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October 30. 
Ruralisms 
WINTERING ROSES IN THE NORTH. 
J I). II., hover, N. II .—Will you inform 
me how to care for a OrlniKon Rambler 
roar- so that it will not be winter-killed? 
I liml It from you us a premium. The 
past two Winters I have taken it. from 
the trellis and packed It in hay in a 
1 k>x, which I made for the purpose. Each 
Spring it lias come out fine, but this past 
season it lias made such an immense 
growth that I cannot pack it as I have 
done before. Should it be pruned, and If 
so, about how much? In this section they 
winter kill badly. I am very anxious to 
keep mine, as it is very handsome, and 
I should feel badly to have It killed back 
thlH Winter. 
A ns.— Wc have grown many hun¬ 
dreds of the hardy roses during the past 
30 years, and while the lemon oil in¬ 
secticide solves the question of trouble¬ 
some insects, excepting the Rose cha¬ 
fer, the winter-killing problem is as 
far from a solution as ever. I never 
have seen any advantage resulting from 
protecting the tops. My suggestion to 
J. D. II. would be to place a heavy 
mulch of stable dressing for a space of 
at least three feet about the roots, but 
not allow it to come in contact with 
ihe stem. Cow manure is preferable, as 
it is “cold.” Then in Spring cut out all 
the vine which has winter-killed. 1 his 
seems to he the only thing he can do, 
but the favorites winter-kill unaccount¬ 
ably even with this treatment. Have 
the mulch of sufficient depth to prevent 
freezing and thawing. f. c. 
Maine. 
Wintering Roses and Pa*onics. 
In our Hybrid Remontant or -Perpet¬ 
ual beds wc often find canc$ from four 
to seven feet high of one season’s 
growth. Alxmt the middle of October 
these are cut back to a uniform height 
of about three feet. 1 his is done to 
make the plant more rigid and prevent 
Swaying in Fall storms, which loosen 
the roots and let air in to the detriment 
of the plant In early November, a 
mulch of coarse stable manure is applied 
to the surface of the soil two or three 
inches deep. Hybrid Tea* are mulched 
likewise, and hut few of these will need 
any cutting back, as they are not such 
tall growers. About December 1, the 
Hybrid Teas are tied up with straw, or 
18-inch chicken wire is put around the 
beds, and the latter filled up with leaves. 
Hybrid Remontants may he treated the 
same way, but they are more hardy than 
the Hybrid Teas, and in an ordinary 
Winter require no protection in this lat¬ 
itude, near New York City. Where one 
has time, however, it is advisable to give 
the Hybrid Remontants some protection 
as well, since it tends to conserve their 
vitality. Ramblers in cold latitudes, 
where Winter freezing is likely to do 
injury, should he loosened from their 
support, laid on the ground and covered 
with soil or leaves, etc. The herbaceous 
paeony is an exceptionally hardy plant 
and requires little or no protection. In 
October, after the foliage is well col¬ 
ored, it may he cut off just above the 
surface of the ground, and in Novem¬ 
ber an inch or two of manure may be 
applied as a mulch. It is a mistake to 
cover this plant deeply in Winter, as it 
is cold-blooded and does not like to he 
coddled. Too deep a covering will show 
its effects next season in the non-forma¬ 
tion or blasting of buds. The tree pseony, 
which is not unlike a deciduous shrub, 
should he protected with leaves, straw 
or litter over Winter in the North. 
GEO. H. PETERSON. 
Fair Lawn, N. J. 
Winter Care op Fi.owers.— Hybrid 
Perpetual roses should be planted in 
beds in our locality, and either mounded 
up several inches around the stem 
with dirt or else covered heavily with 
leaves and straw. Wc generally cut them 
back to within about four inches of the 
ground in the Fall. Paeonies require no 
Winter protection, but wc generally 
U R A l. NKW «VOR KICK 
take the precaution of covering them 
with manure, as we wish to enrich the 
ground. Tea roses cannot stand out¬ 
doors. Ramblers should he mulched 
heavily around the ground with straw. 
Clematis seem to he absolutely hardy. 
We lost a number of evergreens this 
Summer on account of hot dry weather. 
If they had been protected on the south¬ 
west side, this would have been pre¬ 
vented. Rhododendrons arc absolutely 
impossible. hakkison nursery co. 
York, Neb. 
. nounced change in the physical or me¬ 
chanical condition due to heavy annual 
dressings of manure. The soils were 
black and the vegetable matter so boun¬ 
tiful that the -soil seemed to lack 
weight or body. A successful grower 
is of the opinion that they arc using too 
much stable manure and that liquid fer¬ 
tilizers would give belter results. This 
is an interesting problem, and an im¬ 
portant field for investigation by our 
experiment stations. 
One of the most successful gardeners 
Fruit Growers! 
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Ornamentals in Vermont. —In this 
section where the Ben Davis apple 
is not hardy there is little use in plant¬ 
ing anything in the line of shrubbery 
unless it is perfectly hardy. Our short 
seasons compel the farmer to crowd a 
year’s work into a few short months, 
and ornamental work is apt to he neg¬ 
lected, so that most of us pay far too 
little attention to the beautifying of the 
home grounds. I think our greatest 
difficulty is not so much the severe 
Winter as the abrupt change from mild 
Fall to severely cold weather, which 
prevents proper ripening of the plants. 
