June 14, 1313 



HORIICULTURE 



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ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS 



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The Outside Roses 



Killarneys and Radiance planted outside for flowering 

 will have to receive the \-ery best of attention to carry 

 them safely through the i}lague of rose bugs, fly, and 

 fhrijas, to say nothing of mildew and the rest of the 

 bothersome pests that lie in waiting for the roses. A 

 spray of Pyrox seems to do well in doing away with all 

 the bugs, and as it sticks well one spraying will answer 

 for quite a while. A spray of ivory soap and water will 

 also help wonderfully, as the insects do not like the taste 

 of soap with their meals, and would much rather move 

 to where no soap covers the foliage. The plants should 

 also receive sufficient amount of water with a little feed 

 once in a while according to the growth they are making. 

 As a rule little or no tying will be required as the plants 

 will make short but stocky growth, and will stand up 

 without any support whatever. 



Watering Potted Stock 



Care should be taken when watering young potted 

 stock, so tliat all the plants will receive the same amount 

 of water. Also it is best to go over the benches carefully 

 three or four times a day to make sure that no plants are 

 too dry. Beauties will be very severely checked if they 

 ai-e allowed to stand dry for any length of time. Once 

 clieeked, it -will take a long time for the plants to start, 

 and be themselves once more. In fact they seldom will 

 turn out just right. 



Spreading or Spacing the Plants 



Be careful not to let the plants crowd one another, as 

 Ihey will not be as perfect as when they are given plenty 

 of room. As soon as they begin to run into one another, 

 spread them out so as to allow air and sun as well. 

 Beauties are very particular in this respect and will not 

 stand crowding at all.- It is better to tear out another 

 bench of roses, and give the young stock plenty of room. 



than trying to crowd them all into one house with the 

 result that half the plants will be minus about half of 

 their foliage. 



In spacing the plants it is best to plunge the pots 

 about one-half into the ashes, on the bench. This will 

 help keep them from drying out too rapidly, and also be 

 a great aid when syringing, as it will not knock the 

 plants all over the bench every time they are syringed. 

 The Sod Heaps 



Now is the time tu begin turning over all the sod 

 lieaps so as to have all the soil practically ready for the 

 benches and not be obliged to stop every once in a while 

 To prepare the soil. On most places the planting will be 

 well under way, and liouses put into shape as fast as the 

 hel|i can do so. 



The Required Number of Men 



Manv of us will usually be short of men at the busiest 

 part of' the season. Many because they cannot get extra 

 men, and more because they will not get them. It does 

 not pay to let a lot of work go undone, for the returns 

 will suffer if the work is not done at the proper time. It 

 pays to have enough help and do all when it should be 

 done. A man who is a week ahead with his work is the 

 one who has many weeks ahead of another. A man a 

 month behind is always in debt and struggling. 

 The Manure for the Fall Mulching 

 Do not wail until it is wanted, before you begin to 

 think of getting in your supply of manure for the fall 

 and winter use. Manure piled up and turned over every 

 now and then will be in excellent shape by the time it is 

 needed, next fall, and the ))lants will show the difference 

 in the growth. The older the manure is the better for 

 tlie plants, as they can then take hold of it at once and 

 grow on much faster than if it is applied fresh from 

 the stable. 



Hydrangea Sargcntiana 



Tlio frontispiece to tliis number of IIouticultuei; 

 depicts a fine specimen of the new Hydrangea Sar- 

 gentiana, but the photogra|)h from which the illustration 

 was made does not do full justice to the subject. The 

 plant, grown by William Anderson, gardener to Mr. 

 Bayard Thayer, South Ijancaster, Mass., is a splendid 

 example of cultural skill, on which ^Ir. Anderson is to 

 be heartily congTatulated. At the ilassachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society's show on Saturday last wliere tlie speci- 

 men was on exhibition, it attracted the attention of all 

 visitors. The plant is nearly three feet tall, very Intshy 

 and densely clothed with ovate, pointed, dark velvety 

 green leaves, lieart-sha|jed or rounded at the base, 9 to 12 

 inches or more long and (i io 8 indies wide, borne on 

 stalks 3 to 4 inclies long. Tlie stems and leaf-stalks are 

 clothed in a remarkable manuci' with pale gray bristles 

 and the leaves with their ricli, but subdued, lustre sug- 

 gest some tro|)ical .\roid. The flower heads, reared 

 well above the leaves, are flat, (5 to 9 inches across, with 

 a few nearly wliite sterile ray-flowers surrounding a mass 

 fif blue-pur]ile fertile flowers. 



This new hydrangea is native of the mountains of 

 Central China where T was privileged to discover it in 

 the early summer of 1907. It is a rare and local species 

 and grows in the thickets and margins of woods between 

 4000"and 6000 feet altitude. The leaves are impatient 

 of direct sun-rays and the stem is less woody than that 

 of allied species. In this section of North America it 

 is be,*t treated as a cool greenhouse plant. 



With its noble foliage, bristly stems and leafstalks, 

 tlis newcomer is rema'-kably distinct from all other 

 niemliei-s of its family. It lacks the huge heads of 

 monstrous flowers coiuun'iily associated with the name 

 '■Hydrangea." and presumably for this reason failed to 

 interest the judging committee. At least, no other fact 

 suggests itself to exjilain the award — "Honorable Men- 

 tion" — with which this cimiuiittee insulted the specimen 

 submitted to them. 



