May 4 
326 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUMDS 
Damp and Chilly Weather. —It has 
never been the purpose of the writer of 
these notes to say more about local 
weather conditions than is needed to ex¬ 
plain trial results. The cold dry winds 
of February have already been men¬ 
tioned on page 212, and the fear of in¬ 
jury to evergreens and exposed new 
plantings has been fully justified. Many 
beautiful groups and specimens of the 
more sensitive Thujas and Hetinosporas 
on neighboring grounds are so injured 
as to be worthless, and the mortality 
among Rhododendrons is greater than 
for the last 15 years, though the tem¬ 
perature did not at any time reach zero 
by at least four degrees. The several 
species of Euonymus have lost most of 
their leaves, even where well protected, 
and exposed plants of the Cherry lauiel, 
Prunus laurocerasus, and the dainty lit¬ 
tle Garland fiower. Daphne Cneorum, 
are apparently killed to the ground. 
Since the beginning of March, however, 
there has been a constant succession of 
storms preceded and followed by days 
of cloudy weather with chilling winds 
and fogs from the sea. This slow and 
halting approach of Spring is distinctly 
beneficial to exposed grass and grain 
lands, which are recuperating in an un¬ 
expected degree from the Winter’s dam¬ 
age. Even the blackened stems of half- 
hardy roses and tender blackberries are 
regaining color in many instances, and 
pushing buds at points seemingly dead 
a few weeks ago. Fruit buds of all 
kinds appear to be in good condition, 
but are naturally coming on at a slow 
rate under the cool conditions. The 
prospects for a local crop of the various 
fruits is very good, the only danger 
greatly feared being a recurrence of the 
cold rains in the blooming period. 
A Grand New Hardy Rose. —Since 
the introduction of the vigorous and 
hardy Rosa rugosa from Japan and 
North China persistent attempts have 
been made to create, by hybridizing 
with other species and highly-improved 
garden roses, new varieties combining 
its special qualities and peculiarly hand¬ 
some foliage with greater perfection and 
freedom of bloom, and increased lange 
of coloring. Considering the innumer¬ 
able crosses that have been made by pa¬ 
tient experimenters on both continents 
the net results are really very meager. 
Mme. Georges Bruant is the offspring of 
a Tea rose pollenized by the white-fiow- 
ered Rugosa, and was the first useful 
hybrid sent out. It is a very thrifty 
grower and produces when well estab¬ 
lished immense clusters of large semi¬ 
double white flowers with a pleasing 
odor. It is constantly growing in favor 
in the Northern and Prairie States on 
account of its hardiness and reliability. 
The late Mr. Carman, of The R. N.-Y., 
next produced the popular Agnes Emily 
Carman, by crossing the common pink 
Rugosa with Harrison’s Yellow. The 
unexpected result was a large double 
brilliant crimson bloom of much the 
shade of Gen. Jacqueminot. The plant 
is particularly rugged and hardy, and 
the foliage really exceeds the typical 
Rugosa in beauty. It blooms very free¬ 
ly, and continues almost all Summer. 
Mme. Charles Frederick Worth has the 
famous Paul Neyron for the pollen 
parent, and is in many respects the fin¬ 
est of the colored Rugosa hybrids on 
the Rural Grounds. It is strong and 
stately in growth, and the blooms are 
more double, and have a better finish 
than its competitors, but the season is 
scarcely as long. Souvenir de Pierre 
Leperdrieux, sometimes sold as Sou¬ 
venir de Yeddo, has proved the most 
continuous bloomer of any yet tried, 
producing clusters of double bright red 
flowers until late Fall, which are abund¬ 
antly followed by fair-sized fruits. All 
other Rugosa hybrids are sterile with 
us. Blanc Double de Coubert is another 
double white-flowered variety, looking 
more like the species than a hybrid. The 
blooms are quite double, pure white and 
possess a delightful fragrance. It was 
introduced from Prance in 1894. its 
parentage being Rugosa and Kam- 
schatka roses. 