We usually have frost early in Septem¬ 
ber. 'I'his year it came in August. Then 
after a few cold days we often have 
several weeks of fine weather, and to¬ 
day, October 9, the roses are making 
tender growth and some of the finest 
blooms of the season. Then there will 
soon he an abrupt change, and we shall 
wake up some morning to find every¬ 
thing frozen through and- through. This 
weakens'the plants and I have known 
a strong vigorous young rose bush to 
he killed outright in a single night. For 
Winter protection there is nothing else 
so good as deep banking with earth. 
Rambler roses may be laid down and 
covered with sods. In the line of shrubs 
there is nothing else so good as the 
great panicled Hydrangea. It grows to 
perfection here, and no amount of cold 
seems to injure it. Bridal wreath (Spi- 
ra-a prunifolia) also is very hardy and 
good, and snowball (Viburnum) docs 
well in some places. But 1 think herba¬ 
ceous plants are among the best for this 
cold climate, as our deep snows protect 
them so they are all right with little or 
no covering at all. Paeonies seem 
hardy, and there is a good list of such 
plants that will probably succeed any¬ 
where here if given reasonable care. 
The bush honeysuckle is also a very 
satisfactory hardy shrub. s. S. C. 
Hardwick, Vt. 
GARDENING TALKS 
It is interesting to note the extent to 
which lime is being used for different 
classes of crops. Tts value for legumin¬ 
ous crops has been recognized for many 
years, but in recent years it has been 
regarded as a requirement for many 
other crops beside the legumes. For ex¬ 
ample, in the Atlantic Coast regions 
where fertilizer and stable manures have 
been used rather freely the growers 
have found that lime increases crop pro¬ 
duction. It is assumed that the land be¬ 
comes too acid for even the non-leg¬ 
umes, and that lime is essential to cor¬ 
rect this acidity. Whatever the explan¬ 
ations may be, the results justify the use 
of lime. 
In talking with a half dozen Cleve¬ 
land, ()., greenhouse lettuce growers, 1 
was informed that they have been lim¬ 
ing their beds with good results. Here, 
too, it is claimed that the soil becomes 
sour with the annual application of large 
amounts of manure, and that lime is 
essential to neutralize this acidity. One 
grower spoke of the yield being very 
much larger where the bed had been 
Lined. 
Humus is the most important factor 
of soils for all lines of cropping. Tre¬ 
mendous quantities of manure may he 
used mainly for the humus supplied. At 
Ashtabula, O., I examined greenhouse 
soils where there has been the most pro- 
and fruit growers in Ontario is W. W. 
Hilborn, of Leamington. I had the 
pleasure of meeting him recently, and 
an account of some of his work in mar¬ 
ket gardening may be of interest. Mr. 
Hilborn has one greenhouse 52x80 and 
four others each J2x50. lie is planning 
to increase his area of greenhouse glass, 
which is devoted mainly to starting 
early vegetable plants. The first work 
done in the houses is to sow early cab¬ 
bage seed in January. The cabbage 
plants are transplanted in cold frames 
in February and then Earliana tomatoes 
arc sown about the middle of February. 
These are transplanted into fiats when 
the rough leaves are well developed, 
setting 2x2, a second transplanting made 
later spacing 4x4, and a third shift 
made into flats 1x2 feet and four inches 
deep in which eight plants are 'set. With 
this liberal amount of space very strong 
plants are developed and set in the field 
about May 10. These plants carry 
green tomatoes of good size which be¬ 
gin to ripen July 1, when they command 
fancy prices. Mr. Hilborn grows enough 
plants in this way for eight or ten 
acres, and the tomatoes are shipped to 
various markets in 11-quart baskets. 
Staking and training have been tried, 
but abandoned. The plants are set 4x5, 
and each fertilized soon after trans¬ 
planting with a handful of complete 
home-mixed fertilizer. Barnyard man¬ 
ure is applied broadcast before plowing 
Tne tomato plants arc hardened in cold 
frames, and when removed from the 
greenhouses cucumbers are planted on 
the benches. After the cucumbers have 
been planted-, the 1x2 foot flats are 
sown with eight hills of muskmelons 
and tlu- flats kept between the cucumber 
plants until the muskmelons are ready 
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of the Florida rivers the waters are 
choked by water hyacinths, so much so 
that they become a nuisance. Efforts 
have been made to kill the pest by spray¬ 
ing with sulphate of copper. It is re¬ 
ported that in Fgypt the waters are 
quickly filled by a vegetable growth. 
“Clearing by hand has been found im¬ 
possible in one district, so a motorboat 
has been equipped witli a unique weed- 
cutter and placed in service. The cut¬ 
ting attachment consists of a pair of 
V-shaped knives, with sharp and power¬ 
ful blades, worked by belt from the 
propeller shaft. They frail along the 
bottom of the waterway, cutting the 
growth off at the roots. It is said that 
the little boat will clear as much as five 
acres an hour.” 
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