August 2, 1893.] 



Garden and Forest. 



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glass, with the wires fifteen inches apart. With the temperature 

 kept the same as in the preceding winter, the Vines com- 

 menced to grow the last week in February, 1892, and by June 

 26th (two years from the date of planting) we commenced cut- 

 ting from a crop of over 700 bunches of very fine grapes, 

 each Vine bearing from eight to twelve bunches, many of 

 them three to four and a half pounds in weight. 



The first manure was applied early in the spring of 1892 in 

 the form of a top-dressing of short stable-manure three inches 

 in depth, with a covering of oak-leaves. The latter retains the 

 moisture, prevenfing rapid evaporation, thus saving time and 

 labor of frequent waterings. If thoroughly done, once a week 

 or ten days will be often enough throughout the season. Un- 

 der this mode of treatment the feeding roots will come to the 

 surface, where the stimulant is found in form of liquid-manure 

 from the moist top-dressing and waterings. This mulching 



that stage, for the majority are sold as fast as they are ripe, and 

 at the date of writing, July 20th, the crop is fast diminishing. 



During the winter and spring months of 1891-92 we grew 

 Carnations in this grapery under a temperature ranging from 

 forty to forty-five degrees during the night, and fifty-five to 

 sixty-five degrees by day, only increasing it as the grapes re- 

 quired. Last winter Violets and Mignonettes, Stocks and 

 Spiraeas were the crops grown in succession during winter 

 and spring. 



Ellis, Mass. P- Fisher &= Co. 



Rose Notes, 



'X'HE busy season of replanting the Roses under glass has 



-^ again arrived, this annual expenditure of labor having 



been made necessary in many localities from the prevalence 



of the Snout-beetle, Aramigus Fullerii. This same pest has 



Fig. 50. — Ulmus campestris in Yezo. — See page 323. 



may be renewed when necessary, but great care must be exer- 

 cised — a time for it chosen when the house can be kept well 

 ventilated day and night to let the surplus ammonia escape. 

 We have known very fair crops to be ruined by closing up the 

 house during a sudden change of weather just after a fresh 

 top-dressing. 



In pruning last winter the canes were cut about eighteen 

 inches from the top of the house, and the side shoots pruned 

 back to two buds, and treated as they were in the season of 

 1892, only each Vine bears from twenty-five to thirty-two 

 bunches of grapes to a rod fourteen feet in length, giving in 

 all a crop of nearly 2,000 bunches. 



The first iruit this season was cut June 26th, three yearsfrom 

 the date of planfing. The quality is fine, the berries large, with 

 a beautiful bloom on those that hang long enough to reach 



also encouraged the shallow-bench system for planting Roses, 

 because it is easier to thoroughly cleanse the house each sea- 

 son where this method of culture is adopted, than it is where 

 deep borders are used. A thorough cleaning of the wood- 

 work and the entire interior of the house should be given be- 

 fore the Roses are reset, and, if possible, a fumigation with 

 sulphur should be added, since sulphur fumes are fatal to 

 many fungous germs as well as insects. The woodwork of the 

 roof will be improved by a fresh coat of paint, and all neces- 

 sary glazing should be attended to so that the entire structure 

 shall be in proper condifion for active work. The woodwork 

 of the benches will be benefited by a heavy coat of whitewash, 

 which helps to prevent the spread of fungus. The use of slate 

 for the bottoms of benches m Rose houses has not extended 

 among large growers to the extent that was once expected, 



