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Tea  Rose  Ivory. 
Amongst  the  recently  certificated  American  Roses  of  promise  is 
the  Tea  variety  named  Ivory.  This  originated  as  a  white  sport  from 
the  Tea  called  Golden  Gate,  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  B.  Durfee  at 
Washington.  It  has  been  successfully  exhibited  at  Baltimore  and 
New  York,  and  was  given  the  certificate  of  the  American  Rose  Society 
at  its  recent  exhibition.  According  to  the  report  of  “  American 
•Gardening,”  this  variety  also  won  for  the  owner  the  first  prize  in  the 
open  cla-s  for  fifty  blooms  of  any  variety,  American  Beauty  excepted. 
It  has  a  fairly  pure  colour,  and  is  in  other  respects  a  duplication  of  its 
.parent. 
Planting  Roses  in  Spring. 
mildew  is  allowed  to  get  the  upper  hand  the  chances  of  nice  flowers 
become  limited.  The  causes  of  this  disease  are,  generally,  a  too  dry 
atmosphere  and  cold  draughts.  Care,  therefore,  is  necessary  in  giving 
air  to  the  greenhouses.  I  would  keep  the  ventilators  quite  closed, 
except  when  the  outside  air  is  soft  and  warm.  Frequently  we  notice 
those  who  have  mildew  on  the  Roses  go  the  wrong  way  to  prevent  its 
spread.  Flowers  of  sulphur  is  scattered  abundantly  as  a  cure.  This  is 
all  very  well  in  its  way,  but  a  better  mode  is  to  apply  more  water  and 
less  air.  Not  only  is  mildew  less  rampant  in  these  conditions,  but 
1  green  fly  does  not  flourish  under  the  treatment. 
I  well  remember  forcing  Roses  in  a  structure  that  had  no 
ventilators  to  open,  so  that  no  air,  only  what  passed  under  the  glass, 
reached  the  Roses.  The  temperature  was  cooled  by  frequent  watering 
of  floors,  &c.  The  house  was  made  so  that  the  sashes  might  be 
removed  alter  flowering  to  harden  the  wood,  and  an  i  leal  place  this 
was.  Blooms  were  cut  by  the  hundred,  and  mildew  was  unknown. 
Growing  Roses  with  other  plants  is,  I  know,  a  different  thing  ;  still, 
cold  air  may  be  avoided  by  not  opening  the  front  ventilators,  the  top 
as  well  being  intelligently  handle  I,  in  accordance  with  the  outside 
weather. — II.  Shoesmith 
The  method  of  planting  Roses  during  April  and  May  has  much  to 
recommend  it,  more  especially  in  respect  to  the  more  tender  Tea- 
scented  kinds.  The  plants  must,  of  course,  be  obtained  in  pots,  and  will 
probably  cost  a  trifle  more  than  ordinary 
dwarf  Roses,  but  there  is  a  saving  in  the 
end.  It  seems  impossible  to  succeed  in 
wintering  such  superb  sorts  as  Comtesse 
de  Nadaillac,  Bridesmaid,  Marlame  Cusin, 
Madame  de  Watteville,  Souvenir  d’Elise 
Yardon,  Niphetos;  at  least  we  find  too 
•many  gaps  in  the  rows  of  them  just 
now,  although  the  Roses  have  had  every 
•care  in  the  way  of  mulching  since  being 
planted  in  the  autumn.  Spring  plants 
in  pots  do63  away  with  this  risk,  and 
new  growth  goes  on  without  any  appa¬ 
rent  check.  We  purchase  them  as 
young  grafted  specimens,  that  is  to  say, 
plants  which  have  been  grafted  in  heat 
during  the  past  winter,  grown  on,  and 
of  course  properly  hardened,  under  glass. 
These  we  prefer  to  older  ones  because 
-they  are  more  free  in  growth  and  have 
not  had  time  to  become  Btunted  in  any 
way.  We  would  insist  upon  the  Brier 
being  used  as  a  stock  ;  this  seems  so 
suitable  to  growth  in  the  Tea  Rose 
section.  When  planted  in  well-prepared 
soil  new  shoots  spring  up  in  quantity ; 
they  flower  early,  and,  in  fact,  outstrip 
Rose  plants  grown  in  the  more  orthodox 
way  by  being  budded  out  of  doors  and 
replanted.  Novelties  in  Roses,  too,  are 
readily  purchased  in  pots  at  this  time 
of  the  year,  and  by  doing  this  we 
save  a  season  by  obtaining  a  supply 
of  “  buds  ”  for  working  on  to  the 
stocks  always  planted  yearly  for  a  few  home  grown  Roses — trees — 
and  to  give  us  the  fine  maiden  blooms  which  are  so  prized  in 
competition. 
Late  Pruning  of  Roses. 
Those  who  did  not  prune  their  trees  during  the  month  of  March 
will  this  season  have  cause  to  be  thankful,  for  it  was  the  coldest  and 
most  trying  period  of  the  winter  that  has  passed.  Principally  through 
pressure  of  other  work  we  deferred  this  operation,  and  glad  we  are 
that  by  so  doing  the  lower  eyes  are  still  in  a  dormant  state. 
