September 25, 1886, 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
51 
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T HE SEVENTH GRAND FRUIT AND 
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CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Amateurs’ Garden, the _55 
Billinge Scan- . 56 
Catileya hicolor Wriglevana 60 
Celery, solid . 58 
Cheltenham Flower Show .. 62 
Chrysanthemums, on Judg¬ 
ing.•. 59 
Earwigs and Chrysanthe¬ 
mums . 5S 
Earwigs and Peaches. 59 
Floriculture . 60 
Gardeners’Calendar.59 
Halstead Place. 53 
Keeley Flower Show . 62 
Lilium auratum . 59 
Liliums, notes on. 53 
Market Gardeners’grievances 52 
PAGE 
Odontoglossum Wilkeanum. 53 
Orchids, cool, on potting .. 60 
Peaches, notes on. 54 
Pears v. Peaches . 52 
Polyanthuses, gold-laced .. 60 
Pyrgo Park.. .. 52 
Railway Rates . 59 
Rochea falcata . 56 
Rose-growing for amateurs.. 51 
Royal Horticultural Society 60 
Scottish Gardening. 55 
Strawberries, notes on .... 54 
Table and Window Plants .. 55 
Trees, Pictorial. 54 
Vandas, on potting. 60 
Vicar’s Garden, the. 54 
Wirkswortli Flower Show .. 61 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1886. 
Rose Culture for Amateurs. — Says an 
authority on Roses—“A place apart from other 
flowers should be assigned to Roses, if possible.” 
This is good advice. Failures with Roses often 
occur through the position in which they are 
planted being unfavourable to their well-being. 
Amateurs with small gardens must have a few 
Roses, and they plant them in various places 
in the hope that they will flourish, too often 
under the shade of trees, where they grow but 
do not flower; or if they do, in an unsatisfactory 
and disappointing manner. We are not alluding 
to the formation of a Rosery, hut to the planting 
of a few Roses in a villa garden, in order that 
the beauty and perfume of the queen of flowers 
should mingle with other subjects. One au¬ 
thority says that if beds of Roses are planted, 
the beds should he of oblong shape, and not 
over 4 ft. wide, as the flowers can he examined 
and cut without treading upon the beds. This 
is common-sense advice. That the situation 
should be an open one is a sine qua non, but if 
it can he so placed as that it shall not be ex¬ 
posed to high winds or the keen currents of air, 
it will thus he seen that aspect is a matter of 
prime importance ; but the amateur not having 
much choice in this respect, must do the best he 
can. In districts that are well planted there 
may be no necessity at all to provide shelter for 
Roses; and it is well to keep always in mind, 
that if shaded by trees or walls, or exposed to 
a roasting heat, or subjected to the constant 
action of strong winds, Roses will not thrive ; 
and, therefore, if the conditions from the first 
are against them, it is of the utmost importance 
that the conditions should he improved. A 
south-east or south-west aspect is best for Roses," 
the beds being situated so as to receive the 
morning sun. Roses like a free circulation of 
air, but they are liable to injury from cold 
draughts; on the other hand, closeness or 
crowded surroundings are apt to generate mil¬ 
dew. 
Having dealt with the best position in which to 
plant Roses, let us go on to touch upon soils. If a 
plant may be said to “delight” in a particular soil, then 
that which gives the greatest satisfaction to the Rose, 
is a rich fibrous loam, that feels soft and silken when 
it is passed through the hand, and where this is not to be 
had, the compost must be improved ; if it is light, by 
the addition of loam or even clay well worked in ; 
where the soil is heavy, good drainage and the addition 
of charcoal in small quantities will help it ; but under 
such circumstances drainage is most important. The 
ground should be deeply trenched preparatory to 
planting, well-rotted animal manure being plentifully 
added, if the soil be old garden soil, good fresh loam 
should be added ; rich and yellow ; if heavy clay, add 
some burnt earth, road sand, or leaf soil. If the 
Roses to be planted are on the briar stock, then the 
soil may be more adhesive than in the case of Roses 
on the Manetti stock. 
It may be added that there is no great difficulty in 
making a Rose garden of some sort upon any kind of 
soil, but in that case a selection of Roses should be 
made adapted to the soil. For example, if it was 
desired to form a rosery on sand or chalk, it would 
be necessary to begin by excavating the soil so as to 
have it sunk below the general level, and briar Roses 
should be rejected as unsuitable, giving the preference 
to those on the Manetti stock or on their own roots, 
as preferable for such soil ; the varieties should be 
moderate growers also, for the more robust the habit of 
the plant, the deeper and richer, as a rule, the soil 
should be. 
The autumn is the best time to plant, and during the 
month of October, and it should be done on a fine day ; 
and rather than plant when the weather is wet and the 
soil sticky, it is much better to wait for a day or two 
until it dries a little ; meanwhile, let the plants be laid 
in by the roots. Dwarf or bush Roses should be planted 
with the collar of the hud or point of union with the 
stock at least 2 ins. below the surface of the soil. 
Standard Roses should not be planted too deep—a few 
inches’ depth of soil above the roots is sufficient ; but 
firmly stake each tree to prevent its becoming loosened 
by being blown about by the wind. But if the amateur 
should desire to plant among other subjects in the 
borders, a hole should be made about IS ins. deep, and 
large enough to contain half a wheelbarrowful of compost 
of two-thirds strong turfy loam, procured from an old 
pasture, if possible, and one-tliird well decomposed 
animal manure. In the midst of this the roots should 
be placed, carefully spreading them out so that they 
may he covered with soil, and this trodden firmly about 
them ; and it is always a good plan in planting to 
place some light sandy compost on the roots at first, as 
it induces them to put forth fresh fibres. It is of ad¬ 
vantage to get the roots to work as soon as possible, 
and if dry weather should follow planting, let a good 
watering be given to the roots ; but this is required 
much more in the case of spring than of autumn 
planting, and when in spring dry weather follows soon 
after the Roses are put into the ground, a syringing 
overhead is also found of great advantage. We are in¬ 
clined to think that a good many of the losses in the 
case of Roses are caused by drying winds following 
close upon planting before the plants have obtained a 
good hold upon the soil. Need we add that when the 
plants are coming into bloom, and the weather is dry, 
a good soaking of water given once or twice a week 
will greatly help them, and liquid manure may he 
given once a week also. 
Mulching is an important matter in the summer 
management of Roses. Remember they are gross 
feeders, and they will take any amount of manure ; a 
layer from 4 ins. to 6 ins. deep from a half decayed hot¬ 
bed laid on the beds in November, and forked into the 
soil in spring, proves an excellent surface dressing. 
Some cow or pig manure spread over the ground in 
May, or early in June, is advantageous also. 
There yet remains the matter of pruning. We have 
known some gardeners plant and piune their Roses at 
the same time, but we are sure it is a great mistake. 
