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KOSE 



the soil (lurs not .■cntain this ii;ilur;tlly. it slioiiia I.f 

 atlded ;uul tliMi',.imlily in.M.riM.nircd with the other in- 

 gredients. It thr livd is intrniir.l tor Hybrid Te;is. 

 Teas. Honrl.oMs ur Xoi^.-ttrv, ihr ^..il sli.aiia 1.^- li-litrr. 

 and if n;irur;illy lic;i\-y sIk.'IiM liavi- nddi-d to it ;i [M-ojirr 

 amount of s:ind or l.-af-niold. and ho thoi-oimhlv nii\od 

 as Iieforo. l\osos aro vani^ feoders: tluTuforo ho lil.oral 

 witli nianni-o for (.'Wry rhiss. 



t-iardon Kos<>s can heoiiiainod t'nmi tlio doalors -rown 

 in two ways: on their own roi.is. and hiidch/d on ilir 

 Mauetti or bri^r stoek. Fi^-s. '2]r,i\. ■2]~:>. Tiior-o is nni'^li 

 dilference of o]iinion as to tlu' rrhai\ o vaUio of tho iwo 

 sorts, and it nuist be admitted that sonio ,,t rlie srr<um'or 

 varieties will d^^ equally widl oil her way: hnt iho 

 opinion of rlie writer, bas^,! npon tho ..x|iprien--e (d' 

 nearly a (juartor of a century, is tliat all of the less 



N'ii.^orou-' \"ai-i(-'i ios 'dYc 

 far hriirr hmhh^d than 

 on rhoir own rooi s. and 

 Some are utterl\' worth- 

 less unless luKhied : 

 notably. Reine Marie 

 II o n ri o tt o and Vis- 

 -■ountoss Folkostone. 

 I'oth eharminLT Kosos 

 when W(-ll icrown. The 

 l)nddfd iW an t s a re 

 nn'Tsrly i,'-ro\vn in Eu- 

 ro], o. taken up as s.m.u 

 IS tho wood is ripi'nod 

 in tho au t II m n . and 

 shiiijiod tn ]is in the 

 dormant state in timo 

 for planting in the lati- 

 tude of Philadolphia 

 before the ground is 

 frozen. They are usu- 

 ally received in snob 

 excellent condition that 

 rarely one in a hundred 

 of the hardy sorts fails 

 to make a good grriwth 

 and a fair bloom in the 

 I'oUowing season. 



With the tender 

 sorts, dormant ]dant- 

 ing out of doors in late 

 :i u t u m n is attendinl 

 .\"itl"i nmch risk, bo- 

 -ause of the inal>ility 

 of these i-lants to on'- 

 dure the riu-i^rs of ^ur 

 \vinters ijeforo booi>ni- 

 i!i- (^stabli^hod. Con- 

 2173. Rose trained to a few shoots. ^■■M'i'--'"tly Tlioy neyd 

 ^ - . , nnndi more ]av.toi-tnin 



^''*' ^'- ■^■'^'^- than the hardy varie- 



ties. It is roally much better to liave the planting 

 deferred until the early spring, if t)ie ]ilants can bo 

 safely housfd thruughout the winter. After they have 

 bei'oine snorossfnlly established tlu-ir- -afoty is assured, 

 and tlioy will repay in viiror and oxooll.>tire tlie extra 

 work expended upon thorn. F''\v amaroiirs, howevor, 

 have the conveniencos for oarinu- for a nnndier of plants 

 under cover throuirliout the winter. Therefore they 

 must take the risk of planting in the autunm or culti- 

 vate plants ^Town on their own roots. Tho iiest budded 

 stock the writer has yet fouml was obtained from nur- 

 series in Ireland, and it has lieen the nnil'o]-ni testimony 

 of all who ha\-e (-xnmined them that tln-y had not soon 

 finer out-of-door Ko-os crvown in tliis section. (For fur- 

 ther discussions of !,udded and i^'i-afted Ivo-^es. see pa^n- 

 157-1.) 



Phnifnnj fJu'hJcd Ii'osts.-li-A'-s at h-a^t 1 ft. in depth 

 and ir. in. wide should be inado for each plant, the 

 collar or point where the bud ^vas inserted and fnun 

 which tlje new growth starts ])lace(l J in. boueath the 

 surface of the soil, the roots sju-oad out and ih.twnwards 

 (care boim,- taken that no root- cross oacli otlier) and all 

 roots covered with linp soil fi'oo fi-ont lumps of manure. 

