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182. An ideal rose-bed for flowers, no! for shrub- 

 bery. Cut bacK nearly to the ground every year. 

 Shabby when out of bloom 



183. Roses for cut flowers. Cut down to within 

 a foot of the ground in early spring to get better 

 flowers and avoid the stahe 



184. Roses for arbors should looK well when out 

 of bloom. Crimson Rambler doesn't; Wichuraiana 

 does, it has small, single flowers and evergreen foliage 



esse d'Auerstadt. Noisettes: Bouquet d'Or, 

 Reve d'Or. 



Violet-Rose. — Multi flora: Helene. 



Carmine and Yellow. — Tea: Souvenir de 

 Mme. L. Viennot. 



Pink. — Bourbon: Climbing Malmaison. 

 Polyantha: Euphrosyne. Prairie: Prairie 

 Queen. 



Salmon Shades. — Tea: Mme. Berard. 

 Noisette: W. A. Richardson. 



a rosarian's calendar 



'March 15th. — Finish the pruning of hardy 

 varieties already planted. 



March 25th. — Plant new hardy roses, prun- 

 ing new plants rather more severely than 

 those of the same varieties already estab- 

 lished. 



April 15th. — Finish the pruning of tender 

 varieties, as far as possible, without un- 

 covering completely, which might, result 



in injury to the plants. Give to all 

 the beds and to any neighboring pear 

 trees, grape vines, or other plants 

 subject to fungoid troubles, a good 

 spraying of Bordeaux mixture as a pre- 

 ventive. 



April 2oth-25th. — Uncover tender varieties. 

 Plant any new ones received ; giving these 

 slight protection of loose hay for a short 

 time over the tops, and a rather severe 

 pruning. 



End of April. — Roses generally in leaf. Give 

 a preventive spraying of whale-oil soap. 

 Final touches to pruning. 



May 20th. — Buds forming. Second spray- 

 ing of whale-oil soap. 



May 25th. — Earliest roses bloom (Scotch fol- 

 lowed by the luteas). Apply liquid 

 manure to H. P.'s. 



June 5th. — Hybrid perpetual roses in quan- 

 tity. Watch for rose bug. 



June 10th. — Third spraying with whale-oil 

 soap. Rose bug. Treatment as neces- 

 sary. Apply liquid manure to Ff. T.'s 

 and T 's. 



June 20th. — Hybrid teas and teas in quan- 

 tity. Watch for rose bug and for mildew, 

 treat the latter with sulphide of potassium. 



July 1st. — Last spraying with whale-oil soap, 

 hybrid perpetuals decreasing. 



July 10th. — Rose bugs disappear. Com- 

 mence regular applications for black spot, 

 if a wet season; sulphide of potassium 

 every week, or dilute Bordeaux mixture 

 every twenty-four days, this treatment 

 depending wholly on weather and appear 

 ance of foliage, and lasting, if necessary, to 

 August 20th. 



July 20th. — Hybrid teas and teas decreasing. 

 Mulch beds by this date at the latest. 



August 30th. — Hybrid teas and teas, second 

 bloom begins, lasting until frost. 



185. A rose tree in California. Noisettes are un- 

 rivaled for this purpose in warm climates. They may 

 grow thirty or forty leet high 



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186. Roses for the bacK door. BanKsias have 

 flowers only a quarter of an inch across, but are 

 unrivaled south for fragrance and glossy foliage 

 SIX DIFFERENT WAYS OF GROWING ROSES 



187. Roses for covering a house. This old red 

 rose at NorfolK, Conn., was planted in 1799, and 13 

 still flourishing, though it has had [roubles 



