Roses 
Reprinted by request from the Bulletin of March, igi8 
The following directions for rose culture I received from Admiral 
Ward several years ago and I have followed them during these years 
with most successful results. Mrs. William Scott Pyle, 
Garden Club of Somerset Hills. 
Make bed in Autumn for Roses. 
Plant 21 inches apart. 
Three rows — outside row 12 inches from edge. 
Plant Hybrid Perpetuals about March 25th. 
Other Roses after April 20th. 
Do not place manure in contact with roots, cover with fine mold, 
then fine manure, well rotted. 
Pruning hardy Roses, both climbers and others, should be finished 
March 15 th. 
Tender Roses early April. 
Prune back new Roses very vigorously. 
Do not train climbers straight up. 
After April 15 th soil in cultivation, hoeing every fortnight until 
middle of July, then mulch. 
When Roses are setting buds, Hquid manure, especially after rain. 
Hybrid Perpetuals, June ist. 
Teas and Hybrid Teas, June 15th. 
Water, gallon to plant, dry weather. 
}4 gallon to plant middle of July, climbers also. 
Middle of July mulch with manure after hoeing. 
Remove surplus mulch in Autumn before putting on Winter 
protection. 
Spraying Whale oil soap, i pound to 8 gallons water, 4 times season, begin- 
ning just before leaves open and every 20 days until July ist. 
Bordeaux mixture for mildew or black spot, once a week from 
middle of July. 
For Rose bug, Paris green, i pound to 200 gallons. 
Protec- By Nov. 15 th, all Roses — well rotted manure around base, form- 
TiON ing cone 10 inches high. 
AU tender shoots bent down and buried. 
Cover beds with coating of dry leaves 20 inches in thickness. 
Completed Thanksgiving. 
Remove covering not before April ist and until April 20th. What 
remains of manure may be forked in. 
