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NOTESTON HARDY GARDEN ROSE CULTURE— Continued 



Thr 



watering, just 



This is best accomplished bj' draw- 

 ing the loose surface soil away from 

 the plant, sufficient to form a saucer 

 that will contain a gallon of water. 

 This should be filled two or three 

 times, or until the water will not be 

 immediately absorbed. Liquid ma- 

 nure can 1)0 applied on these occasions 

 until the fliiwers commence to open. 

 ■<1 should be cultivated aftci- 

 soon as the soil can 



be worked freely. 



Insects 



The most persistent insect pest is 

 the.Green'Fly, or Aphis. They appear 

 «arly in the season on the young 

 growths, and as they draw their food 

 from beneath the tender bark, a pois- 

 onous spray would be ineffective, 

 and a "contact " spray is necessary. 

 One heaping tablespoonful of 

 soft soap dissolved in three 

 gallons of water, to which is 

 added a tablespoonful of Nico- 

 Fume, will prove an infaUible 

 remedy. Wliale Oil Soap is also 

 €fTective, but it is disagreeable 

 to use. 



Caterpillars, worms, or slugs Radian 

 are essentially eating insects 



and requu-e a poisonous spray. Hellebore, a heaping table- 

 spoonful to two gallons of water, will be found fairly effective 

 when appUed with the syringe or spray pump. Arsenate of 

 lead solutions are also effective, but are undesirable, as they 

 discolor the foliage. The simple method of picking off the 

 caterpillars in the early morning and di'opping them in a 

 vessel containing a little kerosene is the most expeditious. 



Mildew 



This fungous disease affects some v; 

 It will be recognized by a powder\ 

 leaves, generally .after the first vv( 



one DUiice lit ]iolassiuin Milii 

 of soft soap, dissolved in 

 two or two and one-half or 

 three gallons of water, is 



!'lM'i',"'l'i!' I'll.uer 1m'!iV' an' 

 ,v:mIv In u|,.n ^.■1,1,1 lr<,i„ 



tion a- t he iiiiMew a|i|iears. 

 Applying siiliihur in jmav- 

 dered form is altogethci- 

 ineffective. 



Winter Protection 



All l)C(lding i{os(s are 



ies mure than others, 

 it appearing on the 

 if lliiwers has been 

 r. It ]iermitted to 

 line. .V solution of 

 ipiiig tablespoonfuls 



a height of nine or twelve inches. After 

 this is thoroughly frozen a getierous 

 covering of leaves or litter should be 

 apphed, the purpo.se of which 

 is to keep the frost in the 

 ground, not out. It is the 

 alternate freezing and thaw- 

 ing that Winter kills. If the 

 wood is frozen hack to the 

 point of protecticin no harm 

 will be clone, as the plant 

 should be cut back at least 

 to this e.xtent when pruned. 

 Climbing Roses are suffici- 

 ently hardy to stand the usual 

 Winter, but when planted in exposed lo- 

 cations it is safer to bend plant down to 

 ground and cover with soil and htter. 



Pruning 



Too much stress cannot be laid on 

 the necessity of severe pruning. This 

 is the first essential to success in Kosc 

 ctdture and results not only in better 

 flowers, but does nuich to i)rolong the 

 ^ life of the plant. 



Hybrid Remontants should be ]irun- 

 ed as early in Spring as the weather 

 ^Sl pennit.s — not in Fall. Thin out all 

 weak shoots and side growths, cm hack 

 the remaining wnml to from two to 

 eight eyes; in other words, about ihree-fouiths. A few excep- 

 tions: Margaret Dickson and Fran i\arl Dnischki will re- 

 quire lighter pruning, leaving at least one-thin I of I he pre\iotis 

 year's grow t h. 



Hybrid Tea and Tea Roses: Strong growing varieties re- 

 quire about the same treatment as the Hybrid Perpetuals. 

 Weak varieties can be cut nearly to the ground and produce 

 excellent flowers in June. 



Dwarf or Bedding ]'ol> antlias merely require thinning out 

 the weaker center gr<i\\ihs and pruning the tips back lightly. 



Climbing Roses should not he iii iiiied hack hard. (_'ut out 

 entirely any wood that is o\-er two >'ears old. '{'he remaining 

 wood will be all good flowering materi.al and should not be 

 pruned back until after llowering, when the removal of the 

 l)Oorer growths will mat criall}- liclp the new growths that 

 flower t he following season. 



Dormant Roses 



of cus- 



itlv 



hanlie-l will, if siitihllv 

 covered, liave greater Na- 

 tality and resijond with a 

 more vigorous growth iuid 

 freedom of bloom. The 

 best protecting material 

 is .soil. 1 1 should be drawn 

 up around the plant to 



lomel s w ho |>|-efer to plant 



ilormaiii lloses, or wish to 

 economize on t he shipi)ing 

 charges, we have reserved 

 a liniili'd nuniber of each 

 variety, excepting only 

 those listed under " .New 

 Koscs " and •■ lioses of 

 Hecent 1 nt nidiicl ion." .Ml 

 dormant Uoses are win- 

 tia-ed m a cellar neither 

 artificially healed nor 

 cooled, and will be in 

 prime condition for early 

 plant ing. Orders for dor- 

 mant ])lants must bo re- 

 ceived before April 1st. 

 In order to avoid possible 

 disappointment we urge 

 ordering early in the 



IVIme, Edouard Herriot 



