ROSES. 



Seasonable Sugg-estions. 



OSES in the garden will in all probability be attacked by the Thrip as 

 soon as the foliage appears. Spraying with Paris Green will be 

 found an effectual remedy, a small quantity of soft soap, or even 

 common soap, added, will make the remedy more effective. Care 

 should be taken to burn all the wood pruned out of the Roses, as 

 that is w^here the Thrip winters in the larvte state, and as many of 

 the Roses are alive to the tips, or nearly so, this spring, a large 

 number of the little pest will probably be found at work. 



Examine all budded Roses and remove all suckers that may have been 

 overlooked last summer, this is of very great importance, as the suckers if 

 allowed to remain, invariably destroy the Rose bush. In pruning, the strong 

 growing varieties should not be cut back as closely as those of a medium or 

 weakly growth, for instance, if a strong vigorous bush of John Hopper were 

 pruned as closely as Louis Von Houtte, the great probability is that John would 

 produce elegant canes but little bloom. Some objections may be taken to this 

 plan, but as a set-off, there is a certainty of great numbers of Roses. 



The old question of budded or own root Roses, comes up fresh as ever 

 every spring, and there is doubtless something to be said for and against either. 

 Roses budded on the Manetti stock will succeed in a greater variety of soils 

 than roses on their own roots, and some roses, such as La France, will attain a 

 good size budded on a strong stock, while on their own roots they have some- 

 times a struggle for existence for the first year or two. The only objection to 

 the budded Roses is that they are liable to throw up suckers from the stock, 

 which if left to grow will in!ure the Roses. 



The "nice black mould from the woods," is the source of many a total fail- 

 ure among Rose amateurs, it is doubtless desirable for some plants but Roses 

 will have none of it, a stiff clay suits them much better. . 



Reference was made on page 137 to the comparative merits of Gloire dc 

 Dijon, and William Allen Richardson. The writers experience has been, that 

 while the old Gloire de Dijon is hardy enough to survive our winters with slight 

 protection, and is a strong grower and an abundant bloomer. W. A. Richardson 

 was, when grown under similar circumstances, a free grower, but an unusually 

 shy bloomer ; what few blooms were produced, were however very fine. 



A very good plan for growing the strong-growing varieties, is to plant a num 

 ber of them together and, instead of shortening back the canes, simply to thin out 

 weak shoots, and to carefully bend down the canes, securing the tips to the 

 ground by means of pegs or otherwise ; this will cause the eyes along the entire 

 length of the canes to send forth shoots and l)l()<>iu, that would never have 

 started had the cane remained perpendicular, 



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