QUEEN OF FLOWERS.
Theme of the Poet and the ArtUt
the Rom.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.
Roses queens, of the American
flower garden!
Th Increasing tendency of people
to patronize the rural sections, and the
steadily increasing love for flowers,
with the impulse to cultivate the small
garden found in the city and the rural
homes brings into prominence the
flower of kings and of favorites and
of the humblest menial the rose.
It is astonishing what varied types
tn nature there are of this flower, and
bow world-wide is its distribution.
Wild roses are found from frigid Lap
land to tropic India. The rose has
the honor of being the first cultivated
flower. For a long time it "was a rare
possession, but with the general and
active love of nature that is a marked
characteristic of the present times
much 'his 'been learned about the cul
ture of flowers in general, and of the
rose In particular, and its special re
quirements are better understood.
While verandas and trellises of
country homes may have their honey
suckles, and lilacs may bloom in
abundance, nothing excels in beanty
or fragrance the climbing roses when
in their gorgeous and glorious bloom.
There is no flower beset with more
difficulties to grow, yet its cultivation
is increasing. The harder it is to pro
duce a beautiful thing the more highly
k is prized.
Most Important Qroupa.
Roses of to-day are of complex line
age, for old and new species have been
crossed and recrossed until now' our
cultivated roses are divided into more
than thirty general groups. The most
important of these are: Moss, Rugosa,
Hybrid Teas, Persian roses and a few
June roses among the stiff, upright
growing sorts of medium to tall
growth; Polyanthus, upright but
dwarf, and Teas, of low or half re
cumbent habit The latter, by some
classifiers, are again sub-divided into
China, Bourbon, etc., of which classes
the teas and hybrid teas are the most
beautiful. They bloom longer than
other types, hence they have been
most widely grown.
For colder climates the hybrid per
petuals are a most valuable class, be
ing generally hardier and larger
bloomers, though they do not bloom so
Roses must have good air and plenty
of it, without being too much exposed;
hence an elevated situation is better
than one that is lower or Btagnant
They should not, however, be exposed
to too violent winds, for the foliage
cannot stand whipping.
Sometimes the protection of a clump
of trees is sought, but unless the plants
are set well away from them they will
be robbed of plant food by the roots of
the trees. To take advantage of this
kind of protection the roses should be
set twenty-five feet further away from
the trees than the latter's height.
The protection of buildings should
be avoided, for so completely do these
stop the circulation of air that mildew
and blights follow from sheltered loca
tions of this character. There are,
however, exceptions to this rule, for
sometimes in an elevated position
there will 'be suitable circulation Of
air even close to a building. This de
pends largely upon the prevailing
winds and the exposure of the locality.
of great value in getting the finest
blooms and the longest bud develop
ment. Good wood dirt is excellent.
Fine, strong plants, set while entire
ly dormant, should give a satisfactory
quantity of flowers the first summer.
In planting, the tops should be cut
down to two or three buds.
Many tall at this point to prune close
enough. On well grown- plants there
is usually too much wood left The de
sire to obtain blossoms the first sum
mer is bo great that frequently the en
tire top is left to grow, which is too
much for the root to support
The reverse should be done, for by
close prifhing the few buds left will
develop "into strong, vigorous shoots
that will produce buds,-and only by
this practice can they be surely ob
tained. A good general rule to fdllow in
pruning is to cut severely all teas, hy
brid teas and kinds that do not make
strong growth, and to cut all strong
growing kinds moderately. The more
luxuriant a bush grows the less prun
ing will be required, but the weakest
growing kinds require the severest
pruning.
While florists have their own wavjof
propagating roses, amateurs usually
get a start of everblooming roses either
from cuttings of the blooming wood,
or from cuttings of mature wood rooted
during winter while in a semi-dormant
THE GOLDEN ETOILE DE LYON,
long as the teas. These have been ob
tained by crossing the French and Da
mask roses with the China rose.
Roses are propagated by cuttings, by
budding, grafting and layering. All
varieties will not root equally well
from cuttings and layers, and budding
is largely done.
The budding roses have to be care
fully watched, for being started on
strong brier and Manetti roots they
THE QUEEN BEATRICE ONE OF THE NEWEST ROSES.
The hot noonday sun Is very hard
upon the blossoms, and if the rose bed
could be so located as to get a shadow
cast from a clump of trees for two
hours after noon such a location would
be ideal.
The greatest pleasure to be derived
from flowers is to have them for the
freest possible use and to give to
friends and others who may otherwise
not be able to have them.
The soil needs to be well suited and
properly prepared. For hybrid per
petuals a heavy soil is better, one that
has some portion of clay in its com
position. The rose requires for its best
development a cool, moist soil, and for
this reason the heavier type is better,
carrying as it does a large amount of
moisture, and being also a little lower
in temperature.
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THE OLD FASHIONED MARY WASHINGTON ROSE.
' are quite apt to throw out shoots from
their own roots which are vigorous
and soon overcome and run out the
bud. They may be readily discerned
when they do come out for their leaves
and wood are of a different character
from that of the bud, the wood being
covered with fine,' prickly spines and
the leaves being seven in number of
three serrations instead of five, as in
most of the budded kinds. -
Budded roses should be planted deep
so that the bud is at least three inches
,below the surface of the-aoil, when
there will be less trouble from the
', suckers. The roots should be examined,
and any eyes or buds that are starting
-. open them should be carefully taken
. out.
