CULTURE OF ROSES. 
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for sale by florists and nvrserymen 
are divided into two distinct classes 
which are known as ‘‘budded’’ and 
‘‘own-root’’ plants. Many well 
known rose growers prefer the for- 
mer, which are grown from buds in- 
serted in some variety of wild wood, 
commonly in the so-called Manetti 
stock. It is true, on the other hand, 
that not a few equally prominent 
rosarians insist that there is nothing 
so good as ‘‘own-root”’ plauts. This 
difference of opinion need _ not 
seriously affect the beginner, how- 
| ever, for if good, healthy plants of 
either variety are properly set out 
and cared for there is small danger 
of unsatisfactory results. 
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tion that can be brought against bud- 
~ ded roses lies in the fact that there 
is a possibility of the wild wood 
cropping out and choking the bud- 
ded growth. There is of course, 
danger of such a thing happening if 
the plants are left to shift for them- 
selves, but it is practically impossible 
if the plants are carefully watched 
and all wild growth is removed im- 
mediately upon its appearance. All 
shoots which start below the inserted 
__ bud may be readily identified as wild 
suckers and should be cut off close to 
the stock. Eyes, which will develop 
sooner or later into suckers, can 
sometimes be detected before a plant | 
is set out, but if they are removed 
with a sharp knife no further trouble 
will result.. With the exception of 
this single disadvantage, which maj 
be overcome by persistent vigilance 
_ while the plant is young, the budded 
- rose is quite as satisfactory as tlie 
own-root variety, since it is just as 
long-lived and frequently surpasses 
the latter in vigor and beauty of its 
blooms. 
2 The most suitable time for plant- 
ing roses is in the autumn before the 
ground freezes, or, in the case of ten- 
der varieties which cannot survive 
~ our cold winters in the North until 
they have become firmly established, 
_ early in the spring. The plants are 
then in a dormant condition and can 
be handled without fear of damage. 
A hole must be made for each plant 
without breaking and deep enough 
so that the bud (if budded plants are 
used) shall be about three inches be- 
low the surface. After a plant has 
been set in place with its roots care- 
fully arranged so as not to cross each 
other, the hole is packed very firmly 
with earth. As soon as all the plant- 
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ing is done a top-dressing of coarse 
manure should be spread and the 
plants cut back to about a foot from 
the ground so that they may not be 
broken or uprooted by high winds. 
In order to keep the plants in first- 
class condition durmg the summer 
months some attention must be given 
to cultivation. After the winter cov- 
ering has been removed from the rose 
beds early in the spring, the ground 
should be thoroughly forked ver to 
a depth of several inches, taking 
ereat care not to break or otherwise 
injure the roots of the plants. In — 
hot, dry weather the soil soon be- 
comes hardened and should be fre- 
quently loosened in order to allow 
any moisture to penetrate to the 
roots. Should the season be nuusualiy 
dry it is a good plan to water the 
beds occasionally and the man who 
takes the trouble to feed his plants 
with a weak solution of liquid man- 
tire every eight or ten days during 
blossoming time will be rewarded by 
a erop of fine, healthy roses and a 
prolonged season of blooming. 
In common with the rest of the 
plant world, roses are the prey of a 
certain number of insects, which are 
capable of doing mischief if they are 
allowed to work their own free will 
unmolested. 
reliable insecticides now on the mar- 
ket and any of these, if used in time, 
will prevent the tiny destroyers from 
becoming established in the rose gar- 
den. Beetles, or rose-bugs, are per- 
haps the hardest to get rid of, since 
they seem to thrive on poison and 
baths of insecticide. They may be 
exterminated, however, by knocking 
them off from the bushes into a pan 
filled with kerosene oil, if one will 
make a careful round of the garden 
early every morning for a few con- 
secutive days. Practically the only 
disease to whieh roses are subject 
are black spot and mildew and these 
may be checked if taken in time.. 
Bordeaux mixture sprayed on the 
plants in April is usually all that is 
needed to prevent black spot and 
There are a number of’ 
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mildew may be kept from spreading 
by dusting both the affected plant 
and those about it with flowers of 
sulphur. An occasional spraying 
with clean water aids in keeping the 
leaves free from dust and ina 
healthy condition. 
Before cold weather sets in for the 
winter rose plants should be either 
tied securely. to stakes set in the 
ground, or cut down to about two feet 
in height. They are then ready for 
their winter covering, which natural- 
ly varies according to the climate. 
Where the winters are comparatively 
mild a spreading of coarse manure is 
often sufficient protection, but in 
colder regions a heavier covering of 
straw or leaves is necessary. Early 
in the spring this winter muleh may 
be removed, and after careful prun- 
ing to thin the plants of old or weak- 
wood, and insure a vigorous growth, 
they will be ready for another long 
season of blossoming in return for 
the careful tending which nas been 
given them. 
The matter of selecting roses for a 
garden, whether it be large or small, 
must depend, of course, largely upon 
the owner’s personal likes and dis- 
likes. There are many classes of 
roses and scores of varieties in each 
class so that every taste may he suit- 
ed. This wide range often confuses 
the amateur who is unlearned in the 
ways of rose buying, however. and as 
a slight guide to the prcspective 
rosarian it may be well to mention a 
few of the many satisfactory vari- 
eties. 
At the present day there is prob- 
ably no rose more popular than the 
hybrid tea. They are hardy, good 
bloomers and most varieties are very 
well adapted to withstand the some- 
what harsh and variable. ciimate of 
our northen states. Among the most 
beautiful varieties are the Kaiser:n 
Augusta Victoria, Dean Hole, the 
greatly admired Killarney, Belle Sie- 
brecht, Souvenir de President Car- 
not, the Etoile de France. The 
American Beauty and La France 
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