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SUN DIAL 



Roses for Veranda Boxes 



ROSES for porch decoration during the 

 summer may be grown in boxes and 

 stored during the winter in a barn or cellar. 

 Do not expect as good results as from plants 

 that are planted in a deep, cool soil, as roses 

 like a cool, fairly *noist root environment. 



The veranda must have a southern ex- 

 posure as it is absolutely essential that roses 

 have lots of sunlight. The varieties Kaiserin 

 Augusta Victoria, Killarney, and Liberty are 

 good, but do not omit Gruss an Teplitz 

 (the crimson Hermosa) ; pink and white 

 Maman Cochet; G. Nabonnand; the Baby 

 Rambler (Madame Norbert Levavasseur) 

 the standard and bush forms; and the dwarf 

 Polyantha rose. Snowball is very good 

 also, and Hermosa, Belle Siebrecht, Mildred 

 Grant, Madame Jules Grolez, and others 

 can be used. 



WHAT TO GROW THEM IN 



I use boxes that are about three feet long, 

 eight to ten inches deep and about fifteen 

 inches wide, and plant three or four bushes 

 in each box. Smaller boxes that would 

 accommodate say only one or two plants 

 would dry out too quickly, and during the 

 very warm weather the soil would be too hot. 

 Have holes bored in the bottom of each box 

 for drainage and throw some rubble in the 

 bottom for drainage and aeration. Do not 

 stand the boxes directly on the floor, but 

 place some pieces of wood about one inch 

 thick under each corner, thus leaving one 

 inch of air space between the bottom of the 

 boxes and the floor. Nothing can live or 

 grow that is deprived of oxygen, and more 

 plants in pots and boxes are killed for lack 

 of air than from any other cause. 



WHEN TO PLANT 



If you have the roses in stock or planted out 

 in the garden, lift and plant them in the boxes 

 before growth commences — not later, by any 

 means, than May ist, and a month before 

 that if possible. If you don't have them in 

 stock, lose no time in ordering them. Get 

 two-year-old stock. Hybrid teas will cost on 

 an average three dollars and fifty cents per 

 dozen. Buy good stock and insure success. 



Plant the roses as deep as the boxes will 

 allow. These roses are all budded on 

 manetti, or briar, stock, and you can easily 

 see where the union has been made. Plant 

 the roses so that the point of union will be at 

 least three inches below the surface. 



HOW MUCH TO PRUNE 



After planting, prune the plants back to 

 within six inches of the ground. The harder 

 they are pruned back the first year, the better. 

 In succeeding years teas and hybrid teas do 

 not require to be pruned back as hard as 

 hybrid perpetual varieties, but having been 

 lifted from the ground the roots are more or 

 less mutilated and it balances the plant to 

 prune the top accordingly. Stronger and 

 more vigorous growth will be the result. 



If you have to buy the plants this spring, 

 you will not get the best results this year. 

 It takes them a season to get fully established, 

 but do not despair, you will get roses by the 





