FORMUILAS OF PLANT FOOBS 



A SOOT WATER ^ 



I^^^^^H F you find the foliage of your rose plants is falling, give the plants 

 ^^jrv^l a soaking with soot water, a quarter trowel of Scotch soot to two gal- 

 Iffi^ld^^^ Ions of water, this will check further defoliation. 

 IB^U^pI Sulphate of iron is of tremendous value. It supplies the very 

 IpiL^t^:.,..^^ ! element we never as a rule think of returning to the soil — that is iron. 

 It must be used with great care, not more than one half an ounce to each rose 

 plant, and cultivate it into the soil. This sulphate of iron will make your plants 

 better able to resist the rose blights. 



A QUICK-ACTING FOOD— A STIMULANT TO BE GIVEN 

 JUST BEFORE FLOWERING 



Dissolve in four (4) gallons of water, nitrate of Soda one ounce. Phosphate of 

 Potash one ounce. 



Pour on the scuffled up surface of the rose bed, not wetting or splashing the 

 foliage. If each rose plant receives two quarts approximately that will be quite 

 sufficient. When made in large quantities it may be used just as liquid manure 

 is used. To bring promising buds to a lovely maturity this chemical liquid- 

 fertilizer is of the greatest value. 



MY EMULSION OF SCOTCH SOOT 



Where rose beetle grubs and chafers are becoming abundant and destructive, 

 hoe up the surface soil to a depth of several inches, particularly near the edges. 

 Grubs an inch long and a quarter inch wide will no doubt be unearthed — several 

 will be found together, sometimes a dozen in a space of a few inches. These 

 grubs are in the soil, just under the surface, for two and sometimes three years, 

 before they evolve into rose beetles, chafers, etc. 



Pour over these groups an emulsion of soot and lime and sulphur, mixed with 

 a wooden paddle by thorough stirring in the sprinkling can (using a two gallon 

 can.) Using one ounce of the prepared mixed lime and sulphur and two ounces 

 of scotch soot. Wherever these horrid grubs are, you will positively rid the soil 

 of them by using this emulsion. 



MY ROSE FOOD 



10 parts pulverized sheep manure. 



3 parts flour of bone. 



1 part Scotch soot. 

 All to be thoroughly mixed together. 



If your hybrid tea and tea roses do not bloom as freely as in previous Summers, 

 scuffle up the soil as deeply as possible without injury to the roots and sift air 

 slacked lime (that is just a powdering) all over the bed, then give a liberal feeding 

 of the "Rose Food" (a half trowel to each plant), stir thoroughly, forming a saucer 

 around the plant as you work, fill with water again and again, and in a very short 

 time you will see a remarkable improvement. This treatment should not be 

 confused with safe stimulation. The lime is to start an invigorated root action, 

 the food to nourish. 



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