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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



Januabt 16, 1908. 



RICHMOND A THIRD YEAR. 



Kindly state as to whether or not you 

 would advise carrying Kichmond roses 

 over the third year. I allowed them to 

 dry off and in June moved them from a 

 raised bench to a solid bed with tile 

 drainage and they are looking fine. 

 Would you advise carrying Chatenay 

 over the second year? J. H. 



Bichmond roses are admirably suited 

 for carrying over, and can be carried 

 over successfully the third year. Last 

 fall I saw a house of Bichmond that was 

 planted when the rose was first dissem- 

 inated and they were really the best Bich- 

 mond I have seen. They were on solid 

 benches. Bibes. 



IMPOVERISHED PLANTS. 



I send a rose plant taken from a solid 

 bed where the plants have been grown 

 ten years. They have been cut down 

 and rested each summer, the top soil re- 

 moved and new soil applied. The old 

 plants give fine blooms each winter, but 

 there are sections in one bench where 

 they will not grow. We set 4-inch strong 

 plants there each year, which make a 

 fair start, then deteriorate. Why is this 

 thusf J. J. L. 



This failure of certain parts of the 

 bench to grow healthy stock indicates 

 that there is something wrong, or at any 

 rate a difference in the condition of that 

 part from the rest of the house. This 

 difference is evidently in the drainage, 

 or perhaps it may be in its proximity 

 to the radiators. 



The plants have certainly been suffer- 

 ing from want of water at the very base 

 of the roots. This has caused a stunted 

 growth, which is hard to get rid of. This 

 stunted growth has also been the cause 

 of eel worm getting a lodgment. This 

 parasite is present and may be blamed 

 as the cause, whereas it is only one of 

 the results of impoverishment. 



Stir up the soil between the lines and 

 give it a thorough soaking at least once 

 a week till bright weather comes. Keep 

 stirring, give plenty of water and ven- 

 tilation. Do not feed. Bibes. 



LATE PLANTED STOCK. 



I am sending you two rose plants, 

 which are samples of some of our stock. 

 The varieties are Bride and Maid. We 

 planted them in August in rotted sod 

 and one-fourth cow manure. They started 

 to grow and seemed to be in perfect 

 health, blooming the first time with 



large, fine flowers. After the first crop 

 the plants were attacked by mildew. The 

 leaves began to fall off. Sulphur fumes 

 did not seem to do any good. 



Some of the plants are coming out, 

 but the leaves are light green, on some 

 the small leaves withering after they 

 came out. A great many of the plants 

 are dead and are turning black on the 

 ends of the branches. What is wrong 

 and what can we do to benefit them? 

 We are thinking of putting in a new 

 stock of plants. J. Y. L. 



From a thorough examination of these 

 samples I am unable to find any trace 

 of disease. August planting is rarely a 

 success. The long, clear d&ys of June 

 and July are the days when ^oung plants 

 get established and make their best 

 growth. Usually when planting has been 

 deferred until August, the young stock 

 has suffered during the previous months 

 from being confined to pots during hot 

 weather and the plants are shy to begin" 



growing. The samples show a weak 

 growth and poor root action. 



By stirring the surface and treating 

 them carefully they can be brought into 

 good health, but by the time this is 

 effected the season will be nearly over; 

 that is, if the rest of the plants are as 

 weak as samples. Better get some good 

 grower to look them over. Bibes. 



NITRATE OF SODA. 



We have a bench of roses that were 

 given too much nitrate of soda, which 

 turned the leaves yellow "ami^ a great 

 many fell off. Will you please let us 

 know what to do to straighten them out 

 again? E. W. & Co. 



I have frequently pointed to the dan- 

 ger of, the inexperienced using chemical 

 fertilizers and have advised the use of 

 the product of the cow barn as being al- 

 most a perfect manure, and safe. Let 

 me again warn the inexperienced of the 

 danger tney run in using chemicals. 



More rose plants are injured by over- 

 feeding than the reverse, and where 

 liquid feeding is used the food is in an 

 assimilable state and the plants are lia- 

 ble to gorge themselves. Nitrate, being 

 quick in its action, should be applied 

 sparingly and should be well diluted for 

 a first application. 



As the plants get accustomed to this 

 class of food the dose can be strength- 

 ened, always keeping a close watch on 

 the result. 



These plants, having got such a sick- 

 ening, are not likely, even with the best 

 kind of care, to recover sufficiently to 

 produce paying crops till late in spring. 

 Beduce the temperature to 52 degrees. 



New Rose House of A. Rasmussen^ New Albany, Ind. 



