August 21, 1915 



110 RT I CULTURE 



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ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS 



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QoMtlona by our readers in line with any of the topica presented on this page will be cordially received and prompU; 

 by Mr. Ruzlcka. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULIUKK. 



romptly answered 



Syringing 



SjTinginr;- will jilay au ini|)orlaiU part in tlie growing 

 of roses from now ou. mucli more important than ever 

 before. Before attemptin<i: to svringo make sure that the 

 plants are wet enough, so that the leaves will not Inirn 

 afterward. We fiiiii that it is liest to syringe as (|uiekly 

 as possible, with good pressure, holding the hose in front 

 of 3'ou, and walking forward instead of backward as lias 

 been the cu.stom to do. Then we go over the jilants 

 twice, syringing them from one side and tlien from tln' 

 other, <but very quickly, so as not to wet the benches 

 enough to make much difference in drying out. The 

 benches should not be found soaked after syringing, as 

 by doing the work with a little care the water can be 

 thrown so that most of it « ill go acro.s.s the benches into 

 the walks. With Beauties, especially in the earlier 

 planted houses, it will lie necessary to shake the plants 

 so that they will be sure to dry off properly for the 

 night. Tliis is more im])ortant than may .seem, as the 

 houses will dry very little at night now, for with so nuich 

 rain the air is very damp and dew is heavy. I.ater when 

 it is cool enough to run steam the houses will dry much 

 better at night, but the days will be shorter, .so it will be 

 even more imjiortant to have the hou.ses dry foi' the 

 night. There .•should lie no s])ider anywhere at this time 

 of the year, and if there is a trace of it, make sure that 

 the place is marked and special care taken to clean it 

 out. If it promises to be bad at all, get some good in- 

 secticide and apply it with a brass greenhquse smnge 

 so that it gets well tinder the leaves where the spiders 

 stay. Applying it with a sprayer will not be as good, as 

 the sprav will Ix; too coarse and it will be dilTicnlt to 

 reach under the leaves. 



Painting 



With the heavy sliuwcrs thai caiiic aliiKisI dail\. |iaint- 

 ing this vear has been alninst im])ossiblc I'nr a immlli or 

 so. Howevei'. the weather is iiKire pronii<ing miw. and 

 all hands that can be spai-cd sbimld take the work up in 

 earnest. It does not i)ay in let the lion.<es go unpainted. 

 Remove as much id' the <rld paint as can he taken off 

 without cutting into tln' wood, and if the bouses have not 

 been painted a long time, better figure on two coats, 

 using the paint thick enough to keep it from running, 

 but no thicker for the first coat. T'se pure white lead 

 and raw oil only, avoiding all tur|KMitine or drier, unless 

 a .shower threatens or the painting is done in a jdace 

 where water has to be sprinklcil srwu after the painting. 

 Then a little drier can be used, but not too much. With 



the hot v\'eather, there will be no trouble to maki; the 

 paint dry and it will wear much better if only oil and 

 lead are used. 1 f the houses arc painted two coats, let 

 the puttying go until just before the .second coat is ap- 

 plied. 'i"he first coat will help show u]) the cracks and 

 then the putty will stick better, for the wood will then 

 be saturated with paint, and will nut draw the i>il dut nt 

 the putty, leaving it ilry. and ready to fall out much 

 sooner than it should. .\ll liou>cs painted on the inside 

 should also be done on the outside, for if they are not 

 the water will come in and freeze in the winter and 

 thus paish and loosen the putty so that tlu> houses will 

 leak again the first sea.-^on after painting. .\im to have 

 the putty very thin— so thin in fact that it cannot be 

 handled with' the hands. It will work into the boles 

 better and then give the wood a chance to take up some 

 oil without leaving the putty dry. To do this a lump 

 of putty can be ])laced on a piece of gla.ss and then 

 taken oif as needed with a putty knife, .\roid using too 

 much white lead in the putty, as this makes it very 

 hard, and although it will stick better it is almost im- 

 possible to remove it when repairing broki-n glass. If 

 plain putty is used with vei-y little white lead, and the 

 houses kept painted, it will last good, and there will be 

 little trouble to remove it should it be necessary to do 

 some repairing. In glazing, keep the glass the bowed 

 side up. Tliere is a theory that if the glass is reversed 

 the water will iim down the center of the glass instead 

 of running down along the bar. This does not w^ork 

 however, for the water will iiol run over the laps, but 

 will condense tliere until there is enough to push it to 

 the bar, ami it will then run down alongside of the bare, 

 no matter which way the glass is lunie.l. In a recent 

 hailstonn the nunilier of lights broken in a hou.se glazed 

 li(jwed side down was nearly twice as large as the break- 

 age ill the house glazed properly. There is always a lit- 

 tle sjiring or give to a glass when jjlaccd bowed side up, 

 whereas if placed the other way it breaks with the least 

 pressure. I'.-^e good rust-proof zinc points, not the three- 

 corned things used in glazing house windows. l)ut the 

 siiecial iireenhouse brads, for sale by greenhouse builders. 

 Avoid getting ])aint on your hand.<. Ijcad is poi.<onous 

 and the hands sboiihl always be kept clean. There is 

 no excuse for having more paint on your p(>rson than 

 on the greenhouse. ^Aien doing ((uisiderable i)ainting 

 should be especially careful, as no ill effects are felt un- 

 til the svstem is saturated with lead, and then the per- 

 son will collapse all of a sudden. I'ut the i)aint where it 

 should be ])ut, and do not waste il by letting it fly all 

 over. 



it was created will necessarily be t|uiie a dilferent matter 

 from that of merely making ready for a temporary dis- 

 play to be dismantled at the eml of the seascm. If this 

 attractive propositicni is to be incor|)orated as one of 

 the Society's accepted functions and properly carried 

 out then the necessity for seli'cting the Convention City 

 two year* in advance instead of. as heretofore, one year 

 ahead becomes ob\ ions. \\'e are pleased to see tijat. 



I'resident Welch ha> altaebed so great importance to 

 this question in bis aildress. The selection of a Con- 

 vention location will certainly have to Ik- d(Uie with 

 much more deliberation and careful investigiition than 

 it has been under the liit-or-miss cu.stom in vogue for 

 the past few yeais if the installing of a permanent out- 

 door garden is to become : 

 Convention. 



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