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for black spot (if a wet season) or dilute Bordeaux mixture every 

 three weeks, until the twentieth of August, if appearance of foliage 

 indicates fungoid troubles such as mildew, black spot, yellow leaf, 

 etc., all depending on the season. 



July 2Oth Have mulch on hybrid teas and teas by this 

 date at the very latest. Earlier, if season be hot and dry. 



August soth Second bloom of hybrid teas and teas 

 begins, lasting until hard frost. Apply liquid manure as buds 

 begin to form. 



September i$th Sparse second bloom, never plentiful, of 

 hybrid perpetuals begins. 



October i$th Prepare new beds for next spring planting. 

 Remove from old beds any of the mulch that cannot be forked in. 



November iyh Commence placing manure protection around 

 roots; tenderest roses first. After a nip or two of sharp frost, 

 cover up tender roses for the winter. Increase depth of protection 

 for other roses. Hybrid tea buds, if covered before hard frost 

 with little paper bags, such as are placed over bunches of grapes, 

 will unfold lovely roses for the Thanksgiving dinner-table. 



ROSES FOR ALL PURPOSES 



NOTE. The following selection embraces the most reliable kinds 

 and the greatest range of colour for the region of New York, and is based 

 on a close study of the best collections. The amateur who wants the 

 smallest number of varieties to give a comprehensive survey of the 

 rose family will find those marked (*) to include the best repre- 

 sentatives of all the types and colours, and covering the longest 

 season of bloom. They would form a perfect skeleton, as it were, for 

 a representative rose garden, giving flowers from May to November, 

 in diverse types. 



The classes are indicated in parentheses after the name, thus: 

 (7 1 .), tea; (H.P.), hybrid perpetual; (H. T.\ hybrid tea, a blending of 

 the T. and H. A; (Po/.), Rosa polyantha of gardens, not of botanists; 

 (Hyb. Wich.), a hybrid of which R. Wichuraiana is one parent, etc. 



