. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1892. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. Till ('\N\|il\N HORI 'UIST. THI-: CULTURE OF S Nvc all wish the finest roses, it must not be forgotten that if you want roses they must be in the richest part of your rich bed. Vou cannot give roses too much rich feeding, and you cannot keep them too clean. They must be thoroughly watered, and the plants syringed with whale oil soap dissolved in lukewarm water once a week at first, and later once a month, if there are no bugs. Instantly when you see a single bug, those small green parasites, thoroug
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1892. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. Till ('\N\|il\N HORI 'UIST. THI-: CULTURE OF S Nvc all wish the finest roses, it must not be forgotten that if you want roses they must be in the richest part of your rich bed. Vou cannot give roses too much rich feeding, and you cannot keep them too clean. They must be thoroughly watered, and the plants syringed with whale oil soap dissolved in lukewarm water once a week at first, and later once a month, if there are no bugs. Instantly when you see a single bug, those small green parasites, thoroughly syringe with whale oil soaj). ^Vater once a week with a watering-pot full of lukewarm water, in which a table- spoonful of nitrate of soda has been dissolved. This can be bought in crude form at any druggist's at ten cents a pound. This enriches the plant and improves the flowers. Let no rose remain on the plant when it is full blown. It exhausts the plant very much. If your climate is mild you may have a wide choice of roses. If a New England climate, do not waste your time on many roses except hybrid remon- tants. They will winter usually with some protection and they give lavish bloom, and the robust growth of the plant, with its solid leaves, is to my mind handsomer than any other rose but a few teas. It is well to have some teas for perpetual blooming and the beauty of the flowers, but they must be taken into the house in winter. The Sombreuil is a very floriferous tea rose of a charming subtle creamy tone. But no rose of any class seems to me so fine as a successful Souvenir de Malmaison. It is a tea rose, but its leaf and stalk have a vigor of a remontant. The great dark green leaves have no rival among all the rose plants, and the flower is large, most exijuisite in form, and in color a pure silvery flesh tone, with a blush of rose in the centre. The Bon Silene is very floriferous, and the full open is as beautiful as the bud, though of all teas it is supposed
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