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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1912 



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The Tone That Charms 



In the home, on the concert stage or wherever heard, Kimball Pianos 

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Keeping Roses Over Winter 



TWO years ago I built a coldframe six feet long 

 by three feet wide, sixteen inches high in 

 front and two feet high in back, surrounding my 

 cellar window (having a southern exposure), in 

 which I wintered my year-old Tea and Hybrid Tea 

 roses with the most gratifying success. 



I used pine strips 5x4 in. to form the lower 

 base around the frame; above that glass ten inches 

 in height by twelve in length. The top rim was 

 s x 2 in. I used a 2-piece sash for the top and 

 fastened it to the house with hinges. 



The cellar window which this frame surrounds 

 swings open into the cellar, allowing the heat from 

 the fumace to warm the frame during the winter; 

 in the early spring, when the sun is stronger, the 

 excessive heat passes into the cellar. At no time 

 in winter did the temperature fall below thirty 

 degrees, nor in spring or early summer rise above 

 seventy. During the warm spring days I raised 

 the outer sash a few inches to harden off the plants. 



In July and August I bought 125 one-year old 

 Tea and Hybrid Teas, selecting the strong-growing, 

 decorative or garden varieties that I knew would 

 do well on their own roots. I placed them in 4-inch 

 pots, being careful that the roots were not entangled, 

 using a potting soil composed of decomposed sod. 

 Many make the mistake of using clay instead of a 

 clay loam. There is a vast difference between the 

 two; the loam is porous, never cakes and permits 

 of the quick drainage of water. When potting, I 

 use broken crockery for drainage, and plunge the 

 pots in ashes in the frame so as to keep the soil in 

 pots at an even moisture. Watering is unnecessary 

 during the winter. 



In the spring the two most vital things to guard 

 against with roses are disturbing the roots when 

 transplanting to the garden and not having the plant 

 properly hardened off before putting outdoors. 



Many highly bred varieties, such- as the Lyon, 

 Harry Kirk, Betty, La France, Viscount Folkstone, 

 are not worth growing on their own roots. They 

 must be low-budded or grafted on some strong- 

 growing brier. From seventy varieties which I 

 have grown, the following (on their own roots) have 

 been selected as the strongest growers and easiest 

 to manage. 



William R. Smith, Maman Cochet, White Cochet, 

 Mrs. A. R. Waddell, Etoile de France, Helen Gould, 

 Helen Good, Johnkeer, J. L. Mock, Antoine Rivoire 

 (President Taft and Mrs. Taft) which I think the 

 best hot weather rose, White Killarney, Bessie 

 Brown, President Carnot, My Maryland, Mad. 

 Segond Weber, Laurent Carle, Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria. 



In some cases the rose bushes one buys are too 

 high budded. In order that such a rose may bloom 

 decently, it must be planted so that the union of 

 the graft with the stock upon which it is budded 

 be about two inches below the surface of the ground. 

 To plant such a rose at its proper depth will throw 

 the roots too deeply into the ground and result 

 in its death; and to place the roots at the proper 

 depth will throw the union above the ground. The 

 union must be placed below the ground so that the 

 air and moisture surrounding it be in the soil. 



Roses require a well enriched soil, which should 

 be at least eighteen inches deep and have good 

 drainage. Never let the roses have wet feet. Stir 

 the soil at least every four or five days; this is 

 better than frequent waterings which are liable 

 to sour the soil. 



New York. Robert L. Hughes. 



