June, 1910 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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A Rambler that has not been properly cut back and the resulting scattered bloom. 
Old wood bears no flowers 
florescence, being removed. This cutting will help the plants 
materially and will increase their Rose-clusters at flowering 
time. On every hand, during the summer, old plants can be 
seen with many blossoms, which extent of bloom could have 
been doubled, however, had the plants been properly attended to. 
ROSE PESTS 
is one of the best pest-preventatives. If the plants are regularly 
sprayed with a forced stream, very little poison or chemicals will 
be required. Spray under the leaves, along the stem—in fact, 
make a thorough job of it, and the pests will then find it a diffi¬ 
cult matter to betray the hospitality of the Rose. 
ROSES ON THEIR OWN ROOTS OR GRAFTED 
The grafted rose in place. For the 
small garden these are better 
The Hybrid Perpetuals are known by their dull green, 
wrinkled foliage , 
The shoot at the side springs from th 
root stock and should be removed 
There is probably no plant more often the victim of insect 
and other pests than the Rose. One ought not to begrudge the 
time for a daily inspection of the plants, that would protect 
them from their enemies. Look over and under the leaves for 
slugs and beetles, regularly and carefully, for if you neglect 
this you will rue your carelessness. A solution of hellebore, 
whale oil soap, decoction of tobacco stems, and such-like insec¬ 
ticides and fungicides, will ward 
ofif lots of trouble. Arsenate of 
lead (about one pound to ten gal¬ 
lons of water) is effective, but it 
has the disadvantage of whitening 
the leaves. A good force of water 
Not only are Roses grown on their own roots, but they are 
sometimes grafted on a foster-stem of some other Rose, such as 
the strong-growing Manetti. Some say that Roses on their 
own roots are better, while the advocates of grafting are equally 
emphatic in declaring grafted Roses to be vastly superior. They 
will say that a Rose-plant not grafted has not the necessary 
vigorous constitution to withstand adverse conditions, etc. To 
this the other enthusiast will op¬ 
pose such facts as the one that 
grafted stock will throw out suck¬ 
ers so fast that in spite of all that 
can be done the budded stock will 
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