. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1887. The American Florist. 443 pink blossoms, aud when, for instance, Boule de Niege, Niplietos, Mabel Jlor- rison, Merveille de Lyon and other white varieties are worked upon it as a stock, the center of the blooms show a soft pink shade. T. SchulTheis. Compost for Roses. Judging from the number of questions asked by correspondents in regard to the above, they have apparently not all read the notes in previous numbers on this very important matter. Therefore it may not be out of place to again refer to the subje
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1887. The American Florist. 443 pink blossoms, aud when, for instance, Boule de Niege, Niplietos, Mabel Jlor- rison, Merveille de Lyon and other white varieties are worked upon it as a stock, the center of the blooms show a soft pink shade. T. SchulTheis. Compost for Roses. Judging from the number of questions asked by correspondents in regard to the above, they have apparently not all read the notes in previous numbers on this very important matter. Therefore it may not be out of place to again refer to the subject. The best soil for roses is what is known by gardeners as a rich hazel loam of a moderately firm texture, and where this can be procured even at a little extra trouble, I would advise getting it by all means. Cut it with a spade from three to nine inches thick, according to quality. Where it can be procured in the form of an old sod, clear of trees (as decaying leaf mould is absolutely injuri- ous to roses ; avoid such by all means), it is so much more valuable. In soil as described above, the roots of the grasses will form a dense fiber all through it, sometimes ten to twelve inches deep ; where such is the case I would prefer to take the whole depth, and if a little in- clined to be yellow clay at that depth, should consider it an improvement to add some to the compost. Having selected the soil to use, the next thing required is well decomposed cow manure; this, if possible, should be at least one year old. If this is on hand, commence your compost heap, to every eight or nine loads of good loam adding one load of equal size of manure, and so continue till enough is collected for the season's use. Where the .soil is inclined to be heavy, add one part to ten of good sharp sand' as you go along ; let it lie a few days to get settled, and if inclined to heat, so much the better, as that helps to liberate the gases in the whole. Turn the whole over and beat it up fine with dig
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