. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 562, The American Florist, Oct. THE ROSE. Carrying: Roses Over Two Years. There is usually more or less un- certainty with the rose grower as re- gards carrying over some of the stock for the second year; or perhaps the third year,—this is especially true when one is contemplating this work for the first time. Therefore a few suggestions may be of some help in settling or deciding the matter. In the first place the plants to be carried over should be in a healthy condition, fre^ of club root and containing suffici
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 562, The American Florist, Oct. THE ROSE. Carrying: Roses Over Two Years. There is usually more or less un- certainty with the rose grower as re- gards carrying over some of the stock for the second year; or perhaps the third year,—this is especially true when one is contemplating this work for the first time. Therefore a few suggestions may be of some help in settling or deciding the matter. In the first place the plants to be carried over should be in a healthy condition, fre^ of club root and containing sufficient growth to cut back or prune into shapely plants. There are several methods of handling the plants and if the work is carried out intelligently in each instance there is no reason why the results will not be entirely satis- factory in the way of profit. First we will assume the grower has a house of roses that are in excellent condition yet he finds that the soil is about exhausted, he has not enough young stock to replant, and he is doubtful about getting the kind of stock he wishes to grow. We will say this house in question contains raised benches and very little head room. If this should be the case the grower will have to resort to the well known meth- od of tying the plants down. First of all, whether the plants are to be removed or left where they are, they should be rested a while. By holding off the water a little, yet still keeping up the syringing, within a few days, 10 days or so the plants will be in a fair condition to remove or to prune and lay over, that is, the bench stock, solid beds require a much longer rest- ing period. We thing it a very great mistake to give the plants too much of the drying treatment as we think they lose too much vitality from this cause, taking a much longer time to recover. Two weeks will as a rule be long enough for the benched plants and a month for the plants in the solid beds, a little more or less either way which must be le
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