1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
207 
NOTES ON FLOWER CULTURE. 
Culture of Roses. 
L. 8. K., Norwich, N. Y .—What time 
should roses he transplanted? What fertil¬ 
izers are best? What should he done when 
roses bud and partially open, and fail? 
Ans. —Roses may be transplanted in 
Fall as soon as the leaves have dropped, 
after a hard frost, or in the Spring just 
before beginning growth. As a rule it is 
safer to transplant in the Spring after 
hard freezing is over. The best fertilizer 
is probably well-rotted stable manure, ap¬ 
plied liberally and well dug in the soil. 
Fine ground bone and wood ashes rank 
next in efficiency, and may be separately 
applied whenever needed, and hoed or cul¬ 
tivated in the soil over the roots. There 
is no direct cure for rose blooms blasting 
in the bud and failing to open properly. 
This defect has a variety of causes, but is 
generally associated with the poverty of 
soil and deficient root action. It is also 
caused by cloudy weather, or too much 
rain. All that can be done is to pick off 
the blasted buds, and endeavor to keep the 
plants growing thriftily until the next crop 
of bloom is formed. For this purpose the 
plants should be well cultivated and extra 
manure anffiied to them if their growth 
seems to be checked. 
Culture of the Paeony. 
W. II. W., Madison, Win .—Will you give 
me detailed information in regard to the 
commercial culture of the paeony? I would 
like to know about the methods, profit and 
proper location of such a business. 
Ans. —The paeony is a very hardy plant 
and delights in rich deep loamy soil. The 
culture for commercial purposes is quite 
similar to that of rhubarb. Young plants 
or root divisions are set about 20 inches 
apart, in rows three feet or more wide, 
suitable for horse cultivation. The cul¬ 
ture simply consists in keeping the soil 
mellow and entirely free from weeds dur¬ 
ing the whole growing season. At the 
approach of freezing weather, it is well to 
give a very liberal mulch of stable or 
horse manure, not particularly for the 
protection of the crowns, but to fertilize 
the soil and prevent heaving of the roots 
by hard frost. The culture for the second 
and succeeding years is the same; that is, 
the soil should be kept clean and mel¬ 
low, but on no account should the plow 
or cultivator go deep enough to disturb 
the roots, as the paeony quickly resents 
root injury. During the third year the 
crowns may be lifted in August, after 
blooming, carefully divided and reset un¬ 
der proper labels in the same manner, and 
cultivated for a continuous increase, or 
sold as the grower may desire. Just now 
there is great interest in the pseony and 
prices of good varieties rule high. Grow¬ 
ers having choice stocks are making good 
profits, but the present boom is not likely 
to last after the trade is generally sup¬ 
plied. The paeony is so hardy and de¬ 
sirable that it is destined for general cul¬ 
ture, but only moderate profit can be ex¬ 
pected in the future. As the blooms and 
dormant roots can be readily transported 
long distances any location in the North¬ 
ern States where there is rich deep soil, 
such as will grow good corn or potatoes, is 
suitable, provided an ample supply of sta¬ 
ble manure is available. The paeony does 
not thrive especially well in the South, 
and a location north of Virginia is to be 
preferred. 
Culture of Fuchsia. 
D. It. P., (No Address). —I have a Fuchsia 
which has seed pods or berries. How should 
I proceed to plant the seeds, and what would 
I get? Should they be dried before planting? 
Ans. —Your Fuchsia seeds should be 
washed from the berries and dried for a 
week or 10 days before planting. They 
may then be planted in pots or boxes, and 
treated just like tomato plants, though 
they are often longer in coming up. Seed¬ 
lings bear flowers generally inferior to the 
parent plant from which they are taken, 
but sometimes an extra good one is thus 
produced. 
Coal-tar Paint. —Tell I. ,T. ' ., of Danby, 
Vt., to mix spirits of turpentine with coal 
tar, just enough to make it spread with a 
brush. He can apply it cold, and he will say 
it is fine. G. s. b. ' 
Mays Mill, N. Y. 
RUBY QUEEN IN WINTER. 
I keep my little rose bush in a flower 
pot in the house this Winter; it is now about 
six inches high. We like The K. N.-Y. better 
all the time, and often wonder how we ever 
got along without it. With best wishes, 
Iowa. d. o. F. 
I am wintering my “Ruby Queen" rose in 
a flower-pot in the cellar. It was so late in 
the season before we received it that we did 
not put it in open ground. Should it he 
exposed to the frost before Spring, or remain 
t ; it is in a cool cellar? It still retains its 
eaves. c. s. u. 
Quebec. 
It. N.-Y', There is no need of exposing the 
potted rose to frost. The main thing is to keep 
the plant reasonably dormant until hard 
freezing is over outside. If will drop its pres¬ 
ent leaves when new growth starts after be¬ 
ing planted out side. _ 
Grafting Wax with Beeswax. 
J. II., Hartsgrove, O. —Is there any way of 
making grafting wax without using beeswax? 
Ans. —Beeswax is an important in¬ 
gredient of about all the grafting waxes 
used in this country. Several pitch waxes 
made without beeswax are used in Eu¬ 
rope. Two of the best formulas are here 
given: 1. Melt together 76 ounces resin 
and 27 ounces Burgundy pitch. At the 
same time melt nine ounces of tallow; 
pour the melted tallow into the resin and 
pitch mixture, while both are hot, and stir 
thoroughly. Then add IS ounces of red 
ochre, dropping it in gradually while stir¬ 
ring the mixture. 2. Melt together 20 
ounces resin and 12 ounces pitch. Add 
four ounces of melted tallow and stir vig¬ 
orously. Before cooling add slowly, while 
stirring, eight ounces Venetian red. These 
waxes may be used warm or cold. 
False Pride. — I saw him in town the 
other day, with his wife and a load of 
produce. He sat in the wagon and held 
the horses; she did the business. It re¬ 
minds me of the couple who came into 
our barn to look at a calf. They both 
saw it. She said: "Jordan, we'll take 
the calf.” He scarcely dared open his 
mouth; they took the calf. Another 
man’s wife comes in every week with a 
load of stuff and goes from house to 
house with the same. You don’t catch 
him ‘‘peddling!” Why that’s beneath his 
dignity, but he is perfectly willing to 
spend the money she earned. There are 
a lot of men who are perfectly willing to 
go around and deliver orders, but getting 
those orders which requires brains is a 
job they don’t undertake. Isn’t it an 
honest business? What is the reason 
then? There is a lot of false pride lying 
around in some lazy men’s bones. 
II. G. M. 
“Young man,” asked the girl’s father, 
"have you any visible means of support?” 
“Why—aw—none that are visible to the 
naked eye,” replied the young man, hesi¬ 
tatingly. “I am one of the microbe spe¬ 
cialists of the health department.”—Chi¬ 
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