THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



spoonfuls of dry, pulverized hen manure. 

 Fill the pot nearly full of soil com- 

 posed of good garden loam, mixed with 

 about one fourth its bulk of old stable 

 manure, preferably from a stable where 

 cows are kept. Place the plants in the 

 pots with the roots spread out, cover 

 with soil, and press the whole down 

 firmly, adding soil and firming down, 

 particularly around the stems, until the 

 pot is full. Water and keep in a cool, 

 shady place for a few days. Then se- 

 lect some sheltered spot in the garden, 

 and plunge the pots a few inches below 

 the surface. After they are well estab- 

 lished, keep the soil above the pots 

 lightly stirred, and water sparingly 

 throughout the summer, not neglecting 

 to frequently sprinkle the foliage. 



Keep a sharp lookout for insects, and 

 if hand-picking, and sprinkling with 

 clear water will not keep them off, try 

 some insecticide. A spoonful of pow- 

 dered white hellebore stirred into a pail 

 of water, and applied to both the upper 

 and under sides of the foliage, will usu- 

 ally do the business. An ordinary 

 whisk broom, if you do not have a 

 crooked-neck sprinkler, will enable you 

 to spray the under side of the leaves. 

 This is really the most important part 

 to reach, as there is where the bugs and 

 worms congregate. Watch closely for 

 buds, and keep them all picked off. 

 On the approach of frosty nights, lift 

 the pots and remove as much of the 

 soil from them as possible without dis- 

 turbing the roots, and replace with very 

 rich soil. Give the outsides of the pots 

 a thorough scrubbing, not a mere wash- 

 ing, but a scrubbing with a brush. Take 

 the plants to a warm, sunny room, water 

 freely, and look for blossoms. As soon 

 as each bloom shows any sign of fading, 

 cut it off with all the stalk on which it 

 grew, excepting two or three eyes. This 

 pruning will encourage new growth, and 

 that means more blossoms. After the 



plants are done blooming, cut them 

 back from one to two-thirds, and put 

 them in a cool cellar to rest for a few 

 months. When it again becomes warm 

 enough to plant the roses out, they can 

 be transplanted to larger pots, and 

 again plunged in the garden, where 

 they will thrive and store up vitality 

 for another winter's flowering. 



While your roses are growing in the 

 house you will have to fight the red 

 spider, and your best weapon is clear 

 water. Keep, if possible, a dish of 

 water on the stove or radiator, and 

 every day fill bowls with boiling water 

 and set near your roses. Every other 

 day spray both lower and upper sides 

 of the foliage with tepid water. A 

 quart of water used as a preventive is 

 worth gallons of the same remedy used 

 as a cure. 



The following list of roses, with a 

 short description of each, makes a good 

 collection for the window : Enchantress 

 — creamy white, with buff tinted centre; 

 free bloomer and thrifty. Perle des 

 Jardins — a free blooming, lovely, yellow 

 rose, second only to Marechal Niel in 

 popularity. The Bride — a pure white, 

 delicately scented rose ; a free bloomer, 

 with lovely buds. Papa Gontier — a 

 remarkably free blooming, strong and 

 rapid growing rose, of an intense shade 

 of rich crimson. Belle Siebrecht — in 

 color, a deep, rich pink ; commences 

 to bloom when very small ; fine in both 

 bud and flower Sunset — free bloom- 

 ing, strong and robust in growth, with 

 large and elegantly formed flowers and 

 buds ; in color it is a rich golden amber, 

 or old gold, elegantly shaded with dark,, 

 ruddy crimson, resembling the beauti- 

 ful tints seen in a summer sunset. Ni- 

 phetos — the loveliest of all white roses 

 for winter blooming ; lovely, long point- 

 ed, snow-white buds ; one of the freest 

 blooming roses in cultivation. — Am. 

 Agriculturist. 



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