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HORTICULTURE 



March 23, lOOT 



and easy culture place them within 

 reach of the amateur as well as the 

 professional gardener. They adapt 

 themselves to the varied conditions of 

 soil and climate; of course, the better 

 the soil the more attention received, 

 the finer will be the growth and profu- 

 sion of flowers. They grow in light 

 sandy soil with less attention than 

 most any other rose. 



The various ways in which these 

 plants may be grown as decorative 

 plants in the garden are several. They 

 may be trained in pyramid form on 

 posts set in the ground about eight 

 and one half feet high or in bush form. 

 They can be grown as windbreaks on a 

 trellis. They also make fine speci- 

 mens when grown as standards about 

 four feet high. They are being used 

 largely at the present time for pergo- 

 las and archways and, when necessary, 

 may be grown as ground roses trailing 

 on the surface. They are admirably 

 suited for covering rocks and stumps 

 of trees. 



When used for pergolas, the posts 

 should he set about ten feet apart and 

 eight and one half feet high. For 

 quick effect three plants to the post 

 will reach the top and partly cover over 

 the first year. 



Two plants usually are sufficient un- 

 less immediate effect is desired. 



In 1903 there were few climbing roses 

 which proved satisfactory, Queen of 

 the Prairie and Baltimore Belle being 

 the two varieties mostly called for. 

 While these made rapid growth and 

 gave fine effect, they were subject to 

 the attacks of insects and unless sharp- 

 ly looked after shed their foliage and 

 became an eyesore. The hybrid 

 Wichuraiana and Multiflora are more 

 desirable, being less liable to the at- 

 tacks of insects, and they produce hun- 

 dreds of blooms more to the plant than 

 the old varieties of climbing roses. 



The effect in the hardy rose garden 

 produced by this new race of roses is 

 marvelous and bewildering, almost 

 beautiful beyond description, where 

 fine specimens may be seen in the vari- 

 ous colors, single and double fiowers. 

 This effect could not be attained until 

 the advent of these roses. They are 

 ornamental when out of flower, as the 

 foliage is distinct and shiny; in many 

 of the varieties some having the ap- 

 pearance of being varnished, as it were. 

 Another most valuable consideration is 

 the second crop of blooms produced by 

 a few of the varieties in September, 

 continuing until the frost sets in. 



Planting. To obtain the best results 

 when planting ramblers it is well to 

 dig the hole two and one-half feet deep 

 and about three feet wide, enriching 

 the soil with decomposed barnyard 

 manure. Plants five feet long set out 

 produce flowers the first season. The 

 young shoots should be tied occasional- 

 ly as growth requires; this keeps the 

 wind from swaying them about. 



Where insects do attack these roses 

 a slight dusting of hellebore is usually 

 sufficient to stop their ravages. It is 

 easily applied and no injurious results 

 follow from its use, as is oftentimes 

 the case when tobacco water or whale- 

 oil solution are used, as many amateurs 

 have found out to their sorrow. 



The season of blooming. The earli- 

 est variety to bloom is Wedding Bells 

 semi-double, pink and white flowers- 

 this is a seedling from Crimson Ram- 

 bler. Next to flower is Debutante soft 



pink and double; the flowers are borne 

 in large pinnacles. Sweetheart comes 

 next, Carissima then follows. Dorothy 

 Perkins, beautiful soft pink, flowers 

 about the first of July, as do Wichurai- 

 ana, Crimson Rambler, and Lady Gay. 

 Then follow La Fiamma. single red; 

 Hiawatha, bright crimson, base of pet- 

 als white; Minnehaha, large double 

 dark rose color; Paradise, single and 

 a most vigorous grower, well adapted 

 for parks and driveways and trellis 

 work. Coquina is a delightful shade of 

 porcelain pink, with the base of the 

 petals yellow; fiowers are from one 

 inch and a quarter to an inch and a 

 half in diameter. Delight Is consid- 

 ered by some one of the very best of 

 recent introductions. Its color is 

 crimson with base of petals white- it 

 has dark shiny foliage. 



Mr. Jackson Dawson raised valuable 

 and most desirable varieties— Tlie 

 Dawson, W. C. Bgan, Farquhar and 

 others. W. A. Manda of South Orange, 

 New Jersey, has furnished such grand 

 varieties as Manda's Triumph and Fa- 

 vorite; and others have added many 

 valuable ones to the list. So we have 

 a good list of varieties in wide range 

 of color. It is a matter of choice as 

 to color, some preferring one color and 

 others another. In planting, however, 

 varieties should be selected which har- 

 monize and not clash with each other, 

 for at this time the effect from an ar- 

 tistic point of view adds much to the 

 beauty of the garden. 



