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Roses, but unless one has a conservatory or an especially 

 favored location in the house, the results do not pay for the 

 trouble. A few blooms may be had outdoors with plants set 

 in the spring, but on the approach of winter they must be 

 taken up and protected by more secure means than is taken 

 with other Eoses. If potted and grown in the house, they 

 are the first plants to become infested with red spider; or if 

 grown cool enough to escape that pest, they will be subject 

 to an attack of mildew. Still, the results are well worth 

 striving for, and a few persons will find the proper 

 conditions ; but the Tea Rose is essentially a florist's 

 flower. 



All Roses are heavy feeders and require rich, moist 

 soil. A clay soil, if well enriched and having perfect 

 drainage, is ideal. Pruning should be carefully done, 

 preferably in the spring. All weak growth should be 

 cut out and the balance well cut back. The flowers 

 of all Roses, except the Yellow Persian and the 

 Harrison's Yellow, being borne on the new wood, the bushes 

 should be cut back half or more of their growth. 



In the majority of cases, Roses on their own roots will 

 prove more satisfactory than budded stock. On own-rooted 

 stock, the suckers or shoots from below the surface of the 

 soil will be of the same kind, whereas with budded Roses 

 there is danger of the stock (usually Manetti or Dog Rose) 

 starting into growth and, not being discovered, outgrowing 

 the bud, taking possession, and finally killing out the weaker 

 growth. Still, if the plants are set deep enough to prevent 

 adventitious buds of the stock from starting, there is no 

 question that finer Roses may be grown than from plants 

 on their own roots. 



The summer insects that trouble the Rose are best 

 treated by a forceful spray of clear water. This should be 

 done early in the day and again at evening. Those having 

 city water or good spray pumps will find this an easy 

 method of keeping Rose pests in check. Those without 