The writer has been growing Rugosa 
hybrids since 1893, and has bloomed 
many hundreds of interesting crosses, 
only two or three developing character¬ 
istics of horticultural value. This is 
about the experience of all hybridizers 
who have used the Rugosas extensive¬ 
ly. So variable and inferior are the 
usual results that it has been supposed 
Rosa rugosa is not an actual botanical 
species, but a natural hybrid between 
certain Asiatic wild roses. Its varieties 
reproduce themselves very readily from 
seed, but diverge widely when pollen 
from other sources is used. The finest 
Rugosa hybrid yet developed on the 
Rural Grounds is shown on first page. 
Fig. 128, under the name of New Cen¬ 
tury. It is now being disseminated by 
the Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 
Pa., the growers of the Ruby Queen rose 
which is now in the hands of many R. 
N.-Y. readers. New Century was raised 
from seeds of the hybrid Polyantha rose, 
Clothilde Soupert, the male parent be 
ing the single white Rugosa. It was only 
secured by persistent effort to effect a 
cross that should theoretically produce 
good results. More than 500 polleniza- 
tions were made before the first sound 
seeds were produced, and many subse 
quent trials have since been required to 
secure others. New Century sends up a 
forest of strong thorny canes, three or 
four feet high, when established, each 
topped with a cluster of five to 11 large, 
perfectly double blossoms with a bright 
carmine rose center, shading to white 
or rose pink at the edges. The fra¬ 
grance is particularly agreeable, being 
almost identical to that of the woodland 
wild rose, R. lucida. The strong, erect 
bushes are clothed with handsome Ru- 
gosa-like foliage, but of a lighter green 
tint. The picture was made from a care 
ful painting of a cluster, large enough 
to fill a peck measure. Tne artist, how 
ever, for pictorial effect, has concealed 
the single stem from which all the 
blooms spring in the representation of 
a vase. This specimen was grown in 
the highlands of Tennessee on good soil 
and was the most artistic natural clus¬ 
ter of roses the writer has ever seen. 
The hardiness of New Century seems to 
be entirely established, as it has been 
grown in several widely-separated lo 
calities four years without the slightest 
Winter protection, and has never been 
injured, even by a temperature of 26 de¬ 
grees below zero. If well fertilized it is 
almost continually in bloom, but must 
be cut back well in the Spring and again 
in July to promote the formation of new 
shoots. There is little doubt that Ru 
gosa hybrids are destined to wide popu 
larity when their merits become more 
fully known, especially where the so- 
called hardy garden roses are com¬ 
monly winterkilled. The Canadian Ex¬ 
perimental Farm at Ottawa classes the 
various Rugosa hybrids as “half-hardy” 
in that severe climate, in distinction to 
such entirely hardy varieties as the Ru 
gosas proper, Persian Yellow, etc. By 
naif-hardy is meant that tender late 
growths are often killed, but matured 
wood is seldom injured. A perfectly 
hardy plant should preserve its ter¬ 
minal buds like a currant or gooseberry 
through any stress of temperature. Prac¬ 
tically, we have found moderate winter- 
killing of more benefit than injury, as 
it necessitates closer pruning than 
might be given if all the growth re¬ 
mained intact. We would counsel those 
who plant roses of the New Century 
type to put them in rich, moist soil 
when possible, and away from buildings 
so that the erect and robust habit may 
be preserved. While blooms may be 
produced the next season after planting, 
the bushes will not show their full de 
velopment until three or four years have 
passed, but are apparently good for a 
life-time if not allowed to starve. 
Winter Delicacies. —Of all the Win¬ 
ter delicacies we have been able to grow 
the quality of the rhubarb forced in a 
warm corner of the cellar, without the 
aid of glass, pleases the palate best. The 
tomatoes, peppers, beans, lettuce, rad¬ 
ishes, mushrooms and cress are very ac¬ 
ceptable indeed, but they are nearly 
identical in flavor with the Summer pro¬ 
duct. Forced rhubarb is immeasurably 
superior in quality and appearance to 
the usual outdoor growth, apart from 
its quality as a desirable novelty at the 
season. It retains a delightful pink 
color when cooked, and the flavor is a 
delicate and refreshing fruit acid with¬ 
out a trace of astringency. The plants 
in the cold cellar are just beginning to 
grow, and will scarcely develop more 
than 10 days earlier than the garden 
clump. In the heated cellar (soil tem¬ 
perature at 55 degrees) five plants have 
given a constant supply for a small 
table since early February, and are still 
sending up new stalks. w. v. f. 