 Fig. 217fl. .^famiro should never be i)laced in actual 

 contact witli the roots, but near at haml, where the new 

 feeding roots can easily reach when growth begins. 



ROSE 



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The remaining soil shonld then l,e packed in tirndy. the 

 surface levtded and cxered willi about :i indo^s of 

 coarse litter and iuanui-o. nu.l the hme; wm'd cut back to 

 aliout bs inches to iire\-ent Iho plant beinu^ whipped and 



loosened by hi-h winds. 



This exira wo,mI is left lo 



encouraL,^e root aciion Iti / 



the- s],rin- and should lio ^^. 



cut IrArk to throe or four .-.u; -'^f 



eyes as so(jn as they can , -j:^''' "'" 'X^ 



l>e detected when piishin- '•■- Z.^-"^.-, -.^-tT i^^ 



out. Alwavs cut ainixe ''■ -. ^ J :^, '■ •' "^ ^., V'^ 



and ch.se to a s1 ron - 



iMitsiiie bud, without in- 



pirin-' it, to (h'Velop an 



open and free |,e;,d. thus 



adnnrtim,^ li-lit ami air. 

 It the u])p(n-niost bud is 

 on the insi(h- surface of 

 the shoot, the new i::rowtli 

 will be directeil inward, 

 dwarfing,'' and I uini poring 

 the plant and pre\ cm ine' 

 l)roper developnu-nt. The 

 deep plantin;.: alM.vo de- 

 scribeil is necessary to ju'e- 

 vont sU(d^ers fi-oni lieinu' 

 tlirown out by tlio roets, 



as these will S ]. e e <1 i I V 



ch oke and kill the less 



\i e-orous w<.|'h1 which \\ c 



are (.■ndea^'^Jring to {|e- 



Vido]i. From the wrilo-'s 



point of view riH- oni}- 



jcctiou to budded ])lants 



is this d a. n L,^e r of sue k 



erini;' frcnn the roots ; 



tiun-ofore no one shonld attempt to cultivate bu'lded 



I\osos vdiu cannot distinii'uish the brier -imuld it a[i|Mrar, 



(U" who is too careh-ss or indifferent to diu^ down at once 



and cut the wild slniot di-an off at tho rout, rubbiuL'- it 



smooth to prevent its startinLC ai;-ain. I)o tliis just as 



soon as \<'>u iliscover it. 



A ^'ery little exiMTionce \\ill (-nable any one to dis- 

 tinguish thtr luier. Tin- canos are c<jvere<l with minute 

 tlun-ns and bear se\-e[i h.^aiiots. instead nl' the nsmil 

 nuiulier of tive. Shouhl an_\- (bmbt remain, follow the 

 shour down tliroui:ii the -round and if it starts below 

 the cMllar. it is a brier. Tb-niove ir. Those wild sli.M,rs 

 usually appear a few inchos i)ut-sido of the i'ei:nlar 

 growth, rarely inside; coiisei]uently There is little diffi- 

 culty in detecting and removing tbom. 



p'linifinQ I^nsrs (,■«}„ /»o/.s.- Should Roses e'rown on 



tlieir own "roots lie in-ofon-od, they shmihl bo lilauled as 



soon as the sprinij; '.veather has fairly settled and all 



daui::or of frost is over, rind the plants nuiy bo tirndy 



stalilislied before tho boat of summer. Roses planted 



2174. A Rose bush for the corner 

 of the garden. 



late in the season ru-vi 

 suriifdc-'ut vigor to wit 

 s u m m o r sun. Tin 



■11, as rln^y cannot attain 

 the burning' Imat i<f <^ur 



1m 



n^ 



made a little larger 



than t)n^ pot in which 



iho idant is growin::. 



(.'hoMse a cloudy day, 



or the time just before 



a rain, or lato in the 



afternoon, find, after 



making the hole, k]iock 



tin:* pot off by inverting 



tho plant and striking 



the <,d-e sharply on a 



firm substance itlif 



handle of a s ]i a d e 



whicji has been firmly 



)ilaceil in the ground 



in a]l Llprigbt position 2175. Flower of the Manetti Ro^e, 



will a.nswer nicely). used as a stock. 



Fress the l)all of earth 



lii-mly i)etween tho hands to Irosen tlio earth without 



injuring the roots, till the hole witli watm-, insert Ihe 



pi'ant a^very little doepor than it stood in the pot, fill 



in with soil and pack the earth around firujly. Pot- 



