November, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



257 



A Climbliig Rose Bash CoTcred 



graft or bud. The soil can be taken from 

 a foot from and around the rose bush 

 and banked eight or ten inches in width 

 and height around the bottom of the 

 bush, making a sharp, conical shaped 

 mound so as to pitch off the moisture 

 as much as possible. 



About the middle of December a mulch 

 of a few inches of partly rotted barnyard 

 manure may be placed around the bush 

 on top of the earth covering. This 

 mulch can be dug in among the bushes 

 in spring for a fertilizer. Remove the 

 covering by degrees about end of March 

 or early in April. All roses should be 

 pruned in early spring, just as growth 

 buds are starting. Fall pruning is not 

 desirable. 



Hybrid tea and tea roses are more ten- 



A Rose Bash 



Banked and covered for.lhe Winter. 



with Strawj Mtnnre for the Winter 



der than the hybrid perpetual species. In 

 addition to the covering recommended 

 for the last named, the growth of these 

 should be tied together to a stout stake 

 in a pyramidal form and the top thatched 

 with long straw an inch or two in thick- 

 ness, starting from the bottom so that 

 if several layers of straw are used the 

 top layer will overlap the lower layer, 

 so as to pitch off all moisture. The ma- 

 terial should not be tied on too tightly. 

 Two or three layers of the Chinese tea 

 matting that is used for covering tea 

 chests when imported, makes a good 

 covering for roses and tender shrubs in 

 winter. Remove the covering in the 

 spring as mentioned for climbing roses. 



Covering roses with earth entirely is 

 not advisable as the canes are apt to rot 

 and mildew if the weather is at all broken 

 during the winter. Put a good covering 

 of snow over the roses during the winter 

 if possible. It is one of the best plant 

 protectors there is but it is unreliable in 

 late winter and early spring when pro- 

 tection is most needed, when alternate 

 freezing and thawing is most trying to 

 plant life. The late winter and early 

 spring season is when artificial covering 

 is of the most benefit. 



The hot sun on early spring days, with 

 perhaps twenty or thirty degrees of frost 

 at night, are the most trying conditions 

 for tender plant life. Keep the covering 

 on roses and plants until the weather be- 

 comes warm and .settled, in fact, until 

 the growth buds are beginning to show 

 signs of spring life, about the first week 

 in April. 



Tender shrubs can be protected in the 

 same way as recommended for hybrid 

 tea and tea roses. A few dry leaves 

 placed around tender roses early in the 

 winter and an empty sugar barrel in- 

 verted over them is a good protection. 

 Holes should he bored in the side of the 

 barrel to admit air, but the bottom of 



the barrel, or the top now it is inverted, 

 should be left sound and intact to ex- 

 clude moisture. Barrels are unsightly, 

 however, as plant protectors. A cover- 

 ing of pine boughs will often be sufficient 

 protection and is not unsightly looking 

 if neatly tied around the plants. 



Success With Bulbs 



Thomas Jackion, M.A.C., Wionipeg 



When bulbs are to be grown in pots 

 for winter blooming in the house, the 

 bulbs should be potted as soon as they 

 can be secured, which is usually some- 

 time between August and November. 

 The best potting compost is composed of 

 fibrous loam and well rotted manure in 

 about equal parts, mixed with some 

 coarse sand. 



Place a piece of hollow crock in the 

 bottom of the flower pot and cover with 

 a little coarse fibre and manure. The 

 pots should be filled lightly and the bulb 

 pressed into the soil so that its base is 

 firmly fixed. About one-third of the bulb 

 should remain above the soil. When this 

 compost cannot be obtained, good open 

 garden soil may be used. 



The more slowly hyacinths are forced 

 the finer and more lasting will be the 

 bloom. Single hyacinths are handsome 

 and force better than the double forms, 

 although a few of the latter may be re- 

 commended for general use. After the 

 potting is done give the bulb a good 

 watering, then place them in the basement 

 or in any other place where the tempera- 

 ture is fairly low, about 40 degrees. 

 Cover them with about six inches of 

 sand or ashes, sand being preferred. 

 Leave them under the sand about eight 

 or ten weeks, when all being well they 



A Hybrid Tea Rose 



Tied und thatched witli straw tor the Winter. 



