ROSE 



1575 



able, since it is not as hardj as the Jlanetti and is still 

 more likeh to throw up sutkers troiu the roots, m 

 which respect the Manetti is bad enough. Ho^a etniuia 

 (Dog Eose) and J?osn pnh/aiithn aie largely used m 

 Europe as stocks upon whith to giaft Roses. They 

 hare never been largel\ used in this i,.uiiti\ , the Ma- 



spuij^' II I I the following 



suiimier u .ill 111 1 ti,i part of June or 

 tarhpat.t I il\ wli i m r the stocks are "^ 

 in such . • n liii II tl I 111. haik peels read '^ 



iluring that season but the spring folio 



mg the top of the stock is cut off lust abo 



the bud, and it is allowed to grow. With a 



good season, the buds usuallj make suffi -^ jj I 



cient glow th to be salable the following / i - - 



fall. The ton .,'oing is written solelj m 



connection with the outdoor growing of 



Roses. Exctpt t.i pioMde good rich deep 



soil of friulN l.e.n\ qualit}, there ale n( 



cultuial diitcti.ms th.it the writer caies 



upon. 



Rose plants aie not often attacked b-s anj fun 

 gous disease. sa% e pdhaps mildew, whi. h occasional 

 makes its appearance conseqtient to sudden cli 

 changes, such as occur toward fall, when the 

 perature may be at 80-90° one day and 40-45° the 

 An application of Bordeau.\ mixture is of value in 

 checking mildew. 



The en-at.-r i.rop..rti..ii ..f R..ses handled by the 

 unilersi;.nie.l are pi-.'i. :..;;. t.. I from cuttings, and 

 fluently are mi tli.'ir "w.i ri...ts. In growing Roses in 

 this way, it is cusr...i.:tty t.. i:.k.> into the greenhouses 

 about the first of li. . .■.i.l.. i- II. .■ best and strongest 

 plants that are in sinrk; tl.. n .ut them back so as to 

 leave only two or tl.r. ■■ . \ . - ..im.. f.n-h shoot, pot them 



and place them in a 1 I. ...is,., w ht-re they are allowed 



to stand two or three weeks without a great deal of 

 heat. They soon begin to make roots; and when the 

 white roots show through the soil about the edge of the 

 pot, they are given a little more heat and brought on 

 more rapidly. They are then forced until just ready 

 to flower, and before the wood has become too hard 

 the plants are cut back and the severed wood made up 

 into one-eye cuttings, which are placed in propagating 

 beds of sand and given gentle bottom heat, where the\ 

 take root in the course of two to four weeks, accord 

 ing to variety and the condition of the wood. After 

 thoroughly rooted, they are potted into 2- or 2^2-inch 

 pots and grown on until late in the spring or early 

 summer, when it is safe to plant them out in the fields. 

 There they will remain two seasons, usually, and by 

 that time attain sufficient size to be dug and marketed. 

 Jackson & Pekkins Co. 



Eose Forcing. — There is no branch of floriculture in 

 this country that in anyway approaches Rose forcing in 

 importance, when commercial and private practice are 

 consi.lered. The large number of private greenhouses 

 er.'.t.Ml f,,i- III,, i-ultivation of the Rose by wealthy 

 p.'"|.I.- ill ilii- I. ...i.try within the last decade'cannot be 

 a.l. q.ii.t.ly . -t.iii.ited. But the great demand for choice 

 K.K.'s :...!i.i.i; ;.il flasses of buyers throughout the coun- 



greeuhouses specially erected for growing and forcing 

 Roses, and each vear sees some improvement in the 

 style of construction as well as in methods of cultiva- 

 tion. The ir. i.. r:.l i.i-mciples of Rose irn.w iii- :ire prac- 

 tically th. i.lM U , I li|. V « I I .1 iilv II. , I,. 



but the .li 1 I ill. 



term th. m i i II 



the metli...l ■ I -n. ■ ■ i i.i ul. i i i .. i t i i I m i. , . . \ 



We shall presume that a propagating house is to be 

 piepaied for bt.«t^ig the young stock. This is a green- 

 house m which a bottom heat of not less than 00° can be 

 maintained as long as the cuttings are in the sand dur- 

 ing the winter, the mean temperature of such a house 

 should be about 55 or 5b°. The style or position of the 

 house IS of no great consequence if the above tempera- 

 ture can be maintained. !?tart, then, by making a bench 

 having space for sand 2>2-J inches deep. Take a clean, 

 sharp, gritty sand, without any coarse stones in it, 

 spreail it evenly all over the bench, then beat it 

 ' L brick oi block erf wood until it is firm; water 

 1 a fine rosi wateung pot, and all will be ready 

 for the cuttings The best time to start prop- 

 agating tor the coming season's planting is 

 ihout the middle to end of January. Hav- 

 ing the above all ready, select 

 good, clean, healthy shoots of 2 

 or 3 ejes in length, preferably 

 those "just below where a bud 

 has been cut : cut the bottom 



,the 1 



.s.-h 



■a.-li 



operation, from the cutting to the full bearing pla 

 Types of forcing Roses are shown in Pigs. 2189 and 

 2190. 



leaf clean off close to the eye; make a clean cut diagon- 

 ally across the shoot just below the bottom eye. If the 

 leaves are large and heavy, remove the end or fifth leaf- 

 let. Then, with a lath abf.ut 2 inches wide laid straight 

 across the bench anil liel.l firm bv the left hand, and 

 with a thin knif.' in th.' right liui..l. ilraw a line about 

 IK inches dee], .ii tl..- sm.i.I; in this ].Iace the cutting, 

 pressing each .l.-w t. i.. thf l.-.ttnin ..t tlie opening, leav- 

 ing just enough r.M.iii L.twcu la.-ii .-utting so that the 

 leaves do not overlap each other. As soon as the row is 

 full, press the sand as firmly as possible around each 

 cutting; then give a good watering with a fine rose 

 watering pot. Repeat the same operation on each suc- 

 cessive row till the whole are put in. Shade from bright 

 sun and never allow the cutting to suffer for want of 

 water. If the weather should be at all warm, a light 

 syringing overhead daily will greatly benefit the cut- 

 tings; Ufver use vi-rv .-..ill wnter on f'hem, but water of 

 ali.i.it th. sal... ii iii|i I iiiiii I- tli:it .if the air. Treated 

 as .ilHi\ . . I'l, - Mil. nil . h rooted in about 



■;n .ln^, .iimI I li.iM iii.ide roots about 



' ■ m li'iig til' \ -Ij iiM Ih I tiliill\ lifted from the sand 

 with a fiat stick to av.n.l br.-,.kiiig th.-ir roots, and potted 

 in 2- or 2X-inch pots, using a good fresh soil with only 

 a little manure added, — not more than 1 part manure to 

 8 of soil. As fast as potted they should be placed in a 