A few varieties bloom quite freely in 

 September by pruning; cut back the 

 shoots which have flowered in the early 

 summer to within two inches of the 

 main shoot and shorten the long shoots 

 a few inches. Hiawatha, Debutante 

 and Delight treated as above will pro- 

 duce a nice lot of blooms. 



Spring pruning. When the shoots 

 are too crowded, cut out the old ones, 

 leaving shoots of the previous season's 

 growth to produce the blooms. The 

 number can best be determined by the 

 space it is desired to cover and the 

 vigor of the variety. 



This class of roses, owing to the 

 hardiness and their adapting them- 

 selves to varying conditions of soil 

 and climate, commend them to the 

 consideration of the amteur. 



New and meritorious varieties in 

 white, porcelain pink, and yellow it is 

 expected will shortly be ready for dis- 

 tribution. It is possible we may see 

 perpetual blooming ramblers as free 

 as the hybrid tea or monthly rose. 

 Then indeed we shall have realized our 

 highest expectations. The American 

 raised hybrids give great satisfaction 

 m Europe and the continent, and are 

 marvels of beauty, when in bloom 

 which almost baffles description. 

 There are great possibilities by im- 

 proving existing varieties, and we 

 hope this will continue until the high- 

 est degree of perfection is attained in 

 all that constitutes a perfect hardy 

 climbing or trailing rose in various 

 colors and perpetual flowering kinds. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



William Hogan has accepted a po- 

 sition with Mrs. Barns, Brushy Ridge, 

 New Canaan, Conn. 



William Angus has succeeded Jules 

 Roeckens as isardener for A. M. Bur- 

 bank, Newton, Mass. Mr. Roeckens 

 has purchased and taken possession 

 of a farm in Abington. 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS. 



In the rush of the next few days 

 many things are liable to be over- 

 looked, but on no account should it 

 be forgotten that cleanliness is next to 

 godliness, and that at Easter more 

 than any other time every plant, flow- 

 er, ribbon and dish should be spotless- 

 ly clean before being placed in view 

 of prospective customers. The store 

 also should conform in everv par- 

 ticular to the ideals growing "out ot 

 the_ promptings of the spirit of the oc- 

 casion; in short, have everything 

 bright and glowing, with yourself the 

 brightest of all. 



Although the time . is short and 

 every hour precious do not neglect to 

 take precautions to harden off, at least 

 slightly, everything you offer for sale. 

 Just imagine the disappointment it 

 will cause trusting customers if plants 

 from a slight exposure become prac- 

 tically useless in a day or two after 

 becoming- thtir property, when with a 

 little extra trouble on your part thev 

 would have been a source of pleasure 

 for days, perhaps weeks, and the same 

 customers satisfied and still trustful 

 would come back again. With mo-t 

 made-up things it is much better to 

 have them ready before Saturday than 

 to have customers wait while they are 

 arranged and besides the work will ba 

 better done in the absence of the hur- 

 ry and excitement of that dav. 



Made-up baskets should not be ar- 

 ranged in masses and jumbles of glar- 

 ing contrasts of form and color, but 

 on the contrary with an eye to har- 

 mony evidencing an effort towards a 

 pleasing conformity to refined' taste. 

 If, however, it becomes necessary to 

 make use of some stiff plants in the 

 making up of baskets or other recep- 

 tacles it will be necessary to intro-- 

 duce something of mora graceful hab- 

 it to counteract the stiffness, always 

 remembering that not the number but 

 the quality and appropriateness as 

 well as the arrangement, count for ul- 

 timate effect. 



Of late years it has been notice I 

 that a great many people buy other 

 kinds of plants and flowers, especiallv 

 for presentation to friends, in prefer- 

 ence to lilies, therefore have in as 

 good shape as possible everything 

 available, and ready to lay your hands 

 thereon at short notice. 



When plants or flowers are ordered 

 find our the customer's pleasure in re- 

 gard to manner and time of delivery 

 and conform thereto to the lettsr. 

 Wrap the plants securely in clean at- 

 tractive paper, pack all flowers in 

 suitable boxes of a proper size; do not 

 suggest that a customer carry a pur- 

 chase, no matter hov.- small. Have 

 sufficient help in readiness to meet all 

 popsible demands. 



A day or two before Saturday ever.v- 

 thing in the way of plants should lie 

 got together or placed where thev will 

 be conveniently rpached and seeii. 



The store should not be packed full 

 vdth plants and flowers, but the choic- 

 est should be displaved in a manner 

 to compel the attention of customers 

 when once inside more to each indi- 

 vidual plant or va?e of flowers than 

 the creating of an impression by the 

 effer-t of a general display. The win- 

 dows, however, may with advantage 

 be arran.eed in such a manner with 

 plants and flowers as to produce a 

 general effect. 



