_The 
Flower Garden— 
Summer Treatment of Roses 
Dahlias and how to save Dahlia seed 
Chrysanthemums 
Cinerarias. Propagation. 
seedlings 
Treatment of 
Vegetables— 
- Directions hy W. S. Campbell 
Agriculture— 
Irrigation on the Farm 
Care and Preparation of See! Potatoes 
The Orchard— 
Notes by J. W, Allen 
Stoek— 
Healthy Horses 
Dairying 
The Poultry Yard— 
Orpingtons Setting Hens 
Poultry and Orchard 
EKlowrer Garden. 
- Summer Treatment of Roses - 
Roses are now doing good growth again, the 
young red shoots running riot, just as they 
did in early spring. Keep the bushes well 
mulched with manure, or, if you have no manure 
for the purpose, break up the earth around the 
stem once.a week. This will act asa mulch 
and help you greatly in the work of managing 
the roses ‘Too much watering is not necessary. 
Qne good soaking is worth twenty sprinklings. 
Many folk seem to think that roses need a rest 
in the middle of thesummer, That is not so. 
Properly manured and well watered, the bushes 
will keep flowering all the summer through, 
A rest in roses can only be brought about by 
withholding water and manure. — 
If you are growing roses with a view of sel- 
ling blooms, a lot of attention is necessary. 
Force the bushes now for the crop of flowers 
that are showing and when the flowers are over 
cut back again to a good strong eye. Do this 
after every crop of flowers, Roses delight ina 
cheerfnl pruner. The man or woman who only 
cuts an inch where they might cut half a yard, 
do the bushes more injury than good. Some 
day rose growers will recognise this. Until they 
do, there is no great gain, and not much pleasure 
in the rose garden. f 
Climbing roses are just now throwing outa 
lot of new growths, Lave these alone. Any- 
one who tells you to cut them out tells you to 
doa wrong. The new, vigorous yrowths which 
the climbers are now inaking are the flowering 
shoots of next spring. Understand that a 
climbing rose flowers differently from the, 
ordinary bush sorts. The low growers flower 
on the new wood, This you can prove bya 
turn in yourgirden. The aim of all roses isto 
produce a bloom. ‘This they do as soon as the 
growth is well enough onto carry the flower. 
Not so with the climber. These varieties throw 
out long shoots now and send their blooms next 
spring. Hereand there you do get flowers off 
the end of a new shoot: but generally speaking, 
the blossoms only follow the ripening of the 
wood, 
To help the climbers, prune away all the weak 
wood and all the dead weod. ‘his only 
hampers the new shoot by taking a little of the 
rose sap, which should be going into the young 
reso life. The only way to get at the bottom 
the many interests which grow around the roses 
is to watch with eyes that are wide open. You 
will see more of the ways of roselife in afew 
weeks of watching than we can cram into you 
inayear. Eyes ,andears are only given us for 
use, Now don’t forget that roses only do well 
where they are well cared for. 
Dahlias and how to 
save Dahlia Seed. 
Dahlias will need a lot of attention now that 
they are growing freely. Keep them well 
mulched with old litter and manure, and water 
the plants often. Some of the finest dahlias 
we have seen growing were watered freely, each 
receiving about a full bucket once a day, ‘hat 
was in a sandy-soil garden. where the water 
soaks away very quickly. Quite half, or more 
than half, of the water would run to waste. For 
a heavy soil situation alot less water would 
be required. Every three days will do nicely. 
All the pieces that are cut or broken off the 
plants should be thrown around the base to act 
as a mulch. Light dressings of weak liquid 
manure will help the flowers on once the buds 
have begun to .show their size. When the 
blooms are beginning to _break knock the liquid 
off a little, ; 
When growing dahlias for show purposes 
take out all the weak growths that are running 
in towards the centre of the plants where they 
get no chance of doing any good. 
Cnly the blooms that get sunlight and air da 
their best. Don’t bea bit afraid of cutting the 
flowers ona long stem. The plants make quick 
growth rntil late in the autumn. so it does not 
matter if you do cut a shoot out here and there. 
There is one thing you must on no account 
neglect—to tie the plants up to save them 
breaking beforethe wind. Dahliasare so brittle 
that they go over easily. Use hardwood stakes 
and let each shoot havea stake to itself. Be 
careful and not try to bunch the plants too much 
This plan-will break manya limb. + , 
