December 20, 1913 



HOETICULTURE 



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ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS 



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 by Mr. Buzicka. Such communlcationB should Invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE. 



Fumigating 



With the houses in full bloom, and many buds just 

 showing color care should be exercised not to use any 

 fumes too strong. Have tliem only moderate, and in 

 fact weak, and sooner fumigate a little oftener. 

 Tobacco stems should not be used at all, especially in 

 houses where white roses are in bloom. They will be the 

 first to show the poor centers, although the colored varie- 

 ties will bleach soon after exposure. Where spraying 

 takes the place of fumigation, tlie same rule should be 

 applied, and the spray not used the full strength. Eather 

 use it moderately strong and oftener. The main thing 

 is, never neglect to fumigate or spray, but keep right at 

 it to keep the insects down, and not give them any 

 chance at all to gain a foothold. Once they are estab- 

 lished it will take a great struggle to free the plants of 

 them again. It is well to aim to smoke before the plants 

 are to be syringed — that is the night before. The syr- 

 inging following will help clean out the pests. Have the 

 plants quite wet. for should the air be too dry the smoke 

 will not be so effective, and at the same time it will be 

 more harmful to the plants and flowers. 



The New Year 



The new year will soon be here, and with it many new 

 resolutions that we will pledge ourselves to keep, only to 

 break them the very first week. It is well not to make 

 too many, only a very few, and then stick to them like 

 glue. Have them all read so that when they are carried 

 out the whole place will be the better for it. Thus let 

 one be : Eesolved, That there shall not be any over- 

 blown roses the coming year. Then live up to it. Often 

 on the average place many roses are ruined because of 

 improper cutting. Others can follow, and be made to 

 suit the prevailing conditions. 



Planning and Planting 



There is nothing better than having all the planting 

 plans made in advance, and if they have not been com- 

 pleted as yet, now is the time to do the planning. No 

 doubt the houses will be planted in much the same way. 

 with the same rarieties, and yet there may be houses 

 that do better when planted to a different variety once 

 in a while. Among this year's novelties we find a few 

 that promise to be very good and are well worthy of a 

 trial, even on a small scale, although after seeing some 

 of the varieties growing at the places of the firms that 



send them out it may be safe to plant them quite ex- 

 tensively, as the market seems to take the new varieties 

 much better than the old, if they are grown well. The 

 reason for this can only be given as the people's taste 

 for something different all the time. Many of the weU- 

 to-do customers will not mind the prices as long as they 

 can get something out of the ordinary. 



The Propagator 



The time will soon be here now when this house will 

 be the busy end of the place ; so it is well to make away 

 with the work as fast as is possible. Whatever is to be 

 done will have to be done sooner or later so better do it 

 .at once and have it over with. Have the sand in place 

 after the benches have been well whitewashed, and turn 

 the heat on a few days before any cuttings are to be 

 inserted. In many places there will be a large amount 

 of cuttings already in the sand but as a rule the real busy 

 time does not start until after the turn of the year. 

 Wliere only a small number of plants are wanted, it is 

 well to wait until the end of January or the early part of 

 February before maliing any cuttings. If they are made 

 too early the care of the plants for the long time will 

 amount to a considerable figure. Then, too, the wood 

 will have a little more sun into it, as the days will be 

 longer, and as a rule it will root much easier. 



Care of Propagating Wood 



By tliis time you will know which plants are to fur- 

 nish you with the wood for the coming year, and to save 

 a lot of trouble it will more than pay you to exercise 

 especial care to keep this wood absolutely clean and free 

 from all insect pests, as well as all plant diseases. Select 

 the houses that have bloomed the most, as there is noth- 

 ing better jhan to add the floriferous quality to the plants 

 as much as possible. 



Cover Illustration 



Eremurus himalaicus, which forms the subject of onr 

 cover illustration this week, is easily the regal flower of 

 the spring garden. A group of these stately plants 

 against a background of conifers or other dark foliage 

 adds a character and dignity to the garden which no 

 other plant can rival. The picture was taken in the 

 Mt. Desert Nurseries, Bar Harbor, Me., which fact is 

 a good guarantee of the hardiness of this plant. 



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