October 25, 1913 



HOETICULTUEE 



563 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS 



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Questions by our readers in line with pny of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered 

 by Mr. Euzicka. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE. 



Tying, 



Do not neglect tying at this time of the year, for the 

 plants will need all the air and light that they stand 

 show to get. Bunched up and poorly tied roses will 

 usually get a good dose of spot to start with, and by the 

 time that gets through with them the season is well over 

 and the cut flowers are cheajj once more. Never try to 

 run a hospital at the time of the year when the prices 

 are away up. Begin with good plants and keep them 

 healthy, by treating them right. With the Beauties it is 

 especially necessary to see that they are tied up all the 

 time and not allowed to lie all over the benches. All 

 shoots and growths that are thus allowed to lie around 

 will usually go blind, and then they are worse than use- 

 less for they are a hindrance to new growth. Some 

 growers will use these blind shoots lo propagate from but 

 we call that a very poor policy. Beauties are hard to 

 set at times and using the blind wood for propagation 

 will not improve them in the least. As for tying ma- 

 terial that rests with the growers; some prefer this, 

 others that. We find the rough burlap string the best 

 and cheapest to use. Eaffia does not hold the growths 

 to the wires properly, and allows them to slip around a 

 good deal while the plants are being syringed. This is 

 a nuisance, for the plants thus bunched will be hard to 

 keep clean from spider and the other enemies of the rose. 

 Do not tie the plants too tight, so that the strings do not 

 cut the growths. At the same time they should not be 

 tied too loosely for that would be equally as bad. Here 

 again the string mentioned comes to the rescue for it has 

 all the necessary give, and as the shoot expands the 

 string makes room for it. 



Other Plants in the Rose Houses. 



With the frost hanging right around, we are often 

 tempted to crowd a lot of plants underneath the benches 

 of the rose houses, at the ends wherever a little place is 

 to be had. Our experience is such that we will never 

 allow other plants of any kind to enter the rose houses. 

 Keep the roses by themselves, and you will not have to 

 fight half a dozen tribes of insects that are usually 

 brought in with such plants. 



Temperature for Cloudy Days. 



Do not allow the houses to become too warm on the 

 cloudy days. Sixty-six degrees is as warm as they 

 should be allowed to get. A crack of air will suffice. 

 ]f the houses are too warm the plants will become very 

 soft and mildew will no doubt set in as a result. After 

 several cloudy days when the weather suddenly clears, 

 do not allow the houses to run up to their standard tem- 

 perature. Keep them down to 72 for the first day and 

 then bring them up to their regular temperature the 

 next day. If the houses were brought up the very first 

 day, after standing at C6 for two or three days, the 

 change would be too great, and harm will result, for the 

 plants will usually wilt badly, and develop but little on 

 such days. It is also well to put off syringing until the 

 next day if possible. Of course if the danger from 

 spider is great then syringe by all means, but if it is not 

 absolutely necessary, then let it go until the next day, 

 when the plants will be in better shape to take it. Ke- 

 member that the plants are very sensitive, and any sud- 

 den clianges of any kind will be felt by them much more 

 llian most of us would imagine. 



and after shaking out the excessive water wrap in wax 

 paper but be sure you don't bruise the leaves, as this 

 will show up later if you do, and generally about the 

 time the judges are around. 



Asparagus will naturally be forced at this season of 

 the year and it is much more attractive where grown in 

 full light having green tips and pink stems. Asparagus 

 will keep for several days if the ends are stood in water. 

 Straight, thick stems as long as possible are the standard. 



Parsley is the best green for garnishing and should 

 be soaked in cold water so that it will keep fresh as long 

 as possible. 



Tliere are quite a lot of other vegetables which may 

 be exhibited but the general principles of well grown 

 specimens, clean fresh and uniform will be a good guide 

 for all of them. 1 



AiT'ingfement 



Artistic arrangement enhances the value of every dis- 

 play of vegetables not only in the eyes of the judges but 

 the public also are attracted by it and it should be the 

 aim of every exhibitor to make his exhibit a work of art. 

 The arrangement of a collection of 12, 18 or 24 kinds 



offers endless scope for various displays of taste but no 

 hard and fast rules can be laid down for every man's 

 guidance. The accompanying photographs are not in- 



tended to be an infallible guide but are merely sugges- 

 tive. These collections had run the gauntlet of two or 

 three days handling by spectators and were in a Tery 

 ragged condition when the photographer got in his 



work. 