Mr. J. A. Gardner, of Colchester, 
Conn., writes: “I know that ray potato 
vines on which Bowker’s'Boxal’ wasused 
keep green long after others were dead.” 
— Adv. 
The Finest Shray- 
A perfect fog-]ike mist is 
tlirowii out by 
RIPPLEY’S 
Compressed Air Sprayer 
and 
Whitewashing Machine, 
or til rows u continuous stream 
:‘U I t. heigh, as desired. Never 
scorches foliage. Make solu- 
t n go farther than any other 
miayer. Great lor whitewash¬ 
ing. Holds 5 gallons. Can’t 
Ourst. I’r re, iieavy palvanized iron, tC.25; heavy copper, 
pO 00. We a‘iw> nave hand apravers, wagon aprayera and 
full line ofapecialtiea forbreeders, iarmeia and tioriicultur- 
iats. s,-nd for catalojrue and speeial prices. 
RiPPLEY HARDVYARE CO , Bsi 223. Grafton, Illinois. 
n_ 1 ... 1 * I'lace N. Y City. N. Y. 
* i 84 Merchants How. BoHtony Mass. 
AH Feriilixers 
for truck gardens and early mar¬ 
ket crops should contain from 3 % 
to 10% of 
Nitrate of Soda 
if the object is to develop the earliest 
and best yields. Its effects are instan¬ 
taneous, as all the nitrogenous content 
is immediately available for producing 
rapid growth. A postal request will 
procure you free pamphlets and Umt 
of doalara in Nitrate of Soda, if ad¬ 
dressed to Jtohn A. Myers, 12-0 
John St., New York City 
YOU CAN 
OBTAIN A MILLION 
Berry 
Baskets 
of the Best Quality 
at the manufacturers’ 
lowest cash price. Write 
for catalogue of Fruit and Farm Baskets and 
Crates. Low prices for early orders. 
COLES & COMPANY, 
Est’d 1884. 109 & Hi Warren St., New York. 
TOBACCO DUST 
1/11 I C WOOLY APHIS. HEN LICE 
INIULiO and ALLOARDEN PESTS. 
H.A STOOTHOFF. Tobacco Dust 
116 West St.. N.v.C Hobbyist 
SAN JOSE SCALE. 
And other Insects can be Controlled by Using 
Good’s Caustic Potash Whale- 
Oil Tobacco Soap No. 6. 
Kegs, 501bs. ea., S^c.lb. 
Kegs, lOU lbs. ea., 5c. ib. 
Kegs. 170 lbs. ea., 4^c. lb. 
Large quantities Special Rates. 
14 Bbl., abont2751bs.,4c.lb 
Bbls., about 425 lbs.,3^c.Ib 
Send for Circulars 
JAMES GOOD, 937 N. Front St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
A NEW INSECTICIDE 
First Introduction to America of 
Black Soluble 
lusecticide Soap. 
Awarded Grand Prize at Paris Exposition, and 
winner of Gold Medals at International Expositions 
of Rome. Recommended as efficacious by largest 
European Nurserymen and Growers, including 
Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieui and others. All pests 
of outdoor or indoor plant life. Including SanJos 6 
scale, snccumb to the effects Of this remedy. ITruIt 
Growers and Horticulturists send for pamphlets, 
prices and other Information. 
V. CASSAZA & BRO., 
190-192 Prince Street, NEW YORK CITY. 
A 
i. getting .0 be « “'V""nt".“'n 
» ^isJn-proof,” but Bowker s 
“BOXAL’’ 
WILL KILL HIM 
and at the san^ ttoe prevent 
of vines end f®* ^ 3 . We have 
serving showing the truth 
many ° ^talogue of Insecticides 
ofthisinour cata og 
^hich also and plant 
of injurious ins fight them, 
diseases, and.^^^suated. Ask for 
40 pages, fully to-day. 
catalogue • 
BowkerChemicalCo. 
