THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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NOTES ON DAHLIA CULTURE. 
By an experience of 25 to 30 years as 
an amateur in Dahlia culture, I have 
learned a few things. One, and to me. the 
most important of all these lessons, is the 
fact that Dahlia plants set close to a path 
leading to the main entrance to the house 
will often give an abundance of bloom 
throughout the season when others plant¬ 
ed in the same kind of soil and under 
similar conditions, only where undis¬ 
turbed by any passers-by, the Dahlia fly 
stings every bud and prevents oftentimes 
the perfect development of even a single 
blossom throughout the season. I thought 
one season we had found an effectual rem¬ 
edy for this same scourge—the Dahlia fly 
—in the frequent use of the hose to sprin¬ 
kle our Dahlias that were not thus planted 
so they were frequently passed by, but 
the following year even this remedy 
seemed to fail us, while the plants set 
close to walk leading from the front door 
were loaded with flowers the season 
through. Then, too, another thing I be-* 
lieve I have learned, although I know this 
is contrary to instructions generally given 
for Dahlia culture, is the advantage, espe¬ 
cially in our Delaware County (N. Y.) 
climate of early starting of the plants. 
Started thus early ours (we have had them 
in bloom in some seasons as early as Me¬ 
morial or Decoration Day, May 30) con¬ 
tinue to bloom throughout the whole Sum¬ 
mer, and do equally as well during the 
Fall as those started at a later date by 
our neighbors who follow the directions 
to grow them only as a Fall-flowering 
plant. One other point I will mention 
about which I am very sanguine from re¬ 
sults of my own experience, and observa¬ 
tion of that of others, though it does not 
correspond with the advice given by many 
writers on this subject, who claim the soil 
should not be made too rich for best re¬ 
sults with the Dahlia. This is the quite 
free use of stable manure under the plants 
when planted out in the open ground. It 
has usually been my practice to dig a hole 
of considerable size, and to the depth of 
eight to 10 inches; fill in to within four 
to six inches of the surface with manure, 
usually from the pile of .partially decayed 
horse manure; cover lightly with earth, 
but be careful that all the manure is cov¬ 
ered, and set the plants on top of this. 
On a very rich soil this might perhaps 
be too much fertilizer to use, but with us 
here it has certainly given very satisfac¬ 
tory results. E. J. BROWNELL. 
Delaware Co., N. Y. 
A Rose Garden. 
E. L., Ensemore, N. Y .—Will you please 
print a design for a rose garde® about 60 
feet square? 
Ans. — A rose garden “about 60 feet 
square” allows of some latitude in de¬ 
signing, but without knowing anything 
about the lay of the land, or the sur¬ 
roundings, it is somewhat difficult to say 
what would be best. The simple design 
illustrated shows a square plot of ground 
containing one large oval bed in the cen¬ 
ter, four beds of triangular outline, and 
one long, narrow border at the rear of 
the plot. The large oval in the center 
should be devoted to Hybrid Remontant, 
or June roses, and of these the following 
varieties are all excellent: Anna de 
Diesbach, dark pink;; Frau Karl Dru- 
schki, one of the very finest whites; Gen. 
Jacqueminot, well known to almost 
everyone; Magna Charta, Mrs. John 
Laing, both good pinks; Paul Neyron, 
one of the largest roses; Ulrich Brunner 
and Fisher Holmes, light and dark reds. 
This list may be greatly increased as de¬ 
sired. In the triangular beds it would be 
well to plant largely of the Hybrid Tea 
class, and also those known as ever- 
blooming roses. Of the Hybrid Teas the 
following are all fine: Killarney, Cap¬ 
tain Christy, Caroline Testout, Grus an 
Teplitz, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, La 
France and Souvenir du Pres. Carnot. 
The everblooming roses include a large 
number of varieties, from which it is 
difficult to select a brief list, but the fol¬ 
lowing are good: Etoile de Lyon, Marie 
Van Houtte, Maman Cochet, Franz Dee- 
gen, Papa Gontier, Hermosa, Clothilde 
Soupert, and Souvenir de la Malmaison. 
At the back of the long bed at the rear 
of the garden, a wire trellis could be 
placed, and on this some roses of the 
Rambler type could be trained, some of 
the best of this type being Philadelphia 
Rambler, Ruby Queen, Dorothy Perkins 
and Lady Gay. In front of the Ram¬ 
blers the Hybrid China rose, Madame 
Plantier, and also some of the lovely 
Moss roses could find a place. This list 
could be extended almost indefinitely, but 
all varieties do not grow with the same 
freedom, and the few mentioned may be 
considered among the standard sorts. 
The number of plants to be used in such 
a garden would be from 600 to 750, ac¬ 
cording to the dimensions of the beds and 
the closeness with which they were plant¬ 
ed. If the surroundings permitted it, the 
fences or boundaries of the rose garden 
could be covered with the various Ram¬ 
bler roses, and the long bed used for 
other varieties. w. H. taplin. 
Value of Acetylene Waste. 
8. G. O., Paris, Ky. —What is the value 
as a fertilizer of the refuse from an acety¬ 
lene gas machine? Each month I remove 
about a barrel of refuse from it, of a very 
rich consistency, formed by the carbide drop¬ 
ping into the water tank. Would it be bene¬ 
ficial to young asparagus roots and other 
garden products? If so, how thick should 
it be poured on? The mixture at each time 
of emptying is about 60 pounds carbide to 
25 gallons water. 
Ans. —You cannot take fertilizing value 
out of a mixture unless you put it in. 
The gas is made from a carbide or com¬ 
bination of carbon and lime. There are 
neither nitrogen, potash nor phosphoric 
acid in this carbide. Thus, when you put 
it in water you have nothing of fertilizing 
value except lime. This thick lime water 
will be useful when lime is needed. You 
can pour it along the rows, but do not ex¬ 
pect it to take the place of a complete 
fertilizer. 
Storing Mangels Over Winter. 
H. D. H„ Temple, Me .—I intend to raise 
mangel wurzels .next season for stock feed¬ 
ing, and my experience last year with table 
beets prompts me to ask you for information 
concerning the proper methods of harvesting 
and storing them. My table beets were fine 
specimens of Crosby’s Egyptian and Al- 
banis. I left as much dirt as I could on 
the roots and placed them on the dirt floor 
of a cool cellar. Some of them kept well, 
hut most of them rotted, commencing at the 
top just where the old least stems are. Those 
beets which started new Sprouts early in the 
Winter did not rot, all the rotting occurring 
in those where no new sprouts came. In this 
climate there is a quick moist season. Vege¬ 
tables grow very rapidly and seem to have 
a tendency to decay. 
Ans. —As a rule mangel wurzels can be 
kept through the Winter without any 
difficulty whatever. They should be per¬ 
mitted to remain in the ground until late 
in the Fall, harvesting them, of course, 
before heavy freezing occurs. All that is 
needed in the way of a store house is a 
cool moist, frost-proof cellar. In har¬ 
vesting the crop the tops should be twist¬ 
ed off or cut off well above the crown of 
the beet. The root itself should not be 
cut and should not be bruised. The prob¬ 
ability is that the garden beets were an 
early variety, not intended to be kept 
through the Winter. Some variety of 
mangel wurzels should be grown like the 
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