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GARDENING. 



Dec. 



with a few exceptions they will commence 

 to grow from the root and in a few weeks 

 make nice plants. 



In planting roses we merely shorten the 

 long shoots so that the wind won't break 

 them, or by swaying back and forth, 



repeating it two or three times, will soon 

 put an end to the flies for a time at least. 

 We have tried other remedies but object 

 to most on the ground of their discolor- 

 ing the foliage, and the water applied 

 with force will answer even' purpose. 



manure. Then when our hot summer 

 comes we give all our roses a good mulch 

 of strawy manure and plenty of water 

 when they need it, and by so doing we 

 get plenty of fine flowers. 



ROSES FOR RUSTIC WORK. 



Two fine roses for covering rustic 

 work, tree stumps, or for scrambling 

 over trees in the wild garden are Bennett's 

 seedling and Dundee Rambler. They are 

 strong growers and bear thousands of 

 small or medium flowers. Bennett's Seed- 

 ling is a pure white double rose and a 

 striking object when in flower. Dundee 

 Rambler is also white and very fine. All 

 of the Prairie roses lend themselves nicely 

 to this mode of growth and look very 

 well indeed. Another fine rose for cover- 

 ing fences, etc., is Empress of China, a 

 beautiful rose, the color is similar to the 

 old rose which is a favorite with every 

 one, the Monthly China, which is found 

 in almost every poor man's garden. 



Peter Bissett. 



Twin Oaks, Washington, D C. 



NEW WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUM WESTERN KING 



CLIMBING ROSES AND CLEMATIS IN COM- 

 BINATION. 

 In England the more slender growing, 

 large-flowered clematis are often planted 

 in conjunction with climbing roses. As a 

 rule the rose blooms but once during a 

 season, and at a period earlier than the 

 summer flowering clematis expands their 

 flowers in profusion. Unless the clematis 

 used be too vigorous the growth is not so 

 dense as to materially interfere with the 

 vigor of the rose, although it maybe well 

 to thin out or cut back the clematis some- 

 what towards the fall, in order to allow 

 the full ripening of the new growth of the 



loosen the soil about the neck of the 

 plants. 



pruning. 



We do our pruning in March. It is not 

 safe to prune much before that time, as 

 sometimes in February we have very 

 warm weather, which starts the buds 

 into growth, and then in March we may 

 get several degrees of frost which kills 

 back all young growth. If we have not 

 pruned, the young growth will start from 

 the tips of the shoots that would have 

 been pruned back a little later, so that we 

 lose nothing by the freeze; but on the 

 other hand if they have been pruned in 

 earlv February the hot weather pushes 

 the buds, and the frost kills back to the 

 old wood and the very shoots we had to 

 depend on for our flowers got killed. As 

 soon as flowering is over we shorten back 

 all long shoots, and this must not be de- 

 layed too long, for if not done before our 

 hot summer strikes us the plants will 

 make a poor mildewy unripe growth. 

 When the leaves drop in the fall we go 

 over and shorten back all long shoots so 

 that the wind won't break them or loosen 

 the plants at the collar. 



Tree or standard roses are not worth 

 the room they occupy, but if one wants a 

 standard that will flower, allow one of 

 the strong shoots that come from the 

 ground to grow as long as it will, which 

 will probably be 4, 5 or 6 feet. In the 

 spring cut it back to the desired height, 

 and von will have a standard rose that 

 •won't look unsightly, and from which you 

 will be likely to cut some nice flowers. If 

 you so desire, in treating roses in this 

 way a young shoot should be trained 

 from the ground to take the place of the 

 old one the following year as it is not de- 

 sirable to keep the old one over after it 

 has once flowered. 



For green fly we simply give the 

 bushes a good hosing with pure water, 



NEW WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUM MRS. MARTIN A. RYERSON. 



For black spot we use 4 ounces copper 

 sulphate to one gallon hot water, allow 

 this to cool and then add 4 ounces of am- 

 monia. This is sufficient for 5 gallons of 

 water. It must be mixed in a wooden 

 pail, or some earthenware vessel. Syringe 

 the bushes once a week, trying to wet 

 every leaf for this will check the disease, 

 though it will not quite cure the plants of 

 it. During the growing season we use 

 liquid manure quite freely, and every 

 spring give a generous dressing of cow 



rose, that it may endure the trials of win- 

 ter more readily. 



I have grown a "pyramid" of roses. 

 In the center of a round bed six feet in 

 diameter, was placed an oak post stand- 

 ing seven feet out of theground and three 

 in. On the top of this post was a disk of 

 wood two inches larger in diameter than 

 the top of the post. Eight holes were 

 bored, in a circle, through that portion of 

 the board that extends beyond the space 

 occupied by the top of the post. Four 



