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DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



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time for priming is early spring, just before they 

 begin to break at the eyes. Then it is well to trim 

 Roses back to about one-third to one-half the sea- 

 son's growth. The larger and heavier the growth 

 the more it should be trimmed. 



Winter Protection 



The protection necessary to keep Roses safely 

 through the winter months depends entirely upon 

 the character of the plant and the location. For 

 such Roses as the Hybrid Perpetuals, Rugosas, Har- 

 rison's Yellow, etc., very little protection, U any, is 

 necessary in any climate, yet it is beneficial in the 

 cold latitudes of the North to give them a protection 

 of strawy horse stable manure after the first hard 

 freeze. The soil itself is a good protection. When 

 protecting the Teas and Hybrid Teas it is a good 

 plan to mound the earth about each plant, or use 

 clean sand about six inches deep, then fill in between 

 the mounds with strawy stable manure, the coarser 

 the better. The uncovered tops may be tied up 

 with straw or burlap. We would not suggest the 

 use of leaves, as oftentimes mice make their home 

 there and destroy the plants through the winter. 

 This protection should be gradually removed in 

 March in the latitude of Philadelphia, or as soon as 

 all danger of hard freezing is over. The tender 

 Roses may also be wintered in boxes or pots of soil 

 in a cool cellar or heeled in (the earth itself). Where 

 you have a dirt floor two or three waterings will be 

 required during the winter, just sufficient to prevent 

 drying out. 



Diseases and Insects 



MILDEW — This disease very frequently attacks 

 the foliage of Roses, especially the Crimson Ram- 

 bler. It is shown by a grayish crinkling appearance 

 of the leaves and usually occurs after a change in 

 the temperature. It can be checked to a certain 

 extent by sprinkling the leaves with powdered sul- 

 phur immediately after its appearance. If, however, 

 this does not check it, dissolve one ounce of potas- 

 sium sulphuret in two gallons of cold water and 

 apply a fine spray. 



GREEN FLY OR APHIS— A» green suckling in- 

 sect which usually gathers in great numbers upon 

 the tips of the new growth. A solution of tobacco 

 made from tobacco insecticide soap, which you will 

 find offered elsewhere in this book, will exterminate 

 them. 



Red Spider is also a small insect indiscernible to 

 the naked eye, and a frequent spraying with a strong 

 hose is all that is necessary. The leaf roller is an 

 insect of yellowish-white color, resembling the but- 

 terfly, and lay eggs on the underside of the leaf, 

 which soon form a cocoon, rolling around itself the 

 leaf, hence the name leaf-roller. The Rose bug, a 

 familiar insect, appears in the earliest summer, some- 

 times in great quantities, and is very troublesome. 

 It is a very destructive insect and usually feeds upon 

 the white petals, but is easily destroyed, especially in 

 the early morning, when they will readily fall into 

 a vessel containing kerosene. They can be poisoned, 

 but it is not a very desirable way to get rid of them. 

 This is to spray with wood alcohol, which will kill 

 any insect by contact, operates quicklv and does not 

 injure the flower if applied in a mist-like spray. 



Care should be exercised by the operator not to 

 inhale any of the fumes. Any of the foregoing 

 preparations can be applied by the Tyrian Plant 

 Sprinkler or the Auto-Spray, the price of which will 

 be found elsewhere in this book. 



BLACK SPOT — A fungous disease, appearing as 

 its name indicates as a black spot upon the leaf, 

 eventually turning yellow and falling. It rarely 

 occurs in the early part of the season, and the Teas 

 are almost, but not quite, exempt from its ravages. 

 The best preventative if your bushes have been 

 troubled by it in the past is spraying in April with 

 Bordeaux Mixture before the foliage has developed 

 and not while the flowers are in bloom, because of 

 the discoloration of the foliage. The disease usually 

 appears at the base of the plant and works upwards, 

 so a watch should be kept and as soon as any leaves 

 appear affected with the disease they should be 

 pulled off and taken entirely away from the balance 

 of the plants. If this is thoroughly done it will 

 usually hold the disease in check. 



HARDINESS— Haridness in a Rose is a matter of 

 which no one can speak with positive certainty, be- 

 cause the condition of the weather as a rule pre- 

 scribes the hardiness of a plant, as quite frequently 

 plants that have been out year after year will be 

 winter-killed by unusual conditions. 



KEROSENE EMULSION— To two quarts of 

 kerosene add one of slightly sour milk; agitate and 

 dilute with twenty parts of soft water. 



TOBACCO SOLUTION— Boil the leaves or 

 stems of tobacco and dilute to the color of weak tea. 



TOBACCO INSECTICIDE SOAP— A standard 

 remedy and one of the best, with full directions for 

 use. Two sizes. Price, 13 cents and 28 cents each, 

 postpaid. 



BUG KILLER — A new preparation for killing all 

 kinds of bugs and pests that attack Roses. Box 

 sufficient for two gallons of spray, 50 cents, 3 for 

 $1.25. postpaid. 



BORDEAUX MIXTURE (Dry)— For dusting 

 plants affected with mildew and all fungous dis- 

 eases. Can be dissolved and used as a spray. 1-lb. 

 box, 35c (makes 5 gallons liquid), postpaid. 



FOR TRELLISES, ARBORS, GATEWAYS. 

 PERGOLAS, ETC.— In the North such Cl^mb;^g 

 Roses as those offered on pages 66 to 74. Climbing 

 American Beauty on cover, and those on page 78 

 marked M. H. and H. In the warmer climates any 

 of the above and all of those on pages 75 to 78. 



FOR GROWING ROSES FOR CUT FLOWERS 



— In greenhouses, such as Killarneys. American 

 Beauty, Bride, Bridesmaid. Milady, Ophelia, M.y 

 Maryland, Lady Hillingdon. Sunburst, Kaiserin Au- 

 gusta Victoria. For outdoor growing for cut-flower 

 purposes none are better adapted for this than the 

 Cochets and Charles Dingee. 



FOR CEMETERIES— The Souperts. Baby Ram- 

 blers, and Memorial or Wichuraiana. 



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