June 21, 1919.] 
THE ROSARY. 
SEASONABLE WORK WITH ROSES. 
1 that has long vexed the mind of 
T r rosarians. There to be aai 
for and against both Lm — , but during py 
or a 
present, abnorma ges 
restricting the buds d to cer "К. һееп ной 
sigs ond Я 
Jrought m bee the great enemy, 
and unless hav bon P acu labour 
and water avaiable tie a beds have 
suffered. Wi the bare it has т" Bes 
comparatively i matter ^y stir the 
frequently, and thus obtain the fine, бщ tilth 
that so effectivel алеп erves {пе soil moisture. 
te h btained i 
When this desirable as been obtain t 
is a good plan to merde e relinquish the 
hoe in favour of an iron-tooth е, for this 
jl much more speedy equally 
effective. Weed 
lings are but little bother, 
ili 
iE 
soon kill those that germinate, though 
s follo e the 
rakin mu 
rhe artificially applied Е by rains, is w vell 
a fert; M t mildew 
soils, Mg it i 
ET 
5 
е culture agree die 
gpa of drought, race i A аа 
nd Where 
M troubles, for weeds 2096 
арро 
уц 'establiahed b eda, it is usually necessary 
me my rd boy nore at this season, 
one choice of watering witi 
entrated fer 
tained pee naturally 
for Prompt removal 
EM as one we u 
;freely and, when P uror standa 
dwarfs, this seed ion exnausting to 
plants. йу varieties will yield a Е 
expect. Most Roses 
crop of ani if d hoots are cut a к от 
two-thirds thei le gth as воо all t 
flowers on «n bie f 
Although Roses tnis seaso been ex- 
rM free e insect aod аа pests, 
be almost always with 
"Forte Ert ed does p io check 
se pests, but in ғ bad  infes- 
ons other measures may be necessary 
When the material is erige nothing 
is better for the rpose свз 
quassia infusion Nen i in ae уж Н. 
Soft-soap wash, made by D reae Ls y Y тор 
gallons of water.” Many p п, 
tures are valuable, but it muat al way м 
the ing Rose ја s t tender 
- the a m cation of droig, rosive 
mixtures may easi шу hene disastrous penis to 
to the pest. At this season 
оо-врі is often very pipan 
А А than is generally 
yt be cleared by tor- 
an insecti- 
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but at the first signs of injury 
y by them reso ort 
should = made to hand 
packing or 
arefu 
a solution of ы sülphide, mixing | half an 
ounce to each gallon of а, «тте С 
вроо н. of oie gue 
adhes Dev 
NEW CHINESE CHERRIES AND PEARS.* 
A) the numerous Cherries raised at the 
Arn "3 y" boretum from seeds cted by 
Wilson in Western China there are six which 
spring flowering 
grown in the 
d e 
he handsomest probably is Prunus serrulata 
pubescens. This tree is a the same 
the — Cherry (P. errulata ,sachalin ensi 
but is smal rarely g 
wid. are its home to 
à 
fifty feet; the flowers open nearly a week later 
ai e w fain inged к, d 
somewhat smaller. e leaves less 
demit tinged with bronze colour as teg" untold. 
grows in the Arboretum: the branches of 
hot gel каң by Н. М. Cor 
E HIGH SLOPES oF 
. 301). 
[Pho 
Ето. 151. ч 8р. ON Т 
Е JUNGLE (see 
this Cherry are ascending and slightly spreading, 
= form a narrow, open, graceful head. Plants 
from seeds which е VEM № - 
Saco Pie: of China 
seventeen or eighteen feet high, Mer er bon 
covered this spring sit f flower 
Prunus serrulata s ea differs from the last 
only in the absence of prm on the young leaves 
and flower- m which are кори = ге 
species, although the flowers, at least 
individuals, are slightly more tinged 
and the unfolding leaves are of a deeper colour. 
This tree is — Ah emg eee as the 
Аб does d n Japan. 
Prun nus жоепа Its greatest 
beauty, “perhaps , is yr yr in yo bark of the 
trunk which is dark orange-brown, very lustrous 
with dou. 
find a place in ts 
dark, к. Бич like M кз ML serru 
lata thibeti inhabitant of the forests which 
cover igh moun мен of, the Chinese 
It has a low, broad, round- 
* Arnold Arboretum Briletin of Popular In lormation, 
e a vol. v., No. 3. тА ud USA) 
a bipes unusually large for 
This tree has not yet 
topped h with 
the height c e yo 
rboretum. Prunus oe ager 
esembles the 
е 
and are pink, 
three-flowered, 
Among the "Pear 
lected red Wilson in wed 
leryana has crea 
American Аура ape yh жш ov believe” that t de 
stock on which to Si ed qut. 
the Uni y nurserymen who ar 
ious to provide the country with a possible 
pov te for the disease » has d yed many 
e new 
Bose: pe grown even more rapidly than 
— nese Cherries, and among them are ne 
specim from seventeen 
sce feet high, only dm years, бн, {тот she 
of reaching 
fruit 9 hardly modii б of an inch in 
diam 
udents ‘of cultivated fruits Pyrus 
odii of Wilson's Ee 
i r t 
Е 
& 
o 
vith 
Sand Ner were- broi оар га che. "Uni ited 
and Europe, but except for the beauty of thei 
flow: fruits they have proved to be of little 
so full of grit 
гез 
for rming an open irre ular n. is not 
larly attractive. better habit is Pyrus 
Himalayan form of th 
Europe in U not been tried in the 
Arboretum 
In Audition to these four Pear trees f 
Wes! ina there are five Chinese 
еня in the Arboretum, Р. ussuriensis, the wild 
Pear of Korea and Marx extend- 
ing in hina and into Japan; P. 
specie 
of the ү» atter globose 
which add so much beauty to the flower buds 
Diossoms of the Asiatic Сів pples. 
