OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



also feed the roots from the surface. Wood ashes 

 and bone meal may be alternately forked into the 

 bed after growth has begun. Another good food is 

 liquid manure water in the proportion of half a 

 bushel of manure to a barrel of water "weak and 

 often" is the old gardener's recipe. 



Blood diluted with water is sometimes used. Mr. 

 Frederick W. Taylor uses this alternately with 

 manure water; his recipe is five pounds of blood to 

 a barrel of water. After mixing, permit the blood to 

 settle, then draw off the greater part of the water; 

 use the same blood in the same manner twice again, 

 five pounds making three mixtures. 



In April or May the shoots should begin to grow, 

 and very shortly the buds themselves will appear 

 and gradually turn into blooms. On certain varie- 

 ties, too few unfortunately, there is only one ter- 

 minal bud on each growth; on a great many you will 

 find small buds appearing close to the larger ones; 

 these should be gone over and carefully removed if 

 you wish the finest blooms, as naturally they take 

 a certain amount of sustenance, and the main bloom 

 will develop better and will be of finer quality if it 

 receives all the nourishment. It does not take very 

 long to go over your plants and disbud all these 

 smaller flower buds, and unless you wish nothing 

 but a mass of color in your beds our advice is to 



