1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
791 
THE GARDEN 
Protection and Propagation of Roses. 
A few months ago, a writer in The R. 
N.-Y. spoke of grafting and budding as 
the only way of propagation for out-of- 
doors. Several years ago, I was connected 
with Franklin Academy, Nebraska. The 
young ladies were very desirous of secur¬ 
ing white roses for commencement. I 
found that Madame Plantier was the 
best. But this would winterkill. One 
great trouble in the West is the warm 
sun in February, which dries up the top 
while the root is frozen. There were 
two difficulties with this rose : It was 
tender, and I found it very hard to pro¬ 
pagate ; it defied mein every way. Then 
I thought of a plan by which to avoid 
these drawbacks. One season the bushes 
made a fine growth—four and five feet 
high. I laid them all down like the 
spokes of a wheel, and covered them 
with six inches of fine, rich soil. I 
reasoned that they were so full of life, 
that they would push their way through. 
I did not take the earth off in the spring, 
but let the roses work their way up. 
About 50 vigorous sprouts showed them¬ 
selves, and grew with amazing rapidity. 
I had a vast mound of beautiful flowers. 
Burying them retarded their bloom, so 
they were a week later than usual. Peo¬ 
ple came from near and far to see them. 
That was not all. I kept them well 
cultivated, and thought that I could 
solve another difficulty—that of propaga¬ 
tion, and sure enough, when I came to 
dig in the fall, I had from the one cluster 
35 very fine, strong, and well-rooted 
plants. Since then, I have used this 
plan largely. Before me as I write are 
18 fine, strong General Jacqueminots 
from layering one bush. This plan gives 
roses on their own roots, hardy and vig¬ 
orous, that will bloom the first year. If 
you wish to protect, and increase your 
half-hardy roses, pulverize the earth 
about them thoroughly, bend down your 
bushes, cover with six inches of fine 
earth, four inches will do if the winter 
is not severe. Do this in November, 
just before the ground freezes. If your 
soil is heavy clay, mix with fine manure, 
and you will be rewarded with a glory 
of bloom and strong plants. Be sure 
to cover the tips well and keep them 
covered. c. s. h. 
Nebraska. 
R. N.-Y.—The process of layering is 
much practiced for hardy roses and for 
many of our outdoor shrubs. It is 
especially valuable to those who do not 
possess a cold frame or cool greenhouse. 
The usual way is to bend down a branch 
elbow fashion, making a slight cut in 
the bark at the point brought to the 
ground ; this is pegged down and cov¬ 
ered with earth, the tip projecting; when 
a good start has been made, the rooted 
tip is cut from the plant. This is a 
most satisfactory way to increase most 
of our common flowering shrubs. 
The Madame Plantier rose is, as a 
rule, so hardy, that it needs no protec¬ 
tion in our severest winters. We im¬ 
agine that, in Nebraska, the trouble is 
from the sunscald, rather than the cold. 
The earth covering is a most satisfactory 
protection, the usual practice being to 
remove it by degrees in the spring. It 
has the advantage of staying in place, 
and does not afford a refuge for field 
mice ; these little pests find a congenial 
home in such a mulch as strawy manure. 
We have seen the earth mulch applied 
in the form of sod; the rose bushes 
were first laid down and pegged in place, 
then a layer of sods placed over them, 
grass side down. Dry earth may then 
be put over the sods, in the case of more 
tender subjects. Some of the tender Hy¬ 
brid Tea roses, such as Mme. Caroline 
Testout, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria and 
Duchess of Albany, are described as 
MOTHERS .—Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best — Adv. 
wintering perfectly under this treat¬ 
ment, in northern Indiana. In a rigor¬ 
ous district, raspberry canes are the 
better for this sod covering, and in our 
latitude fig trees are sometimes treated 
in this way. 
Prize-Winning Chrysanthemums. 
Each year sees a difference in the 
leading chrysanthemums exhibited at 
the shows ; the favorites of one season 
are often pushed aside by the debutantes 
of the next. Two years ago, the great 
prize-winning white was The Queen ; it 
is not a very lasting flower, and has a 
habit of showing its center, a serious 
defect, but its many good qualities as a 
show bloom gave it decided vogue. Last 
year, however, it was thrust aside by 
Mayflower and Mrs. Henry Robinson, 
the latter taking high rank among early 
whites. Gretchen Buettner, introduced 
this year, is another of the new varieties 
likely to possess permanent value. There 
is such a long list of the Japanese whites 
now that a variety must possess distinct 
character, or it is soon discarded. 
In pink, year after year, the well- 
known Viviand-Morel appears to lead 
all the others as a show bloom. The 
color is often uneven and streaky, but 
size, graceful shape, and good consti¬ 
tution make it almost indispensable. 
Last year, a very favorable impression 
was made by Mrs. Perrin, a new variety. 
The clear color, a regular rose pink, 
fine shape and foliage gave promise of 
a valuable sort for trade use. It must 
be remembered that, as a rule, the flor¬ 
ists look at a variety from one standpoint 
only, that of its value for cut flowers, 
and while the varieties they indorse cer¬ 
tainly represent the cream of the list, 
comparatively few of them are useful 
outside. At the present time, the two 
great points the raisers of new chrysan¬ 
themums look for are dwarf, stocky 
growth and distinct color. They are, 
also, experimenting for the encourage¬ 
ment of early blooming, and assuredly 
this will give us the garden chrysanthe¬ 
mums we want. Among the novelties 
exhibited this fall, but not yet intro¬ 
duced, we find one which seems to meet 
these requirements, the Midge ; it is a 
very early white, blooming at the same 
time as Mme. F. Bergmann (our earliest 
white), very dwarf, clothed with abund¬ 
ant foliage right up to the flower. This 
impresses us as a good thing for garden or 
window, for we don’t want giraffe-necked 
chrysanthemums in the house garden. 
Carnation growers have discussed, 
for several seasons, the practice of sum¬ 
mering their plants in the field. Some 
of the more delicate sorts suffer so much 
from the check received when taken 
indoor?, that they do not recover their 
vigor in time to give a remunerative 
midwinter crop. The standard yellow 
variety, Buttercup, is one of these ; in 
many localities, this unfortunate weak¬ 
ness has almost driven this carnation 
out of cultivation. Some of the growers, 
especially in the neighborhood of Phila¬ 
delphia, have kept the plants continu- 
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away after awhile.” 
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advised to take something to ( 
cure that cough. 
Have you ever noticed that 
the cough that goes away after 
awhile takes the cougher along ? 
1 And he doesn't come back / 
Ayer’s 
Cherry Pectoral 
Cures Coughs. 
ally under glass with good results, 
planting on the benches early in the 
summer like roses. In the old style of 
greenhouses, with removable sash, this 
could be managed very well, all the 
glass being taken off ; but in modern 
houses, it is a little difficult to give suf¬ 
ficiently free ventilation. The plants 
are treated just as they are in the field, 
being topped and prevented from bloom¬ 
ing until it is advisable to permit flower¬ 
ing. But in spite of the control given 
by indoor summer cultivation, a great 
many growers still think that, in all 
cases, they procure a healthier growth 
in the field. 
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