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when the foHage is wet. or spray with Fungine or copper 
solution. The above fungicides are also good for pre- 
venting black spot, rust, etc. To get extra fine blooms 
of tea, hybrid tea, and hybrid perpetual roses, disbudding 
should be done as early as possible, retaining only the 
centre bud on each shoot. Some varieties are liable to 
burn when growing in the full sun, especially the dark 
red varieties. If these are planted where they will get 
a little shade during the hottest part of the day they will 
be all the better. During the summer roses will need 
watering often when the weather is hot and dry. The 
plants should be gone over in July and all dead flowers 
removed, also any suckers that come up from the root. 
Keep the ground well cultivated at this time, so as to 
conserve the moisture. 
About the end of November or early in December, be- 
fore the ground freezes, up I go over my roses and any 
long growths I shorten back to about three or four feet 
from the ground, then I see that the ground is clean and 
all dead leaves are raked up. The more tender varieties 
are pegged down in the rows and the soil drawn up over 
them so as to completely cover the stems. The hardier 
kinds are not pegged down as it is not necessary, but 
the soil is drawn up around the stems covering them 
to a depth of six to eight inches. Then between the 
rows I put a mulching of good manure and on top of 
that a covering of litter and leaves, putting it well 
around the plants. With that protection tender varieties 
come through our winters in good condition. The strong 
sun in the months of February and March with the tem- 
perature going down to zero at nights does a lot of dam- 
age to roses if they are not properly protected. In a 
rose garden where the roses are planted too close to- 
gether to allow the earth to be drawn up around the 
stems, give a good covering of leaves and litter or salt 
hay, putting some branches or boughs on top to keep 
the leaves from blowing away. As soon as the warm 
weather comes in spring the covering should be removed 
and the soil leveled or dug over, burying the manure that 
was put on in the fall. The plants can then be pruned 
and put in shape for another year in the way I have al- 
ready mentioned. Below I give a few of the best varie- 
ties of roses to grow. Among the hybrid teas we have 
Killarney, a beautiful pink rose, a fine bedding variety 
and a free bloomer. White Killarney 
is one of the best white roses for bed- 
ding or for cut flowers. Killarney 
Brilliant should also have a place in 
the garden. Madame Abel Chatenay 
is a beautiful carmine rose, shaded 
with salmon and a good free bloomer. 
Madame Caroline Testout is a fine 
satiny pink and a free bloomer. Lady 
Pirrie is a splendid rose, the color is a 
deep coppery yellow and a free 
grower. The Lyon rose is one of the 
best yellows grown. Sunburst is an- 
other good yellow rose. Willoumere, 
Mrs. Aaron Ward Radiance, Ophelia, 
Lady Alice Stanley, Laurent Carle. 
My Maryland. Some of the best hardy 
hybrid perpetual roses are Mrs. John 
Laing, Captain Christy, Frau Karl 
Druschki, Paul Neyron, Clio, Alfred 
Colomb, Ulrich Brunner, Baroness 
Rothschild, Gloire Lyonnaise, and 
George Arends the pink, Frau Karl 
Druschki. Among the hardy climbing 
roses, American Pillar is one of great 
beautv. The flowers are of enormous 
size, single, three to four inches across, deep pink, 
with a clear white eye, and borne in great profusion on 
strong stems. The flowers are followed by bright red 
hips or berries which are very attractive in the autumn. 
Crimson Rambler needs no description as it is well 
known to everybody. Pauls Carmine Pillar is a beau- 
tiful single rose with large showy flowers. Dorothy 
Perkins is a soft pink rose, lasts a long time in bloom 
and is one of the best. Hiawatha is a brilliant climbing 
rose. The deep carmine flowers are ly^ inches across, 
with a clear white eye; in the center is a mass of 
yellow stamens. The flowers are produced in large 
clusters, which make a great show. Climbing Amer- 
ican Beauty is a rose that should not be forgotten, 
as its perfectly double blooms are very fragrant and last 
a long time. The foliage is a rich deep green and free 
from mildew. The plant is a strong grower and very 
hardy. Silver Moon is a rose with large pure white 
flowers 4y2 inches across. The yellow stamens in the 
center make it extremely attractive. The plant is a 
strong grower with beautiful glossy foliage. Ramanas 
or Rugosa roses are in a class by themselves. They are 
very hardy and form nice bushes. Apart from their 
beautiful foliage they are very attractive in the autumn 
when they are covered with bright red seedpods. 
DAPHNE ODORA UNDER GLASS. 
By H. Fred Byxbee, Connecticut. 
TN growing Daphne odora I endeavor to imitate the wild 
woodland as much as I can and grow these plants in 
very cold houses that hardly any other plant would bloom 
in, so cold that the freezing point is reached nearly every 
night. The plants are given no special treatment though 
plenty of leaf mould is used and the houses are kept 
well shaded. In summer they are sprayed frequently tO' 
keep the red spider down, but the roots are not given 
much water after they have finished their new growth. 
I have found that Daphne odora does much better 
planted in solid beds than in pots. I have quite a number 
of pot plants die every summer, but rarel}^ ever lose a 
plant that is planted in solid beds. The accompanying 
illustration shows a house of Daphne odora in flower, 
grown under conditions as close to Nature as it is pos- 
sible to follow. 
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W House of Daphne odora grozvn as in tlic zi'oodlajid. 
