noon such a location would
be ideal.
The greatest pleasure to be derived
from flowers is to have them for the
freest possible use and to give to
friends and others who may otherwise
not be able to have them.
The soil needs to be well suited and
properly prepared. For hybrid per
petuate a heavy soil is better, one that
has some portion of clay in its com
position. The rose requires for Its best
development a cool, moist soil, and for
this reason the heavier type Is better,
carrying as it does a large amount of
moisture, and being also a little lower
in temperature.
condition. The latter is the surest
method for the inexperienced flower
grower.
How to Grow Cuttings.
How can you root summer cuttings?
Make a 4 or 5-inch cutting cf a rose
branch that is coming into bloom, or
is just through blooming. Cut just be i
low an eye, leaving a small "heel'’ or'
strip of bark attached. Trim off the
lower set of leaves even with the wood.
Leave the end leaf entire and trim the
leaf or two remaining, back to the
first pair of leaflets. Insert these cut
tings in wet sand up to the last eye. I
Put them in the window and keep con-1
stantly damp until they root, which
should be in from 3 to 4 weeks. Teas
root easily by this method.
To root from semi-dormant wood:
About the beginning of autumn. Sep
tember in the North, October in the
South, take your cuttings. Several
may be made from one cane, as pretty
well ripened wood roots after this
method as well as any. Make the cut
tings about 6 inches long. Cut just be
low nn eye, making a slanting cut.
and trim otf the lower leaves. Now
dig a hole by the parent bush. Put a
handful of sand at the bottom if you
have it, and put in your cuttings, set
ting them one inch apart and firming
the earth very solidly about them.
Only about an inch of the upper stem
should project above the ground. Put
a glnss fruit jar over the cuttings,
sinking the jar well into the ground,
then bank up the earth a couple of
inches around the can. Let the cut
tings, jar and all, rigidly alone until
spring is well advanced. It will be
found then that nearly every cutting
has rooted. This plan seems to be a
success wherever it is tried. North.
South, East or West. Nearly all hybrid
teas and perpetuals root well in this
way. So do moss, memorial and ram
bler roses.
In the culture of roses the greatest
trials and disappointments are met
with in the insects that persistently at
tack them and of which there are
many. One of the first in the early
summer is the green fly or aphis.
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Jure and usually in large numbers.
The eggs are laid in the soil, generally [
in light or sandy land; they are not
often troublesome in heavy soil.
Paris green and other poisons do not
have much effect upon them. Arsenate
of lead, when used in strong solutions
(two and a half ounces to a gallon),
will keep them quite well in check,
but this material discolors the foliage.
In the early morning, when the bugs
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The rose slug is the larva of the saw
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They are a soft-bodied insect similar
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by the whale oil soap spray. They soon
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Another very troublesome Insect and
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A CUTTING READY TO PLANT.
They will fly oft when you are attempt
ing to treat them.
The white grub is another parasite
upon roses, the list of which Is becom
ing somewhat formidable. This grub
comes from eggs deposited in the
ground by the June bug or May beetle.
After pairing, the male dies, when
the female bores down in the soil, de
positing her eggs from six to eight
Inches deep. The small white grubs I
which are hatched from these live upon i
the grass roots or the roots of other|
plants.
In making up the soil for the rose [
bed sods frequently put In the bottom
to decompose have these grubs In
them, ana as they live in the grub form
for three years, they frequently eat the
roots of the roses, causing them to
wither and often to die. On the first
discovery of a wilting plant the soil
should be dug over to find the grubs.
How to Kill the Aphis.
This will lie discovered on the tips
of the bushes and also upon the buds
and about their stems. The insects
suck the sap from these tender parts |
and greatly check the growth and de
velopment of the buds. Dusting with
hellebore will keep them in check, or
Toads Are Friends.
they may be sprayed with one pound of
caustic potash whale oil soap dis There are no better friends to have
THE OLD I ALBIONI D MARY WASHINGTON ROSE.
in the garden than the toads. If they
solved in eight gallons of water. Thia could
be protected and encouraged to
Is easy work.
uro quite apt to throw out »hoots from
live there they would eradicate many
The teas and hybrid teas will do
One of these insects will be the pro of
their own roots which are vigorous better in a little lighter soil of the loam
the grubs and cutworms that do so
anil soon vercome and run out the tyi>e. but for either class there must genitor of over 5,000 million descend much damage to garden plants.
ants at the end of five generations,
bud. The; may be readily discerned be perfect drainage.
The great enemy of the toad is the
which makes the discovery and prompt
when they do cc nine out. for their leaves
boy. Bands of schoolboys have
treatment of the first ones highly im small
and wood arc of a different character
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Have
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The leaf roller is another enemy that ful animate. The boys regard this as
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Tho soil can hardly be made too rich. rolls
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Innocent sport, being untaught and not
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Then there are other caterpillars I ble Insect destroyer.
Budded roars should lie planted deep in the latter form. This should be cow
To the lovers of the rose, these dif
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below the surface of the soil, when and better suited to the requirements feed upon the foliage and also upon the are. are not altogether too discourag
there will be less trouble from the or the plant. Horse manure is too buds. These should be hand picked or ing. They rather incite to greater
crushed. as it is difficult to reach them energy and determination to overcome
suckers. The roots should be examined heating and will injure the roots if_.„.
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