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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
August 1, 1907 
Frioses 3 All the leading varieties, half-standards, 1s. each 
s = 
>Does gs Krwrees 3 Orange, Lemon, Peach, Apple, Pear, ]?lum, etc 
HARDY SHRUBS, Trees, Climbers, etc. 
BULBS, Hyacinth, Daffodil, Anemone, Tuberose, 
Gladiolus. 
SS E& » => p BD) es 3 Vegetable and Flower. Agricultural, Horticultural Sundries in great var ety. 
E. & W. HACKETT, 
Seedsmen, Nurserymen, Sec., 
73 Rundie Street, Adelaide. 
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Telephone 350 
ROSE—“ MRS. EDWARD MAWLEY.” 
rather heavy loam. Stiff heavy soils can 
be ameliorated by the addition of ashes, 
soot, leaf mould, organic manures and 
straw, while sandy soils can be changed 
to the ideal nature by the adding of clayey 
aoil. In the latter, noisette and tea roses 
do very well. Cut away clean all bruised 
roots before planting. See that the land 
is well drained, and yet capable of retain-. 
ing moisture, A good system of manuring 
is to apply a good coating of stable litter 
in the form of a mulch, subsequently 
digging it in. 
Pruning is the most important work 
just at present. Experts hold varying 
opinions as to when and how diffesent 
‘ varieties should be pruned, but it is 
really a matter of soil and climate 
Because Bill Jones gets his best results 
by pruning early, it does hot follow that 
you will not do better by pruning late. 
And roses do not afl require to be pruned 
back as was once the custom, The 
. varieties must be stndied, and the suit-. 
ability of long, medium, or shoct pruning 
can soon be determined. The hybrid 
perp-tuals, flowering mostly in spring, 
obtained by the crossing and recrossing 
of Damask Provence and French roses 
with others, are robust growers, with stiff ~ 
thorny shoots, carrying large buds. Severe 
cutting on these results in a superfluity 
of wood growth. A good decorative effect 
can frequently be obtoined by tying down 
the long shoots to stakes. Short twiggy 
growers should be cut hard. Blooms are 
produced only from new, well-ripened 
wood of the previous year’s growth, so it 
must be remembered that new wood each 
year is a vital necessity, that it pays to. 
rejuvenate the trees by replacing old 
standard limbs with new growth when 
development seems to be stagnating, and 
also that the first work of the pruner is 
to cut out all dead wood and weak or soft 
watery shoots. Bourbons should be cut 
as soou as they have finished flowering. 
The hybrid teas, resulting from the hybrid 
perpetuals crossed with tea and noisettes, 
should be pruned according to habit and 
growth. As a rule, they do not need hard 
pruning but sorts like Lady Mary Fitz- 
william can be pruned close. Tea, noisette,. 
and banksia roses should not be pruned 
early in cold, frosty districts, but hybrid 
perpetuals and Bourboas will not suffer 
by it. With rampant growers, it is some- 
“times advisable to tie down ‘the strong 
shoots, as this checks growth and induces 
flowering.. Removing leaves also lessens 
vigor, By varying the time of pruning of 
. individual roses, a succession of blooms 
for a longer period can be obtained. Two 
roses, pruned at different times, will not 
flower together. Tea roses do not require 
severe pruning. 
Wuag To PLant. 
Each rose votary has his own favorites,. 
Selections of best roses have been fre- 
quently made by hundreds of growers, 
but scarcely ever has two lists been alike. 
We do not intend to enumerate the best 
roses, but in the list below would-be- 
growers who do not know what to plant 
