1878.] 



AND HORTICULTURIST.. 



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experience with it, will relate it and my remedy ' 

 as a cure. We have a Marechal Niel worked on 

 the Dog Kose. It is about four years old. It 

 has grown finely and bloomed very well all 

 along until last Fall, when we cut it back to 

 throw blooms for Christmas. It attracted our 

 attention by being very slow breaking; but wo 

 judged the cloudj^ weather as the cause of that. 

 But at length it did break, and bloomed about 

 five or six dozen blooms. Some of the blooms 

 were medium good, others were not. After it 

 finished blooming, our rose began to turn back, 

 dropped its leaves, showed no inclination what- 

 ever to break. We concluded our rose must 

 have the same disease (?) your correspondents- 

 described in the Monthly. We examined it 

 and found it exactly so, namely, with a large 

 shapeless excrescence just above the union, and 

 also numerous very small ones at intervals along 

 the stem, like warts. Our proprietor informed 

 me that it was "going to die, and I might try 

 any experiment I wished." I began work by cut- 

 ting all the small excrescence off" close, and about 

 one-third of the large ones also. I then washed 

 the wounds well with strong sulphur water, 

 and rubbed sulphur well in the wounds, and wet 

 some sulphur, adding water enough to make it 

 stick ; then gave all of the wounds a good coat 

 of it, let it remain two weeks or so, when I 

 found it began slightly to heal. I gave it another 

 washing, and treated it the same as before, and 

 let it remain for two weeks more, when it had 

 healed nearly over. I made two more cuttings 

 of the large excrescence, and treated it in the 

 same way as described, and in course of time it 

 healed completely over again. I found the 

 excrescence inside to be of a very brittlely 

 nature, having rusted dead streaks through it. 

 My rose did not make any headway for a while ; 

 but as time wore on it began to break, increasing 

 more vigorously as the weather began to get 

 fine, and now. May 5th, you could not wish to 

 see a more healthy plant. It has " set" more 

 than one hundred buds, and is continuing to 

 bud. 



I somewhat agree with W. W. as regards the 

 cause of the disease, for it plainly illustrates his 

 statement ; whereas it prefers to break just 

 above the union. In conclusion, I might say I 

 have found the Marechal Kiel more sensitive 

 and impatient of any neglect than any rose I 

 have met with, though when properly cared for 

 it will amply repay any extra trouble the ope- 

 rator may have had. 



FLORAL DECORATrON OF THE TABLE^ 



BY " AUNT CARPaE." 



The use of flowers for the table is, we are glad 

 to know, exciting general attention among the- 

 more tasteful of our community ; even though 

 the}^ be those residing in cottages and setting 

 but simple tables. 



What, indeed, has wealth or grandeur to do. 

 with this subject of flowers ? Those sweet and 

 refreshing, those silentmessengerSjWhich whisper 

 to the weary, toil-worn, working man or woman, 

 of peace and rest ! 



We say, therefore, to that large middle class, 

 composing the majority of our American homes, 

 never set a table without giving it that last 

 dainty touch — a vase, basket, or stand of 

 flowers, or if not flowers, the "bit o' green," 

 which imparts such a charming grace. 



Now, during the Summer season, it is sup- 

 posed that any lady may be able to secure her 

 pretty ornament for each meal, by merely run- 

 ning into yard or garden, there to gather the 

 treasures so dear to most women's hearts ; the 

 buds and flowers, feathery sprays and plumes of 

 green which form the most effective of table 

 adornment. In order to help those inexperi- 

 enced in this class of floral arrangement, we 

 will make a few suggestions that will perhaps 

 aid in the work ; which, once commenced, will so 

 grow upon the taste, that the tasteful housewife 

 will as readily relinquish the table meats and 

 napkins as the more charming addition of 

 flowers or greenery. 



The variety of "stands," baskets, vases, &c., 

 exhibited in our china and fanc3^-stores for this 

 class of ornament is " legion," and one becomes 

 confused in the very effort to select the most 

 beautiful, where all are striking. 



In this day, even the humble may array their 

 tables tastefully, with glass and china ; for 

 though it may not be " cut" in the one instance, 

 nor " Sevres" in the other, still very cheap ; 

 " fruit sets" of glass, if carefully polished, and 

 simple white china, entire and quite pure in its 

 color, will impart that air of refinement which 

 even the costly articles fail to do, where rough- 

 handed " Mary Anns" have charge of the din- 

 ning room. 



We advise, therefore, that whether of richest 



" cut-glass" or simple crystal of domestic manu- 



! facture, glass should form in a large measure 



the table adornment, especially the receptacles 



for flowers. 



I Pretty glass baskets, long trumpet-shapedi 



