The Garden Magazine, March, 1922 



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Where growing seasons are short, or varieties are very poor plant 

 producers, like Chesapeake, closer planting is advisable. 



If the rows are not enough higher than the spaces between 

 them to afford easy surface drainage when winter sets in, there 

 is danger of snow water being held upon the plants sufficiently 

 long to drown them. Where the winters are mild, as south of 

 Washington, D. C, this danger is much less. 



Soon after the ground freezes protect the bed by a covering 

 of straw, marsh hay, strawy manure, or some other harmless 

 loose material, preferably free from the seeds of weeds. Leaves, 

 except pine needles, are likely to smother the plants. In the 

 latitude of Philadelphia 40 lbs of loose, clean straw or marsh 

 hay or 150 to 200 lbs of strawy manure, evenly distributed, 

 supplies protection for a square rod and the plants are able to 

 push through this covering unaided in spring. Further north 

 the protective covering should be made heavier, according to 

 the climate, which may necessitate removing some of the mulch 

 in spring. 



The Choice of Varieties 



VARIETIES that fruit well when planted alone are called 

 staminate. Those that do not fruit properly unless some 

 potent staminate variety that blooms at the same time be 

 planted near are called pistillate; if such be grown, at least 

 every third or fourth row should be staminate. (In the cata- 

 logues B or S indicates a variety that is staminate, and P the 

 pistillate.) Senator Dunlap is a good pollinator for midseason 

 bloomers and William Belt for later bloomers. Other pollina- 

 tors would be better for some varieties. 



An experienced neighbor or a near-by nurseryman with 

 similar soil can best advise the beginner. In the absence of 

 local information, choose adaptable varieties of good quality, 

 covering the season. 



As an early berry, Progressive (B), one of the best ever- 

 bearing kinds, is far superior to and only two or three days later 

 than Michel's Early, the standard early variety. Senator 

 Dunlap (B) and Haverland (P) are good for early midseason. 

 Marshall (B) and William Belt (B) are good late midseason 

 kinds. These are all adaptable and range from good to excellent. 

 Gandy is the standard very late kind, but requires heavy soil. 



Insects and Diseases that Threaten 



TO avoid the white grub, plant Strawberries only on land 

 which has been cultivated at least the year before. If 

 healthy plants wilt in the summer, remove them and dig care- 

 fully — usually a grub worm will be found. . 



The leaf roller attacks the leaves, and the leaf spot causes red- 

 dish brown spots. Both may be controlled by spraying (I have 

 used Pyrox) according to directions just before and after bloom- 

 ing, and by removing and burning the old foliage immediately 

 after the crop is gathered. In case a spray is needed for the 

 leaf roller when many of the berries are half grown, use 1 oz. of 

 fresh hellebore in a gallon of water. 



If any aphids (plant lice) are found on the roots of plants to 

 be set out, steep some tobacco an hour or so in water and im- 

 merse the plants in a moderately strong solution for fifteen 

 minutes. 



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THE NEW TRAILING ROSE MAX GRAF 



W. C. EGAN 



NEW hardy trailing Rose which, I think, will be used 

 by landscape gardeners as a ground cover and over em- 

 bankments has been flourishing in my garden and is 

 worth a record. It made its debut as a chance seedling 

 in a Connecticut nursery, and was named Max Graf after the 

 foreman who discovered it. Only the insect that pollinized 

 its parent and the bird that dis- 

 tributed the seed know its ori- 

 gin, but a study of the flower 

 and foliage seem to point to a 

 union of the blood of the rugosa 

 and Wichuraiana, both of which 

 were growing in the nursery. 

 The comparatively small and 

 shining foliage bespeaks its rela- 

 tion to the latter, and its rugged 

 aspect indicates a relationship 

 to the rugosa, while the flower 

 — two, to two and a half inches 

 in diameter — resembles the 

 best pink form of that sturdy 

 shrub. 



Max Graf is a June and July 

 bloomer, at which time it is 

 completely covered with bloom, 

 but even when not in flower it 

 makes a handsome show on ac- 

 count of its clean, deep green, 



CONVERTING BARE SPOTS TO BEAUTY 



In habit like Wichuraiana, but hardier, the new trailing 

 Rose Max Graf is suggested for a ground cover and for 

 decorative use in general. Mr. James H. Bowditch, Conn., 

 with whom it originated, thinks it is probably a cross be- 

 tween rugosa and setigera. Flowers pink 



shiny foliage which remains in good condition Until frost — its 

 beauty unmarred by attack of mildew, black spot, or insect. 

 The rugosa blood gives a constitution hardier than Wichuraiana 

 which often freezes back here at Highland Park on the shore of 

 Lake Michigan. 

 The new shoots of the hybrid start upward and at a height of 



some two feet, arch over, finally 

 reaching the ground on which 

 they trail ten or more feet, 

 rooting at the joints, but not 

 quite so freely as Wichuraiana. 

 Where the latter is perfectly 

 hardy, a combination planting 

 of the two should make a hand- 

 some mass. 



Trained up and used as a 

 "pillar" Rose, Max Graf should 

 be a boon to Rose lovers living 

 in a climate where the more 

 tender climbers cannot be 

 grown without winter protec- 

 tion. Fortunately the Dreer 

 Co., and some of the commer- 

 cial growers have seen and ap- 

 preciated the capabilities of this 

 Rose and offer it, so that it is 

 procurable through the regular 

 dealers. 



