222 How TO Grow Cut Flowers. 



oulti,va,tors disagree. We oftentimes see roots growing 

 in the d^ayed tissues of the bench when the soil is re- 

 moved, but I do not believe that any one ever saw the 

 same where the bench had been washed with crude oil 

 the fall before. Lime we know is a preservative in a 

 small degree, besides being food for plants. If any 

 part of d'building is benefited by the use of oil without 

 injury to a crop, it is the posts which form the walls, 

 but an .exterior coat is claimed by some to be injurious 

 to the timber if applied while the sap is present in the 

 wood. If the posts are seasoned and placed in a vat 

 and the pores allowed to fill with the oil, there can be 

 little doubt but what the life of the timber is greatly 

 lengthened. 



Another preservative of wood is cement, some claim- 

 ing the life of a bench is twice as long when washed 

 with this yearly. However this may be, from the na- 

 ture of the material it seems safe, and is to be com- 

 mended on that accoun^ if it is desired to use any- 

 thing but lime for this purpose. 



RESTORING LOST VITALITY TO ROSES. 



In relation to the necessity of this, opinions vary, 

 some claiming that a ceaseless round of propagation and 

 growth of our tea roses will, in the end, produce this 

 result. The writer has never experienced any neces- 

 sity for taking rested stock for this purpose. As usu- 

 ally advocated, it is a very expensive method to follow, 



