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ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS 



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 by Ur. Uuilckn 



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Greenfly 

 Tliis little i^est Ls so rare with us that we almofit for- 

 get that they exist. Keeping after them is the only way 

 that they can be kept out of the greenhouses, and a light 

 fumigation or spraying should be given quite often. 

 This applies especially to young stock, which must be 

 kept free from all insects or it will receive a severe 

 check, and it will then take quite a while for the little 

 plajits to get over it, although as a rule tliey will show 

 (he effects all through their life. To make sure that 

 tlie young potted stock is free from all insects, just take 

 a plant every here and there and turn it upside down so 

 that you can see well under the leaves. There is where 

 the first insects will always appear, and spider will aji- 

 pear on the very lowest leaves first, and then it will 

 spread to the whole plant if not checked. Tobacco stems 

 should not be burned in the houses now in midwinter, 

 for the roses will take harm, more so with the white 

 ones whose centers will practically be burned out. This 

 may not be noticeable to the ordinary observer, but any- 

 one who knows roses wiW. see it at once The smell of 

 the cut roses after smoking with these stems will take 

 at least three days to disappear. 



Use of Tobacco Stems in Mulching 

 Where the grower is a.ssured tliat the benclies will dry 

 out well, it will be a very good idea to use some toljacco 

 stems around the plants aa mulch. Thev should not be 

 put on very tliick, for it is not necessar}' and would bo 

 only waste. A light mulch will be very good, and will 

 be better than the old way of putting the stems in the 

 walks. The stems on the benches will help keep out a 

 good many insects that as a rule will hide among the 

 rough pieces of soil and manure on the surface. During 

 the present cold weather the ventilators will not be 

 open verT|- much, and these stems on the benches will 

 give out a certain amount of fumes which will koe|> the 

 air with a tint of tobacco in it. This will not kill fly in 

 houses that have it, but it will go a great ways tow-ards 

 keeping it out of houses that are clean. These weak 

 fumes will be so bad for the young flies that they will 

 die or not be very healthy, and that is how they arc ]ire- 

 vented from spreading. In houses where the fly has 

 been for a while there are a great many old ones that are 

 very hard to kill even with strong smoke. The stems 

 wiU also act as fertilizer, and will furnish the plants 

 with a certain amount of plant food. 



Syringing Potted Cuttings 



Xo matter how clean the wood that had been used in 

 propagating, the young plants will have to be syringed 

 as soon as they are rooted enough to stand it. Here is 

 where the proper setting of the young plants will be a 

 great help in syringing. With the leaves all pointing the 



one way, ii will be a simple matter to rlirect the stream 

 of water so that it will not tear the cuttings all to pieces. 

 Lse a steady stream, free from the up and down move- 

 ment that is used while syringing old plants. Were thi- 

 used on the young jilants, it would loosen them in tin 

 pots very badly, and that would result in weak growth, 

 and poor plants all the way through. 



Roses and Carnations in Same House 



.Mr. A. C. lUizickii, 

 Dear Sir: 



I have a small house in which 1 wish to grow carna- 

 tions and roses. Is it possible to grow carnations and roses 

 in the same house, and if so, what varieties of roses would 

 you suggest? 



These flowers would not be grown for sale, merely for 

 home decoration. 



Truly yours, 



Ohio. H. 1'. \V. 



As a rule we would never advise anyone trying to grow 

 carnations and roses in the same house, but as yours is 

 a private place, and the quality of the roses will no doubt 

 count more than the quantity, you can try it. But it is 

 too late to plant now, unless you c-an get hold of some 

 good strong old plants, preferring those that had been 

 forced in the greenhouse and then planted outside for 

 at least one sea.son, perhaps one winter. Plants like 

 these will give you a nice crop of roses in carnation 

 temperature. As to varieties we -would recommend 

 Radiance and Shawyer, with the single WTiite Killamey 

 for a white, Richmond for red. All these varieties will 

 stand the low temperature of the carnation, only they 

 will not produce as many flowers, but those that will 

 come will be extra large. You must be careful not to 

 feed tliese too much, and to keep them more on the dry 

 side at all times, as the cool temperature would not go 

 good with over-wateredbenches. If you cannot get hold 

 of any old plants we would recommend that you post- 

 pone the growing of roses until the next season, starting 

 the plants in the benclies about June, and then planting 

 in the carnations in .Vugui5t or September. 1 f your house 

 runs east and west, plant your roses in the front benches, 

 and then screen the line between the roses, and carna- 

 tions with cheesecloth or other suitable material. This 

 will give the carnations the shade that they need and 

 at the same time will not shade the roses any. Do not 

 raise the temperature more than a degree or two for the 

 roses, or your carnations will be ruined. The roses will 

 come along in the low temperature slowly, but they ought 

 to be nice. Do not feed as much as you would in a 

 re.gular rose house. The temperature should run not 

 more than .52 at night, with 64 in the daytime with air. 

 and only about .50 or 58 in rainy or dull weather. Com- 

 mercially it would not pay to do this, for the cut of the 

 roses will be much smaller than if grown under regular 

 conditions. 