The teas and hybrid teas will do
better in a little lighter soil of the loam
type, but for" either class there must
be perfect drainage.
Have Your Soil Rich. "
The soli can hardly be made too rich.
Well composted manure should be
worked down deep Into the bottom of
the bed or of the rows if they are not
In the latter form. This should be cow
manure, as that is of a cooler nature
and better suited to the requirements
of the plant Horse manure is too
heating and will injure the roots it
used in , large quantities. Liquid
manure used In a diluted form once a
week after the buds are formed will be
condition. The latter is. the surest
method for the inexperienced flower
grower.
How to Grow Cuttings.
How can you root summer cuttings?
Make a 4 or 5-Inch cutting of a rose
branch that is coming into bloom, or
is just through blooming. Cut just be
low an eye, leaving a small "heel" or
strip of bark attached. Trim off the
lower set of leaves even with the wood.
Leave the end leaf entire and trim the
leaf or two remaining, back to the
first pair of leaflets. Insert these cut
tings In wet sand up to the last eye.
Put them in the window and keep con
stantly damp until they root, which
should be In from 3 to 4 weeks. Teas
root easily by this method.
To root from semi-dormant wood
About the beginning of autumn, Sep
tember in the North, October in the
South, take your cuttings. Several
may be made from one cane, as pretty
well ripened wood roots after this
method as well as any. Make the cut
tings about 6 Inches long. Cut just be
low an eye, making a slanting cut,
and trim off the lower leaves. Now
dig a hole by the parent bush. Put
handful of sand at the bottom if you
have it and put in your cuttings, set
ting them one inch apart and firming
the earth very solidly About them
Only about an inch of the upper stem
should project above the ground. Put
a glass fruit jar over the cuttings,
sinking the jar well into the ground
then bank up the earth a couple of
inches around the can. Let the cut-
tines. Jar and all. rieidlv alone until
spring is well advanced. It will be
found then that nearly every cutting
has rooted. . This plan seems to be
success wherever it Is tried. North,
South, East or West. Nearly all hybrid
teas and perpetuals root well in this
way. . So do moss, memorial and ram
bler roses.
In- the culture of roses the greatest
trials and disappointments are . met
with in the Insects that persistently at
tack them and of which there are
many. One of the first in the early
summer is the green fly or aphis. .
How to Kill the Aphis.
This will be discovered on the tips
of the bushes and also upon the buds
and about their stems. The insects
suck the sap from these tender parts
and greatly check the growth and de
velopment of the buds. Dusting with
hellebore will keep them in check, or
they may be sprayed with one pound of
caustic potash whale oil soap dis
solved in eight gallons of water. This
is easy work.
One of these Insects will be the pro
genitor of over 5,000 million descend
ants at the end of five generations,
which makes the discovery and prompt
treatment of the first ones highly Im
portant . The leaf roller is another enemy that
rolls up the leaves and also works upon
the buds, eating' small holes in the
ends.. ,-
Then there are other caterpillars,
the young of moths and butterflies, that
feed upon the foliage and also upon the
buds. These should be hand picked or
crushed, as it is difficult to reach them
after they have protected themselves
by the folding of the leaves.
The rose bug 'or rose chafer Is a
mall brown beetle that appears In
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June and usually in large numbers.
The eggs are laid in the soil, generally
in light or sandy land: they are not
often troublesome in heavy soil. '
Paris green and other poisons do not
have much etTect upon them. Arsenate
of lead, when used in strong solutions
(two and a half ounces to a gallon),
will keep them quite well in check,
but this material discolors the foliage.
In the early morning, when the bugs
are somewhat dormant, they may be
picked off by hand, or knocked into a
pan of kerosene held underneath the
branches. This is a most difficult pest
to control. It will also attack grapes
and other fruits.
The rose slug is the larva of the saw
fly, which comes out of the ground in
May. The female deposits eggs in cuts
made in the leaves. The eggs hatch
in about twelve days after they are
laid.
They are a soft-bodied insect similar
to the Bnail, and may be readily de
stroyed by dusting with hellebore or
by the whale oil soap spray. They soon
seriously injure the foliage if not kept
In check.
Another very troublesome Insect and
enemy of the rose is the rose hopper or
thrips. These are small, white nies
that come in swarms, and they work
mainly on the under side of the leaves.
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ing to treat them. ,
The white grub Is another parasite
upon roses, the list of which is Decom
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comes from eggs deposited in the
ground by the June bug or May beetle.
After pairing, the male dies, when
the female bores down in the soil, de
positing her eggs from six to eight
Inches deep. The small white grubs
which are hatched from these live upon
the grass roots or the roots of other
plants.
In making up the soil for the rose
bed sods frequently put in the bottom
to decompose have these grubs in
them, and as they live in the grub form
for three years, they frequently eat the
roots of the roses, causing them to
wither and often to die. On the first
discovery of a wilting plant the soil
should be dug over to find the grubs,
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There are no better friends to have
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The great enemy of the toad is the
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been known to go out, and- in a single
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Innocent sport, being untaught and not
knowing that the toad is a most valua
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. To the lovers of the rose, these dif
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are, are not altogether too discourag
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energy and determination to overcome
them, knowing that eternal vigilance
la the price to be paid to win and to
enjoy this eueen a"ad most "beautiful of
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