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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



January 6, 1910. 



GROUND BONE FOR ROSES. 



Will you please give us an idea of the 

 value of raw ground bone for outdoor 

 hybrid perpetual roses? Our soil is of a 

 light, sandy nature, and we should like to 

 get the fertilizer that will produce the 

 largest quantity of bloom. W, F. C. 



Bones are beneficial as a manure be- 

 cause their chief constituent, phosphate 

 of lime, is also a constituent of all plants, 

 and the gelatine which is also in bones is 

 of itself a source of food to them. The 

 analysis of the bones of the ox is here 

 given : Phosphate of lime, 55 ; carbonate 

 of lime, 4; animal matter, 33. There is 

 a slight difference in the bones of the 

 pig, sheep and horse. 



Bones should be applied to crops in 

 small pieces or powder, such as the com- 

 mercial bone dust, as in that condition it 

 is more easily assimilated. It promotes 

 the luxuriance and beauty of most 

 flowers. Twenty pounds to fifty square 

 feet at planting time will be sufficient. 

 Half of that quantity can be applied in 

 about five weeks and hoed in by stirring 

 the surface to the depth of two inches. 



BiBES. 



A ROSE GARDEN. 



At the institution where I am working, 

 I wish to make a rose garden, on a plot 

 of ground lOSVoxlGO feet. Around the 

 entire plot I want to plant climbing roses, 

 as I intend to have a trellis around the 

 garden. What varieties of climbers will 

 be the best to plant and how many will 

 it take to go around the plot! Then, 

 jifter the climbing roses are in, I want a 

 5-foot bed or border all around; next to 

 the border I want a 3-foot walk, also run- 

 ning all around, and the rest of the plot 

 will be laid off into 5-foot beds. The 

 beds will extend the long way of the plot, 

 but the plot will be divided in the middle 

 by a 3-foot walk, crossing at right angles 

 to the beds. The beds, therefore, will 

 be seventy feet six inches long, or less 

 than half the length of the plot. The 

 beds will be separated by 2-foot walks. 



I intend to plant these beds in hybrid 

 teas. What are the best varieties? I 

 want the best bloomers in the different 

 colors. About how many will be required 

 for each bed? If you have any sugges- 

 tions to offer, or if you know of some bet- 

 ter plan than the one mentioned, I shall 

 be grateful for any information. 



C. E. H. 



I^ space will permit, it will be better 

 to let the climbers around the garden 

 have a special border three to four feet 

 wide to themselves. If planted in the 



5-foot border which encircles the gar- 

 den, it would not give any other roses a 

 chance, and at most you could not get 

 in more than a single row of hybrid teas. 

 At the several entrances you can con- 

 struct arches, to rise higher than the 

 fence on which the ramblers are growing. 

 These should have a width of seven to 

 eight feet. You could also, if you de- 

 sired, secure a pretty effect by having an 

 occasional arch down the center. This 

 would, of course, necessitate a wider 

 grass or gravel path and one bed would 

 have to be sacrificed, unless you let the 

 posts of the arches rest in the centers of 

 the beds on each side of the central walk. 

 This would give you arches eight feet 

 wide. One of these every twelve to fif- 

 teen feet would add immensely to the 

 beauty of the garden. 



Plant the ramblers six feet apart. 

 They like a generous border of pasture 

 sod and cow manure. The hybrid teas 

 prefer lighter soil. If you have naturally 

 heavy loam, add sand or other gritty 

 material, to render it more porous. The 

 beds should be two feet deep and have 

 good drainage, to secure the best results. 



The outer fence will take about eighty- 

 five cliipbers. If you place any arches 

 within, they will require two each addi- 

 tional. Some of the best and most re- 

 liable ramblers are: Crimson Eambler, 

 very hardy — the foliage in summer is its 

 chief drawback; Baltimore Belle, blush 

 turning white ; Queen of the Prairie, dou- 

 ble red; Dorothy Perkins, shell pink; 

 Lady Gay, cherry pink ; Hiawatha, single 

 crimson, very fine; Tausendschon, rosy 

 pink; Carmine Pillar, single, rosy car- 

 mine. The majority of these roses will 

 withstand a winter minimum of 10 to 15 



degrees below zero uninjured. In colder 

 locations some protection may be necos- 

 sary. 



The 5-foot beds in the garden, twenty, 

 six in number, will hold three rows each 

 one down the center and the others eight- 

 een inches away from it on either si<lo. 

 Place the plants twenty-four inches apart 

 and zigzag them to allow more space for 

 development. This would call for 103 

 plants per bed, or 2,678 in all. If you 

 decide to plant the additional border 

 around the garden of similar width, it 

 would call for 750 more; or if one row 

 only is used on the inner side of tbe 

 ramblers, 250 additional. 



In planting hybrid teas, either cheap 

 stock from pots or outdoor budded plants 

 can be used. The latter are vastly prefer- 

 able and grow with a vigor which the 

 rooted cutting stock never attains, at 

 least in our rigorous northern states. 

 Plant the buds two inches below the sur- 

 face. Spread the roots out well. Tramp 

 firmly and water freely in dry weather 

 if a constant succession of flowers is de- 

 sired. Winter protection is, of course, 

 necessary. The Review each season gives 

 practical directions on this point. 



Some of the freest flowering and most 

 reliable hybrid teas are: Caroline Test- 

 out, salmon pink; Bessie Brown, creamy 

 white, immense size; Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria, creamy white; Killarney, pale 

 pink, very free; Mme. Abel Chatenay, 

 rose, shaded salmon; Gruss an Teplitz, 

 brilliant crimson, great vigor and grand 

 for massing; Maman Cochet, white, and 

 Mainah Cochet, pink, both very free; 

 Mme. Ravary, glorious orange yellow; 

 Viscountess Folkestone, creamy white, 

 center salmon pink ; Antoine Rivoire, rosy 

 flesh; Florence Pemberton, creamy white, 

 suffused pink; Hon. Edith Gifford, pale 

 flesh, tinted salmon rose; Lady Battersea, 

 cherry crimson; Richmond, scarlet; Sou- 

 venir de President Carnot, pale flesh; 

 Betty, ruddy gold, very beautiful; La 

 France, silvery rose. 



Out of a host of everblooming hybrid 

 teas, the foregoing are all strictly first- 

 class, and can hardly fail to please. 



W. N. C. 



CAROLINE TESTOUT. 



Caroline Testout is one of the best of 

 roses for almost any locality, but nowhere 

 is it more thoroughly at home than at 



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Caroline Testout Rotes at Portland^ Ore. 



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