FALL PLANTING OF ROSES 



FALL planting of perennials and some 

 of the shrubs is becoming more 

 common every season. Many of the most 

 successful amateur horticulturists report 

 less loss from fall than from spring plant- 

 ing. 



" I prefer to set out my roses between Oc- 

 tober 20 and November 10," remarkeu Mr. 

 H. Spencer Case, of Hamilton, who always 

 has a fine collection of plants. This leaves 

 them plenty of time to become established 

 before the ground is frozen up, and when 

 spring opens the roots and canes are ^ull of 

 sap. The result is I get a good crop of 

 bloom the first season. 



" If put out in the spring there is a heavy 

 strain on the bush for two or three weeks, 

 and it does not make good growth. I have 

 tried planting both seasons and had a lower 

 percentage of dead bushes and more perfect 

 bloom from the planting done in the fall. 



" I always protect my roses with a straw 

 mulch." continued Mr. Case. " In Sep- 

 tember or October I give a light pruning, 

 cutting ofif about one-third of the cane to 

 give a finer appearance and make the wood 

 ripen better. Then before w-inter has set 

 in, straw is put around them to a depth of 

 about six inches. Some of the tenderer 



specimens receive extra protection oy hav- 

 ing the straw laid up around them. 



" I have tea roses, hybrid teas, hybrid 

 perpetuals and such tender varieties. They 



are all kept out- 

 side the year 

 through and I 

 do not lose two 

 bushes a year." 



Now and again 

 some enthusias- 

 tic lover of 

 shrubs washes to 

 grow some ten- 

 der specimens. In 

 this case special 

 means of protec- 

 tion must be re- 

 Ready for Winter sorted to. Some- 

 times the bushes are laid down and covered ; 

 other gardeners wrap them with long straw ; 

 while others put empty barrels over them 

 and fill in around the shrubs with dry leaves 

 or straw. The accompanying illustration 

 shows a tender specimen protected by leaves 

 held around it by a rack. This method en- 

 tails considerable work, but is successful if 

 done after the wood is ripened and before 

 heavy frosts come. 



Potting Soil 



WM. HUNT, O. A. C, GUELPH. 



''T^HIS is a good time of the year to make 

 X a pile of potting compost. Sod, 

 about four inches in thickness cut from a 

 pasture field or by the roadside where the 

 soil is of a loamy nature, makes the best 

 basis for a good potting soil for plants. 

 Avoid taking the sod where couch or spear 

 grass is growing. Stack two layers of the 

 sod with the grass side downward, cover 

 this with a layer of cow manure or well rot- 

 ted stable manure to a depth of five or six 

 inches. 



Continue successive layers of these ma- 

 terials until the pile is large enough. Make 

 the pile in the open not under cover. Cover 

 the pile w-ith some brushwood to keep oflf 

 chickens and animals. It will be ready for 

 use next May or perhaps earlier. 



If a man goes into tomato growing on a 

 large scale there is more money in growing 

 them for the canning factory than for any 

 other market. — (W. A. Best, Picton, Ont. 



I depend on thorough cultivation, heavy 

 pruning and plenty of fertilizer to give me 

 returns.— (J. M. Metcalf, Grimsby, Ont. 



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