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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Roses as Grown in the Garden of Mr. W. G. Black, of Ottawa 



the first hard frost conies. When trim- 

 med in this way the tip always dies back 

 about four to six inches. Tea roses have 

 withstood the temperatures of mild win- 

 ters without any protection, and have 

 come out in the spring in good condi- 

 tion. These and the ramblers require 

 pruning only to give shapely appear- 

 ance. The ramblers, as a rule, cease to 

 give number one bloom after two years, 

 but it is such a strong grower that plenty 

 of new wood comes each year to allow 

 the old wood to be cut out. In this way 

 the best of the new wood can be left each 

 season . 



' ' With the tea roses a vigorous growth 

 of wood and foliage cannot be produced 

 without causing an abundance of bloom. 

 For this reason the plants belonging to 

 this class require an enormous amount 

 of fertilizers. In some of my beds I 

 have made a small trench around each 

 bush, and applied about a pint of liquid 

 manure each day. If well fed in this 

 way both the quality and the color of 

 the bloom are much improved. 



"For protecting tea roses the bushes 

 should be set 12 to 14 inches apart. In 

 the fall the beds should be boarded 

 around with boards about 12 inches 



wide. Straw should be put in around 

 the plants and also over the top of slats 

 placed over the top to prevent the snow 

 from weighing down too heavily on the 

 roses. itThe slats also keep the straw 

 from ■ being packed down tightly. I 

 usually fill in the straw even with the 

 lop of the boards. All "of the best 

 blofjmers suitable for garden culture 

 will stand the average Canadian winter 

 with such protection. This mulch should 

 be removed in the spring after the heavy 

 frosts are over. I usually take the cov 

 ering off about the time garden opera- 

 tions commence. It is not wise to un 

 cover the bushes too early." 



ROSE ENEMIES 



' ' Roses," continued Mr. Tillson, huvi 

 some insect enemies that are verj' difh 

 cult to fight. The rose chaffer and th( 

 aphis, or green fly, are very troublesome 

 every season. In my garden I have no 

 trouble with fungous diseases. For the 

 chaffer nothing but hand picking is 

 effective. They attack only the bios 

 som, and would spoil a bloom before a 

 poison had taken effect, even if the 

 strongest poison were used in great 

 quantities. I frequently have picked a 

 pint or more of these pests at noon, and 

 by six o'clock as many more had ap 

 peared on the bushes. They do not 

 bother roses that are not fragrant. Thi 

 more perfume a rose gives the more 

 serious is the trouble from these pests. 

 I have never seen these insects on the 

 rambler roses. The aphis can be suc- 

 cessfully combatted with kerosene emul- 

 sion or with tobacco water." 



Horticultural Societies and tKe Children 



HORTICULTURAL societies can 

 make their efforts count for much 

 in beautifying the town or city 

 home surroundings, but for engendering a 

 love for plants and flowers no more v-alu- 

 able step can be taken than to distribute 

 seeds and plants among the school 

 children. Several societies in Ontario 

 have done this during recent years, and 

 many purpose doing so for 1906. 

 Through the children the parents and 

 friends are interested. Pleasure given 

 the child, gives pleasure to the parent; 

 and although it may appear that the 

 labor and trouble along these lines with 

 young people may not be resulting in as 

 much good as we think they should, in 

 the majority of cases it is time well 

 spent for the society as well as for the 

 children. 



Some of the best ways of accomplish- 

 ing this work have been outlined for 

 The Horticulturist by Mr. Wm. 

 Hunt, of the Ontario Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Guelpli, who has started and helped 

 many horticultural societies in this work. 

 ' First of all try to interest the govern- • 



ing bodies of the city, town or munici- 

 pality and school boards in the work," 

 writes Mr. Hunt. "Above all, get the 

 school teachers interested. I have never 

 yet seen a failure in an}- class or school 

 where the teacher or teachers were in- 

 terested. No better medium for this 

 purpose can be found than by a few 

 enthusiastic and tactical members of 

 horticultural societies getting in touch 

 with the teachers and securing them as 

 members of the local society. This 

 done, the remaining work is compara- 

 tively easy as they will cooperate with 

 the members of the society and bring 

 all their persuasive influence to bear on 

 the members of the school board so as 

 to get united and interested action. 



"With the introduction of nature 

 study, school gardening, etc., in the 

 curriculum of our schools as at present 

 decided, by the way, an introduction 

 that should have the endorsation of 

 every true Canadian who has the truest 

 and best future interests of our grand 

 country at heart — it should be no dif- 

 ficult matter to interest school boards 



and school teachers in this work. While 

 lecturing to classes of school teachers 

 from all parts of the Dominion, who are 

 taking a course in nature study, school- 

 gardening, etc., on the culture of plants 

 and flowers, I have been more than de- 

 lighted at the close interest shown in 

 the lectures' and in the practical demon- 

 strations. Those who wish to begin in 

 this good work, should confine them 

 selves at first to something simple and 

 easy of whatever form it may take, so 

 that the young plant grower can attain 

 some degree of success at the first at- 

 tempt. 'Nothing succeeds like success,' 

 and b}' giving the young people some-#j 

 thing to do that they can succeed with,*' 

 it will encourage and stimulate them to 

 attempt still greater achievements, 

 whilst on the other hand the attempting 

 of anything too elaborate might end 

 only in disappointment, failure, and 

 perhaps disheartenment. 



"Another point is to endeavor to 

 issue with the seeds, plants, etc., dis 

 tributed, a printed bulletin or paper, 

 giving implicit and detailed instructions 



