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THE GARDENING WORLD . August 29, 1908. 
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6difomal, 
Roses at ’VTvstexj. 
Time was, and that recently, when it 
was said that Roses would not succeed on 
a sandy soil. Instructions were always 
given how to ameliorate such a soil or 
even replace it by importing fresh soil. 
After seeing the roses in the garden of 
the R.H.S. at Wisley, those who think 
Roses will not grow in a sandy soil will 
be surprised. The Hybrid Teas, Teas 
and other Roses are planted not in the 
lower part of the garden, where the soil, 
presumably, would contain the most 
moisture at all periods of the year, but 
on the brow of an eminence where the 
soil moisture cannot be great during the 
heat of summer. They have been estab¬ 
lished for three years and have made 
splendid bushes, which flower most pro¬ 
fusely. Possibly it would be difficult to 
get exhibition blooms on such a soil, but 
it only needs a master hand to try it to 
see what can be done with Roses. 
The soil consists chiefly of very fine 
sand, the land in this neighbourhood 
being on the Bagshot formation. Indeed, 
so fine is the sand that it blows about like 
dust on a windy day. Lime, humus and 
clay are very sparingly represented. No 
doubt it had the addition of manure; 
that being the case it is easy to supply 
the wants of practically any garden to 
produce a fine display of Roses. 
If one were to inspect the neighbour¬ 
hood one would find plenty of wild Roses 
which thrive and flower in their season. 
At the same time, we have in mind an¬ 
other district where the lower greensand 
formation forms the soil of the district, 
to the south of the^ chalk hills in Simey. 
Here, again, wild Roses grow in profusion 
and-variety, while exhibition Roses have 
come from gardens in this district. This 
goes to prove that the cultivator can 
easily add such deficiencies of soil that 
would enable a good display of Roses to 
be produced. 
Some years ago the National Rose 
Society went to the trouble and expense 
of making analyses of soils taken from 
the districts from whence the best exhibi¬ 
tion Roses came, in such counties as Essex 
and Herts, together with soils from othei 
districts where the Roses were not quite 
so good. The analyses failed to show 
that the soils from tvhence the best Rose; 
came possessed anything particular lack¬ 
ing in other districts. This, of course, 
went to show that the Rose growers them¬ 
selves were chiefly responsible for the 
great success which they had achieved. 
Ton?ato Culture for Amateurs. 
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For the amateur nothing is more profit¬ 
able to grow than the Tomato. There are 
many who have a small greenhouse in 
which oftentimes space is wasted, there¬ 
fore it becomes unprofitable through lack 
of knowledge of the above subject; so a 
few practical remarks on it may prove 
helpful to a few readers of The Garden¬ 
ing World. 
The most suitable mode of growing To- 
matos in the amateur’s lean-to greenhouse 
is to run them up the roof, from a bed 
formed in a long box-like structure on 
the lower stage. They can be trained up 
long wires and should be kept well tied, 
and the shoots that are found in the axils 
of the leaves must be pinched out almost 
as soon as they appear. If the foliage is 
shading the fruit too much, cut some of 
the leaves in half. The best compost for 
Tomatos consists of three parts loam and 
one part of well decayed stable manure- 
To obtain a supply of plants, seed must 
be sown in January or February in pans 
of light soil of a temperature of 60 degs. or 
75 degs. A supply for later use can be ob¬ 
tained by sowing seed in April or May. 
Seedlings can be pricked out into larger 
pans or boxes for a time, when they will 
in a few weeks be available to plant out 
in the greenhouse (see illustration) or 
frame. Plenty of air should then be al¬ 
lowed--the grower should, of course, be 
guided a great deal in this respect by the 
weather. 
If the Tomatos fail to set their fruit, 
A, Tomato trained on voire C; B, space 
left for top-dressing. 
as often is the case, early in the year, the 
flowers should be gone over with a small 
brush to shake the pollen on to the pistil 
of the flower. There are a great man\ 
varieties suitable for culture under glass, 
but the following are a few of the best 
Best of All, Duke of York, Sutton's Ai. 
D, framework for training Tomatos, E 
and F. 
Princess of Wales, Sutton's Perfection, 
and Sutton’s Golden Nugget. When 
planting out T. omatos always have a space 
for top-dressing, which should be given 
when the fruit is about half swollen. ' The 
mixture for top-dressing should consist of 
a small portion of poultry manure mixed 
with loam, or artificial manure. 
Tomatos can be grown very well in a 
frame, trained over a kind of frame work, 
to keep them up near the glass (see illus¬ 
tration). 1 wo plants can be put so that 
they will meet in the middle, one being 
planted at the top of the frame and one at 
G, Tomato trained on a low wall outside. 
the bottom. W hen they have attained the 
desired length they should be stopped. 
Amateurs who are not fortunate enough 
to own a greenhouse will find this an ex¬ 
cellent method of utilising their frame, 
while at the same time the bottom can be 
used for other plants. 
Tomatos can be grown outdoors with 
success if planted in a warm position in 
May. They do best on a wall (sec illus¬ 
tration). The border should be made up ' 
of good loamy soil, and the plants must 
be tied up to wires running along the wall. 
They do much better outside in the south 
