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ROSES 



bought from the grower not later than 

 May. 



The potted plants must be given attention 

 as regards ventilation up to the end of April, 

 giving air only at the ridge. Use the means 

 already told for fighting mildew and fumigate 

 with tobacco for aphis. After June 1st, air 

 may be freely given top and bottom, syringing 

 them as necessary about once a day to keep 

 them growing. 



PLANTS IN POTS 



Tea Roses can be successfully flowered in 

 pots instead of being put out into benches. 

 For this purpose they are put back into the 

 plunging material after the final shifting into 

 six-inch pots and grown on until the middle 

 of September. During August the amount 

 of water is reduced so that they get a slight 

 "rest." After being put into the house they 

 are mulched to the top of the pot with a mix- 

 ture of cow manure and ground bone, about 

 twenty to one. Liquid manure is given in 

 December, using the formula already advo- 

 cated for the plants in the benches, but it 

 can be given more often — once a week. 

 These plants will commence to flower in 



