ROSES 347 



Cultivation Under Glass. Teas and Hybrid Teas are the 

 Roses most largely grown for this purpose. They are easiest 

 propagated from cuttings of the half-ripened wood. It does not seem 

 to make much difference whether flowering or blind wood is used. 

 Cuttings may be taken to single eyes with the leaf shortened back, 

 or made with two eyes and the lower leaf removed. A bottom heat 

 of from 65 to 70 degrees will answer, the atmosphere of the house 

 being 10 degrees lower. Propagation is carried on from January to 

 March. The plants are put out on the benches during June, from 

 3- or 4-inch pots, according to variety. Four inches of soil is the 

 usual quantity; the kind used should be rather heavy and fibrous 

 loam mixed with rotted cow manure to about one-sixth of its bulk. 

 Subsequent mulchings of rotted manure mixed with bonemeal are 

 given as the plants show the necessity for them. Abundance of 

 ventilation is afforded during warm weather. If shading is neces- 

 sary it should be done with a substance which is easily removed, 

 such as grafting clay mixed with water and applied with a syringe 

 or pump. Firing should begin when the outside temperature drops 

 to so degrees; the minimum night temperature of the house should be 

 kept in the neighborhood of 58 degrees, rising to 70 degrees during 

 the day for the Teas and Hybrid Teas. Watering is an item of the 

 first importance. The condition of the soil is the best indicator as 

 to whether water should be given or withheld. The first buds are 

 cut off to induce robust growth. Syringing is necessary to prevent 

 red spider from increasing but should only be practiced in bright 

 weather. Ventilation is not less important than watering, and good 

 judgment must be exercised in opening and closing the house; the 

 condition of the weather out of doors must always be taken into 

 consideration, as well as the indoor temperature, as cold draughts, 

 or the temperature getting too low will almost certainly provide 

 correct conditions for an attack of mildew — a fungus which in a short 

 period, if allowed to grow unchecked, will ruin the plants. When 

 mildew makes its appearance, sulphur applied to the steam or hot 

 water pipes is the best antidote. Aphides are best checked by va- 

 porizing tobacco extracts. 



Some of the Best Hybrid Teas for the Garden 



Antoine Rivoire. Rosy flesh on yellow. Good grower; large; in prun- 

 ing thin out and shorten shoots. 

 Bessie Brown. Creamy white. Fragrant; prolific; vigorous; large- 

 flowering. 



