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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1914 



Dreer's Dahlias 



VY7E GREW more than 50 acres last 

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 as well as the best of the old favorites. 

 As cut flowers for decorating or 

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 Dahlias in the late summer and 

 fall. You can cut them by the 

 armful every day from even a small 

 bed. The newer types are a revela- 

 tion to most people. 



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blooms of any rose yet introduced and produces 

 them with freedom, but unfortunately the gorgeous 

 flower lacks fragrance. Prince Camille de Rohan 

 and J. B. Clark are probably the best of the very 

 dark roses in this class. Notwithstanding the 

 superiority of the latter over General Jacqueminot 

 in quality of bloom, the old and well-known "Gen. 

 Jack" is a dependable variety that holds its popu- 

 larity well. 



If you reside in a cold climate, don't waste time, 

 patience and money on own-root plants. They do 

 not possess the vitality of the budded ones and un- 

 less three-year old stock is purchased, they will prob- 

 ably not survive the first winter after planting. 

 Budded roses have but one fault — the tendency 

 to occasionally throw out wild or sucker growth 

 from below the union of the bud and wild root upon 

 which it is grafted, but this will rarely occur if 

 planted properly. The bud should be placed two 

 inches below the surface when planting is done. 

 If any shoots should break out and grow up from 

 below the bud they can be easily detected and re- 

 moved. It is poor argument to commend own-root 

 roses because of the liability of budded ones to 

 throw out sucker growths that will eventually kill 

 the budded plant, when the former are more likely 

 to die for lack of sufficient vitality to carry them 

 through the first winter. Own-root roses are easier 

 to propagate, can be produced more cheaply, than 

 the budded plants. [Each kind of plant has its 

 advocates, and the question " which is best? " will 

 apparently never die. Then, again, different var- 

 ities behave differently on different stocks. — Eds.] 



ROSE CANKER 



The past season brought a new pest to my rose 

 garden. Early in the spring, as soon as they 

 began to come in leaf, I noticed that many appar- 

 ently strong and vigorous canes would, one after 

 another, wither and die as if blasted. Examined 

 as to cause, a bronzy, brownish ring would be found 

 encircling the cane near the ground. I immediately 

 went through them, cut out all diseased wood, gave 

 a liberal spraying with bordeaux, and sent speci- 

 mens to our State Zoologist and also to the Plant 

 Pathologist of the Department of Agriculture at 

 Washington, D. C. Replies from these gentlemen 

 confirmed my own opinion that it was caused by an 

 anthracnose. I am indebted to the Government 

 Pathologist for the information that it is a fungus 

 (Coniothyrium Fuckelii), which causes the disease 

 known as canker. 



In nearly every rose garden I visited last summer 

 I found it prevalent to an alarming extent. It is 

 said to be most severe on young wood, but I found 

 fine old bushes entirely destroyed by it in gardens 

 where its presence was not suspected or not noticed 

 until too late. 



It first begins as a brownish spot, which spreads 

 rapidly until it encircles the cane near the ground, 

 when, the sap supply being cut off, it withers up 

 as if scalded. The cure is to remove and burn all 

 diseased parts, and spray with bordeaux mixture. 

 Occasional future sprayings should be given to the 

 canes during the summer, and again before being 

 given their winter protection, and also in the 

 following spring, as soon as uncovered, before 

 the leaves appear. 



In a garden affected with rose canker the exces- 

 sive use of nitrogenous fertilizer should be avoided 

 and over-watering should be guarded against. A 

 the disease is highly infectious, it is doubtlet 

 transmitted from bush to bush by the pruning 

 shears, and so this operation would call for great 

 caution, pruning no healthy wood with shears that 

 had been used to remove diseased parts unless 

 they had been properly sterilized. 



Pennsylvania. H. G. Reading. 



Poppies and Asparagus 



IN A very small garden, where utility and beauty 

 are to be combined, would it be feasible to plant 

 poppies in the asparagus bed? — C. W. L., Nebraska. 

 — We would not advise sowing poppies and 

 asparagus together. The asparagus grows very 

 quickly in the spring and soon attains a height of 

 several feet. The poppies do not grow as rapidly 

 and consequently would be smothered. It will 

 be much better to keep the poppies on the outer 

 border as they must have plenty of sunshine. 



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