, _ Ct Bostofv 
43 Ch».thsNiTi. Pt.. p j 
PARAGRENE 
Is better, cheaper and bulkier than PARIS GREEN. 
“Have used Paragrene on my farm for potato 
bugs. It was perfectly satisfactory. L. H. BAILEY, 
Prof, of Horticulture, Cornell University.” Write 
for sample. FR£D. L. LAVANBUKG. New York 
To produce the best results 
in fruit, vegetable or grain, the 
fertilizer used must contain 
enough Potash. For partic¬ 
ulars see our pamphlets. We 
send them free. 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 
93 Nassau St., New York. 
LAND DRAIN TILE 
(Car-loads or less). 
Sizes, /}, 3, 4, 5 and 
6 -lnch. 
WILLIAM T.LEGGETT& CO. 
1026 Liberty Avenue, 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Perfect FruH, 
Every frnlt grower alma to have IL 
I'hoae having perfect fruit succeed. 
Perfect fmit means perfect spray- 
Ing. The very best sprayers are tM 
Empire King and 
Garfield Knapsack. 
They make the *^fioe aa fog” fpr&y, 
easy to work and because of perfect 
a{^itatlon avoid a 11 scorching or burn* 
ing of foliage. Automatic brush keep* 
strainer clean. Brass valves—noru^ 
ber or leather to rot. Book on Hpraj* 
Ing and terms to atrents mailed fres« 
FIELD FORCE PUMP CO., 
S^ArketSt., Loehport, If. T« 
THE “HARDIE” 
Spray Pumps 
are the most powerful, easiest 
worked, most modem, simplest 
In construction and moderate In 
price. DON’T BUY A PUMP 
until yon have sent for our cata¬ 
logue “C” and treatise on dis¬ 
eases of fruits, etc., sent FREE. 
Hardie Spray Pump Mfg. Co., 
86 Lamed 8 t. W., Detroit, Mloh. 
STANDARD HORSE-CARTS. 
Twelve Style 8—2 and 4 
Wheel—Wide and Narrow 
' Tires—SteelAxles. Low rates 
of freight from our Works- 
Tatamy.Pa.—to all point*. 
Adopted by farmers, 
tractors, miners, vardeners, 
cemetery authorities, et*., 
wherever the beot Iswantsd. 
HOBSON & CO.i Haaufri, 19 State Bt,, New Terk 
Buy a Good 
Spray 
Pump 
MORRILL 
—don’t exiierlment— 
costs money. We have done 
the experimenting—used the 
common spray pumps in our 
own orchards, noted their 
defects — then invented the 
ECLIPSE. You get the bene¬ 
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Send at once for catalogue. 
MORLEY, Renton Hamer, Ulcli. 
THE LIGHTNING COM¬ 
PRESSED AIK S PRAYER, 
l^atented 1900. 
Holds four gallons. Pump 
iK a little air with the 
pump which Is attached to 
the reservoir. No more 
labor required. Will kill all 
kinds of insects. Will spray 
two rows of potatoes at one 
time and as fast as the 
operator can walk. Big 
money for Agents. 
D. B. SMITH & CO., 
Utica, N. Y., U. 8 A. 
EASY SPRAYING 
No^jayer made gives better service than 
Ihe Century Barrel Spruyer. 
m^rged brass cylinder, brass ^11 valves, 
everlastiug plunger packing; automUic 
agitator For ease of operation, durability, 
free water ways It Is unequalled. Never 
scorches foliage. Send for catalogue o£ full 
line of pomps andspravers. _ 
THE HEMING CO., Salem, O. 
Ocstem Agts. llenlonA Hnbbeli, Chicago 
$5.00 Oompressed Air Sprayer for $3.75 
It Is admitted by all classes of fmlt growers and farmers that my 5 gallon compressed air sprayer Is the 
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copper. WUl throw a good stream 26 to 30 feet. Good pressure 20 to 30 minutes. The tallest 
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MARTIN WAHL Rochester N. Y. 