Probably  there  is  too  much  stress  laid  upon  the  value  of  early  pruning 
as  affecting  the  time  of  flowering.  I  have  noticed  that  in  many  seasons 
when  we  have  thought  our  Roses  late,  a  spell  of  hot  weather  briogs 
them  out  at  their  normal  time,  and  the  dates  of  first  blossoming  vary 
but  little.  E  irly  pruning  causes  the  growth  buds  to  burst  if  the 
weather  be  at  all  mild  ;  and  when  such  mild  weather  is  followed  by 
bursts  of  wintry  winds  and  frosts,  as  we  have  experienced  late  this 
spring,  the  growth  cannot  be  other  than  crippled  in  its  infancy.  Of 
course  when  Roses  are  cut  late  there  is  danger  in  loss  of  sap,  yet  this 
danger  appears  to  us  easily  enlarged.  There  are  a  few  deaths  among 
our  fresh  planted  stock  ;  this  seems  inevitable,  however  much  care  we 
take.  Until  Roses  can  be  taken  from  the  ground  with  a  ball  of  earth 
attached  there  will  be  a  proportion  of  losses. 
Mildew  on  Roses  Under  Glass. 
A  cultivator  who  can  keep  the  leaves  free  of  this  has  little  trouble 
rto  succeed  with  pot  or  plante  jut  Roses  under  glass.  But  when  once 
Trained  Roses  in  France. 
French  Rose  growers  have  a  characteristic  method  of  growing 
some  of  the  climbing  kinds.  The  plants  are  placed  in  the  beds,  and  a 
framework  of  bamboo  canes  set  behind 
them,  so  that  the  shoots*  are  spread  out¬ 
ward,  almost  fan-shaped.  When  the 
work  is  carefully  done  very  little  of  the 
frame  is  visible.  To  those  who  have 
space,  says  “Meehans’  Monthly,”  this 
system  of  growing  some  of  the  lovely 
climbing  kinds,  especially  the  yellow 
and  copper-coloured  sorts,  may  be 
recommended. 
The  King  and  Windsor  Rose  Society. 
It  is  announced  that  the  King  has 
become  the  *  patron  of  the  Windsor, 
Eton,  and  District  Rose  and  Horticul¬ 
tural  Society,  of  which  the  late  Queen 
was  patroness  for  some  years.  His 
Majesty  has  also  subscribed  to  the  funds 
of  the  society,  whose  annual  shows 
have  latterly  been  held  on  the  slopes  at 
Windsor  Castle. 
Stambridge  and  District  Rose  Show. 
Committees  and  secretaries  of  Rose 
shows  are  at  present  active  in  improving, 
arranging,  and  issuing  their  prize 
schedules  for  the  coming  season’s  shows. 
From  Rev.  F.  R.  Burnside  we  have 
received  an  unpretentious  little  schedule 
of  a  Rose  Show  which  he  has  been  in¬ 
strumental  in  establishing  at  Stambridge. 
The  exhibition  has  been  fixed  for  Wed¬ 
nesday,  the  10th  of  July,  1901,  in  the 
Rectory  Grounds,  Great  Stambridge, 
Rochford,  Essex.  There  are  altogether  seventeen  classes,  the  fint 
being  devoted  to  nurserymen,  and  asking  for  thirty-six  blooms,  dis¬ 
tinct,  for  which  the  prizes  are  £3,  £2,  and  £1  respectively.  In  the 
other  nurserymen’s  classes  good  prizes  are  offered,  and  equally  good 
in  the  larger  classes  open  to  amateurs  and  gardeners.  The  Stam¬ 
bridge  and  District  Rose  and  Horticultural  Society  is  affiliated  with 
the  National  Rose  Society.  We  hope  this  first  show  may  be  successful 
and  encouraging  to  its  promoters. 
Mearns  Rose  Show. 
We  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  the  prize  list  offered  for  competition 
at  the  annual  d  splay  of  Roses,  to  be  held  in  the  Public  School  Rooms, 
Newton  Mearns,  N.B.,  on  Saturday,  July  20th.  The  competition  is 
open  to  the  United  Kingdom,  and  the  great  trade  growers  of  Scotland, 
England,  and  Ireland  are  expected  to  compete.  The  men  of  Mearns 
are  fond  of  England’s  emblem,  and  are,  too,  good  growers  of  “  the 
chaste  flower.”  The  secretary  is  Mr.  Neil  Russell,  Prospect  House, 
Newton  Mearns. 
Roses  at  Thornton  Heath  Show. 
In  the  schedule  of  prizes  offered  for  competition  at  the  first  summer 
show,  to  be  held  on  Wednesday,  July  10th,  1901,  in  Thornton  House 
Grounds,  London  Road,  a  number  of  special  classes  are  arranged  for 
Roses.  Indeed,  Roses  are  to  be  made  a  speciality.  The  Thornton 
Heath  and  District  Horticultural  Society  has  only  newly  become  fully 
established,  but  has  already  100  members,  and  the  secretary  informs 
us  that  there  is  every  indication  of  their  haviog  500  before  July  10th 
DendroBIUM  BrymeriANUM.  ( See  page  341.) 
