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Floats Over the Uneven 
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the Waves 
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ROSES 
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— Rare Alpines^ 
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MOVILLA GARDENS 
Haverford, Pa. 
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closely as young plants are easily set back by 
insufficient sunlight or by an over-supply of 
cold air, etc. The first six or seven weeks arc the 
critical ones in the life of the young Tomato 
plant and everything depends on a good start. 
To make ready for the plants in the open 1 dig 
furrows six or seven inches deep, fill these to 
about four inches with well decayed stable 
manure that has been under shelter, and not 
leeched out by rains. On this I sprinkle a little 
commercial fertilizer (containing 8-10% potash, 
6-8% phosphoric acid, 4-8% nitrogen,) about 8-10 
lbs. to each hundred feet and cover with two or 
three inches of soil. This is done at least three 
h 
weeks before transplanting, so the fertilizer and 
manure will mix well and heat up the soil. 
After setting out doors, plants must be covered 
every cool night. Glass jars or newspaper are 
good for this purpose. 
A top dressing with nitrate of soda hastens 
growth and fruiting very much; don’t use too 
much or put it too close to the plant; it is really 
better to distribute several inches away, as the 
feed-roots reach out for food. Liquid manure 
also induces rapid growth and fruiting. This 
should be applied late in the afternoon, poured in 
holes made near the plants, about a quart to each 
plant two or three times a week, or even more if 
the soil is very dry. After the liquid manure has 
soaked in, cover the hole over with dry soil. 
Liquid manure can be prepared as follows: 
Make a hole near the bottom of a barrel and a 
peg to fit it; then place the barrel on a box or 
something sufficiently high so that a pail can be 
put under it to draw off; then fill the barrel half 
full of well decayed stable manure (that has been 
kept under shelter), preferably a mixture of horse 
and cow manure, put in water and let stand 
twenty-four hours. 
Thomas J. Steed, Buena Vista, Ga. 
DR. VAN FLEET'S NEW ROSESt: 
A NNOUNCEMENT is made by the American 
Rose Society that arrangements have 
finally been completed for the distribution, 
through authorized dealers, of a selection of some 
of the more striking, new hybrid Roses that 
have been produced by Dr. Van Fleet in the 
Department of Agriculture breeding grounds at 
Bell Station, Maryland. These Roses, it will be 
recalled, formed the subject of an article in The 
Garden Magazine for August, 1920. 
These novelties strike a new field in Rose 
plants, and are the first tangible results from work- 
ing the newer Chinese introductions on those 
already well known in our gardens. 
The arrangement with the Department of 
Agriculture calls for distribution through the 
American Rose Society, and offers an opportun- 
ity to members who are also Rose growers tO' 
participate in such distribution provided they 
issue a retail catalogue, and will agree to the 
conditions of naming, pricing, etc., as arranged 
with the Department. It is further required 
that they agree to propagate from the material 
assigned; to offer prominently in their catalogues- 
the resulting plants in two-year form; and to pay 
to the American Rose Society at the end of one 
selling year, as royalty, 25% of the retail price 
fixed upon. 
