. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Hill's Seedling Rose No. 1440. vents the growing of plants in infected ; Examine all stunted looking plants in the bench and remove the gall. Then if air-slaked lime is applied to the affected parts and mixed liberally with the surrounding soil, the disease may- be kept in check. The trouble is that the disease has, as a rule, obtained considerable headway before it is dis- covered and then it takes some time to eradicate it. Bulgarie, or Antoine Rivoire, is subject to the same disease, while the Killarneys and other roses seem to be immu
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Hill's Seedling Rose No. 1440. vents the growing of plants in infected ; Examine all stunted looking plants in the bench and remove the gall. Then if air-slaked lime is applied to the affected parts and mixed liberally with the surrounding soil, the disease may- be kept in check. The trouble is that the disease has, as a rule, obtained considerable headway before it is dis- covered and then it takes some time to eradicate it. Bulgarie, or Antoine Rivoire, is subject to the same disease, while the Killarneys and other roses seem to be immune. \V. J. K. ROSE FOLIAGE BURNED. Please tell us what the trouble is with our roses. They are losing a lot of foli- age. Enclosed you will find a few samples of the leaves. We fed the plants with tankage twice a month, at the rate of a 100-pound sack to 300 feet of bench. J. B.—ni. Your rose foliage had every appearance of having been burned. Too heavy an application of the tankage probably was responsible for the trouble. The best and safest food for roses is cow manure. This is used by practically all the leading rose growers the country over and I would suggest that you use it in feeding your plants hereafter. If you cannot secure it, try sheep manure, but give tankage and other such fertilizers a wide berth. They are good for some crops, but not for roses. C. W. ROSE PLANTTS IN COLDFRAMES. Can tea roses be successfully lifted from the field in the fall, potted into 4-inch or 5-inch pots and be kept in a coldframe over winter, to be brought into bloom in April? Also, what would be the best size to build frames? J. P.—O. , Tea, hybrid tea and hybrid perpetual roses can all be lifted and potted as suggested. The latter part of October is a good time to do this, A convenient size of sash is 3x6 feet. These can be bought ready made from greenhouse builders, dealers in garden sundries, etc. You can use planks for framework. Bo sure to allow a pitch of four to five inches fro
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