June 25, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



189 



often injured by mildew and insects. 

 Mildew usually affects rose plants dur- 

 ing cold, rainy spells; this can be recog- 

 nized by the leaves curling, becoming 

 brown spotted and being covered with 

 a gray mold. When this first appears 

 it can be held in check by sprinkling 

 powdered sulphur on the leaves. This 

 is more likely to appear on plants that 

 are planted in a more or less shaded 

 place, or too close together; in either 

 case the foliage grows soft and the ex- 

 cessive moisture cannot dry off as read- 

 ily as it should. You hardly ever see 

 this on a rose bed planted in an open 

 place, subjected to the direct rays of 

 the sun, for there the foliage grows 

 more hardy and strong and is therefore 

 less subject to this trouble. 



The most prevalent scourge that tin 

 roses are subject to in this part of the 

 state is the little greenish white slug, 

 that skeletonizes the leaves by eating 

 off the green substance of the leaf and 

 leaving only the woody frame, but if 

 this little fellow is taken in time he 

 can be gotten rid of. There are two 

 broods of this pest during the season, 

 one in June and another in the latter 

 part of August ; you can detect his first 

 appearance by some of the leaves show- 

 ing small white spots and stripes where 

 the little fellow has been feeding. If 

 you are watchful to note this, and then 

 in the evening, for this little pest has 

 his banquet usually by night, sprinkl* 

 the plants with powdered hellebore. You 

 can get entirely rid of this pest by 

 one or two applications; but you must 

 not wait until the mischief has been 

 done and your rose plants have become 

 unsightly by his ravages. The same 

 treatment will rid you of the leaf eat- 

 ing worm on your currant and gooseberry 

 bushes. 



As to the preparation of a bed of 

 flowers along the north fence as suggest- 

 ed, any good garden soil will answer 

 and there are a great many good things 



for such a bed. Heliotropes, petunias, 

 feverfew, lantanas, salvias, ageratums, 

 I'lirh-das. and an endless variety of an- 

 nuals which can be raised from lead, 

 which all add to the appearance of th« 

 bed and give you a greater variety of 

 flowers to pick from for a bouquet. 



Now as to a bed of eoleus and other 

 fancy-leaved plants. These are usually 

 planted so as to represent some design, 

 fancy ribbon beds, stars, crescents and 

 various other designs. The soil for such 

 a bed should be rather a poor soil, for 

 if the soil is too rich the plants will 

 grow too rank and thus outgrow the 

 design and will lose a great deal of 

 their beautiful coloration. The plants 

 will have to be pinched back and sheared 

 so they will grow evenly, and so that 

 the color lines and the shape of the de- 

 sign are retained. In the selection of 

 plants for this bed it is well to take such 

 varieties as are known to retain their 

 colors when bedded out, for a great 

 many sorts that look th« best and have 

 Ihe brightest colors when grown in pots 

 lose their beauty, color and markings, 

 when bedded out. 



As to the preparation necessary for 

 a perennial bed. First select a spot 

 of good soil where the bed will remain 

 undisturbed, spade deep and enrich with 

 well rotted manure, and if a good selec- 

 tion of plants is made it will give you 

 flowers the whole season through. Plants 

 for such a bed are numerous. Various 

 colored irises, pseonias, phlox, Golden 

 Glow rudbeckia, columbines, gaillardias, 

 lilies of different kinds, the yellow day 

 lily, candidum or St. Joseph 's lily, spe- 

 ciosum lilies (alba and rubra), chry- 

 santhemums of different colors, and hun- 

 dreds of other equally as good things. 

 When such a bed is once planted you 

 will have something that needs but lit- 

 tle attention. You must keep it free 

 from weeds and in the fall spade up 

 the soil, as then there is less danger of 

 injuring the roots, for you can readily 



see where the different plants are by 

 the dry tops that remain from the sum- 

 mer. After it is spaded give it a top 

 dressing of rotted stable manure and 

 leaf mold. 



I have now outlined the preparation 

 and necessary care of a few plant beds 

 and if there are any of my hearers who 

 have not already had experience in such 

 work and who may be inclined to try 

 their hand at it this coming season, I 

 would suggest to them to select such 

 beds as would be best suited to the 

 surroundings of their homes, for not all 

 are so fortunate as to have places so 

 extensive as the home heretofore de- 

 scribed, but may have room for only 

 one or two beds which, if well done, 

 will afford you pleasure at but little 

 cost. I feel satisfied that it is appa- 

 rent to every intelligent and unpreju- 

 diced mind that every improvement and 

 embellishment made about a home will 

 not only add to its financial value, but 

 cultivates a taste for the beauties of na- 

 ture and have a refining influence upon 

 both old and young. 



There is an impression in the minds 

 of some of our people throughout the 

 country that the farmer has no time for 

 anything but to work his crops. This 

 may have been the case with our fore- 

 fathers fifty or seventy-five years ago, 

 but in these times of advancement and 

 culture there is no reason why the far- 

 mer and his family should not spend a 

 little of their time in pursuit of pleas- 

 ure. There are various sources of pleas- 

 ure, one of them is found in thus beau- 

 tifying the grounds about their homes. 

 And that this is being done by some is 

 very apparent. 



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