July 24, 1915 



HORTICULTUKE 



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ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS 



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



Tying 



The earlier planted houses will now need tying, es- 

 pecially the teas, as these should not be allowed to lie 

 around too long. With Beauties we like to let tliem lie 

 as long as is possible without doing them harm. If 

 they are tied up right after they are planted, they will 

 not break at the bottom so well. This, of course, must 

 not be carried too far, and as soon as it becomes hard 

 to keep them clean of spider, they shoxild be tied up 

 at once. Jn tying the Beauties to wires, make sure that 

 the breaks are well distributed. Also figure so that when 

 the mother shoot grows up, and bears a bud, it can be 

 cut right down to the bottom, pi-oviding the plant has 

 suflicient breaks to get along without it. We iind that 

 it pays to do this, as the original shoot seldom bears 

 any flowers to speak of, and if so they are short and of 

 inferior quality. With teas it is different, and these we 

 tie to stakes almost exclusively, preferring this method 

 to the wires. With stakes the teas can be tied much 

 better, and being better tied can easily be kept clean 

 of spider. It is also much easier to get between them 

 to mtilch, to clean, to tie or to do anything at all. It 

 is better to keep them low too, as the sap has that much 

 less hard wood to go through, and the flowers are better 

 and more of them. Beauties should never be tied to 

 stakes, even in conservatories on private e.states. The 

 wires will look fully as good and better, and the plants 

 will not be so likely to get red spider or spot, and do 

 better all the way around. 



Manure 



It is very important that the manure to be used for 

 mulching early in the fall be bought now, so that it can 

 be heaped and turned over a few times to bring it into 

 shape for mulching. If this is not done, the manure is 

 likely to be too green, and that is bad for the jilant.-;, 

 especially in tiie fall. In the spring it can be used 

 without so much danger, as if it should take off some 

 leaves, the damage would not be felt, but in the fall 

 it would nearly ruin the plants. In heaping the manure, 

 if no concrete platfonn is on the place and no provision 

 made to take care of the leaching, pile up about six or 

 twelve inches of s(id and then heap the manure on top of 

 this. This sod will take care of all the li(|uid that may 

 leach out of the pile, and later the sod can be used as 

 mulch or for some other suitable purpose. Most large 

 l)laces have their own dairies, and all that is usually 

 needed is better facilities for handling the manure. How- 

 ever, growers are waking up to the fact that it is poor 



economy to have the manure pile near a brook or some- 

 thing and have the liquid go to waste. And it is not only 

 waste; in most states it would be a violation of the law, as 

 the liquids from manure would pollute the water. Each 

 stable should be e(|uip]>ed with a covered concrete plat- 

 form to take care of the manure, and this should drain 

 into a water-tight concrete or brick cesspool out of which 

 the licjuid manure can be pumped either back on the 

 pile or into the houses, to be used. With the low cost 

 of concrete, and the fact that the cistern and platform 

 can be built by the men on the place, makes us believe 

 that the manure saved in one year after the system is 

 put in would nearly pay for it. Manure is a hard thing 

 to get if it is necessary to buy it, and growers wiio are 

 fortunate to have a good supply of their own should 

 surely take care of it. Business nowadays demands 

 saving in every possible way, and the greatest loss the 

 florist usually has is the loose way in which manure is 

 handled. 



Coal 



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Tiight now is a good lime to stock up with coal 

 find that we can get better prices now then later, 

 difference is not so great, yet there is a saving, 

 know several places that are looked upon as prosperous 

 where the cellars are already stocked with the coal for 

 the winter. Witli bad business, it may not always be 

 possible to lay out the cash so far in advance but where 

 it can be done it has a great many advantages. 



The Boilers 



Fires will be out on most places by this time, as the 

 weather we have recently had does not call for beat, but 

 for ice. Therefore as soon as a chance can be had, see 

 that the boilers are cleaned, and oiled a little. Any 

 cheap oil will do, and it will save the boilers a good 

 deal. The boiler itself never suffers much all the while 

 it is in use, but left to stand dirty in a damp cellar. 

 it rusts very rapidly, and wears more in one summer 

 than in three winters of firing. Clean out all soot as 

 much as possible and put the oil on with a syringe. The 

 outside of the boiler does not matter so much, as this 

 is not so likely to suffer. While the work is being done 

 it is well to see that everything is all right for tlie com- 

 ing season, and should there be any grates or other 

 parts of the boilers needed, order them at once so as 

 to have them on hand. Later when they are ordered in 

 a hurry they generally are a long time coming, and then 

 when they do come they are generally part-s from a 

 boiler too small or will not fit, and the delay may mean 

 a dose of mildew or otii' i' ti'ciul)le. 



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