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hardy roses, either north or south, I 

 would recommend in preference a hotbed 

 and the summer months for the work. 

 All that is required is a good deep frame 

 facing north, plenty of stable manure, 

 good sash and movable shade. Fill the 

 frame with manure almost up to the 

 glass and tread it thoroughly; cover with 

 three inches of clean coarse sand; when 

 the bottom heat registers 90° with a 

 tendency 7 downward put in cuttings, 

 water thoroughly the first time, after- 

 wards sprinkle and water as often as may 

 be needed to preserve the foliage crisp and 

 fresh. Keep frame close until roots begin 

 to form; a little air morning and evening 

 to carry oft' excessive moisture will be 

 sufficient. Shade whenever sun shines, 

 but at other times give full benefit of the 

 light. Cotton cloth stretched on a frame 

 gives about the right amount of shade 

 and if it is suspended some distance from 

 the glass so as to allow a circulation of 

 air between the two, it will help materi- 

 ally in keeping down the temperature. 

 With good cuttings from fairly well 

 matured wood and good attention, a 

 frame of this kind will root from eighty 

 to one hundred per cent., according to 

 variety. After potting, the plants should 

 have the same treatment as regards shade, 

 light and air tor a tew days as recom- 

 mended for the cuttings. 



Robt. Simpson. 



Ed. 



CnlGKWbfcDoN LAWNS. 

 Gardening: — In reply to "Sub- 



scriber," who, in the May 1 issue, asks 

 for information as to the treatment of 

 lawns infested with chickweed, I would 

 suggest that the grass be cut less 

 severely. Where grass is kept very closely 

 cut this weed and dandelion become too 

 numerous, and the closer the grass is cut 

 the more the weeds are favored. Let the 

 grass grow six weeks in the spring before 

 cutting;; do not cut it within an inch and 

 a half of the soil at any time; in the fall 

 let it grow quite long and remain in this 

 sta*e over winter; make the first cutting 

 in April, but do not use the lawn mower 

 before May 15 and put it awav again 

 September!. C.'B. W. 



PROTECTING ROSES. 



Our friend, W. C. Egan, asks in a late 

 number of Gardening for the experience 

 of others in protecting the Empress of 

 China rose. I should say that if I have 

 the rose tree, as furnished by a Chicago 

 nurseryman, it is not worth protecting. 

 But for the protection of all my roses I 

 now tie the branches as closely as possi- 

 ble and lay them down on the ground. I 

 then nail two boards together in a trough 

 form and place the contrivance over them, 

 with a foot of coarse manure over all. 

 All treated thus have come out finely. 

 Those covered with manure and litter 

 without the boards are about dead. 



Wisconsin. F. W. Woodwakd. 



CONNECTICUT FOMOLOOlCflL SOCIETY. 



The first field meeting of the Connecti- 

 cut Pomological Society for the season of 

 1898 will be held at South Glastonbury 

 on the farm of the society's president, 

 Mr. J. H. Hale, in the height of the straw- 

 berry season, about the 20th of June. 

 The big Maximus strawberry and many 

 other new varieties fruiting in the test 

 plot, alongside of many standard varie- 

 ties, under special methods of culture, 

 will be the leading feature of interest, 

 although the large fields of berries, chest- 

 nut orchards, Japanese plum orchards, 

 and the great peach orchards, of which 



GARDENING. 



there arc more than 200 acres of culti- 

 vated fields on President Hale's home 

 farm, will help to furnish the day's 

 instruction. 



Kindred societies are invited to send 

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 of the Connecticut society and lovers of 

 horticulture everywhere are invited to 

 this June meeting, exact date of which, 

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