TKe Fall Care of Roses 



WINTER protection for roses is a 

 necessity in a climate that is 

 severe. The accompanying cuts 

 ilUistrate how it is done b\- Mr. W. G. 



A Little Work Will Protect Them 



Black, of Ottawa. In his own words the 

 operation is described as follows: 



'It is said that an ounce of illustra- 

 tion is worth a pound of talk. Adopt- 



Ready for the Cover 



ing that idea, I have made some rough 

 pencil illustrations of the various stages 

 in the work of protecting roses as prac- 



tised by myself for five or six years with 

 satisfactory results. Roses put away in 

 this shape can be taken out in spring 

 with canes as plump, green and fresh as 

 the day they were put down. The ex- 

 perimental farm at Ottawa recently 

 adopted the same system of keeping 

 roses and with similar results. 



"The teaching of the illustrations is 

 as follows: No. lb represents six roses 

 planted in a row of 1 2 feet long. In cut 

 No. la there are three boards and two 

 pieces for ends to make a box, some 

 small sticks to hold the roses down and 

 some dty leaves. No. 2 shows the two 



The Material 



sides of the box with ends nailed on 

 around the six roses. No. 3 shows the 

 roses bent down, and held there by 

 the Httle braces that are held in place 

 by nails driven through from the outside 

 and the box filled up with dry leaves. 

 In No. 4 the cover is on ready for the 

 severest kind of a winter. 



"Before the cover is put on it is best 



to dust a little powdered sulphur aii' 

 red pepper, mixed together, into th' 

 box. The powdered sulphur prevent 

 mildew, and the red pepper prevent 



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The First Step 



mice from harboring in the box or among' 

 the leaves during the winter. It is 

 hoped that these illustrations will con- 



The Job Done 



vey to the amateur rose grower a method 

 of winter protection for_the finest flower 

 that grows." 



TKe Driveway 



RURAL grounds in Ontario are too 

 often neglected — a place should 

 mean something. The fall is the 

 ideal time to begin a plan of improve- 



ment. The home ground should be 

 home-Hke, retired, cozy. 



Think of your driveway this Novem- 

 ber and its effect from the house and 



from the road. Have you a border 

 planting of trees for foUage effects? 

 Have you against these, long flower beds 

 for decorations? Study the beautifying 

 results obtained with shrubs of long and 

 lovely lives that are native to the soil 

 and quite as satisfactory as any foreign 

 bush. The cut shows a driveway laid 

 out in 1897, on the beautiful grounds of 

 Mr. A. K. Goodman, of Cayuga, Ont. 



Prune Raspberries by cutting out 

 all old canes that have fruited, and 

 small or weak canes of the present 

 season's growth. These are burnt so as 

 to destroy any insects or disease that 

 may be lurking there. Early in the 

 spring we go over the rows with the 

 hedge shears cutting back the fruiting 

 canes, removing six to 10 inches of the 

 tips. In that way stronger laterals or 

 branches will be thrown out, and the 

 fruit will be of better quality. This 

 method of growing raspberries is termed 

 the hedge-row system.— A. E. Sherring- 

 ton, Walkerton, Ont. 



Driveways are Important Factors in the Landscape 



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Have any readers of The Horticxxl- 

 TURIST had any experience in growing 

 apricots? If so, kindly gjive best vari- 

 eties, best kind of soil, how to plant, and 

 general cultural directions. 



