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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
Insure Your 
Plants! 
It is as important to protect them 
against the attacks of insects and 
fungus as it is to properly fertilize 
them. 
The Recognized Standard Insecticide 
for the aphis (or green fly) and all 
sap sucking insects there is no more 
efficient remedy. Equally effective 
on house plants and those grown in 
the garden — flowers, fruits, or vege- 
tables — and easily applied. 
Fungine 
is accepted by the best growers as a 
specific remedy against mildew and 
blights affecting flowers, fruits or 
vegetables. Unlike Bordeaux Mix- 
ture it does not stain the foliage. 
Vermine Makes 
War On Worms 
and other pests working at the roots 
of plants. By thoroughly soaking 
the soil, it will destroy the soil 
vermin so injurious to vegetation. 
The above named products are 
concentrated liquid spraying ma- 
terials and are applied by diluting 
with water as per directions on 
each can. 
They are highly endorsed by the 
foremost professional and commer- 
cial growers and are popular among 
amateurs, being free of the dis- 
agreeable features of most insecti- 
cides and fungicides, while most ef- 
fective in their action. 
Put up in various sizes to meet 
the requirements of all growers, 
whether of an extensive garden or a 
few plants, APHINE, fUNGINE 
and VERMINE are listed in the 
catalogues of, and sold by the re- 
presentative, seed firms throughout 
the country. 
For further particulars apply to 
Aphine Manufacturing Co. 
Manufacturers of 
Agricultural Chemicals 
Madison New Jersey 
{Concluded from page 128) 
in a strong growing kind the shoot might be cut 
down about half. 
Almost any soil can be made to support 
Roses if it is properly prepared. Deep digging 
is of the first importance and, in a heavy soil, 
the ground might be trenched to the depth of 
three feet with advantage. At the same time, 
it is a good plan to put in some good stable 
manure. In a light soil the quantity should 
be greater than that which is used in a heavy 
soil. If it is possible to work in a layer of 
broken bricks, or stones, under the prepared 
soil, so much the better, seeing that Roses 
dislike anything in the way of standing 
water. 
I he opening in the soil for each plant, 
whether it be a bush or a standard, must be 
wide enough to take the roots when they are 
spread right out. It should also be deep 
enough to permit of the uppermost roots 
being about four inches below the surface of 
the soil. It pays to take a little time spread- 
ing the roots out; if these are all bunched up 
Rose bush, with previous year’s growth, ready for cutting 
back. Compare it with illustration on page 128 showing 
same bush cut back 
together the Rose will take longer to settle in. 
The standards or half-standards should have 
their bare stems supported with a stout stake. 
This must be pushed into the hole before the 
earth is filled in. Tread the soil well down 
over the roots using a gentle but a firm pres- 
sure. 
In the case of bush Roses there is always 
a danger of the plant sending out suckers 
from below the graft. The chance of this 
will be minimized if the little knob where the 
graft was made is covered at the time of 
planting. The point of the graft should be 
two inches below the surface of the soil. 
As the suckers appear they must be rigor- 
ously cut away, seeing that they will seri- 
ously affect the legitimate activities of the 
plant if permitted to remain, and often they 
ultimately kill the grafted part. Suckers 
are, of course, easily distinguished from 
the ordinary foliage by the small briar-like 
leaves. 
When planting Roses it is an excellent idea 
to sink a flower pot of moderate size by the 
bushes. Water and liquid fertilizers can be 
supplied to the plants by simply filling up 
the pots. The liquid gradually filters away 
into the soil through the hole in the bottom 
of the pot. 
S. Leonard Bastin. 
March, 19] 
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