. Rose gardening; how to manage roses and enjoy them . xistence, yet who but Providencesupplied the raw material, renews it fresh very minute oftime, or teaches themystery we call a roseto grow into such per-fection in the summerssunshine ? It is quiteout of the question todecide which is the doublest rose ; so wewill content ourselveswith paying homage tomany of the best. Firstly, it will be wellto recollect that goodculture, demanded byall roses, is extra needed,and merited, by the great full ones. A weak specimen of an intensely doubleflower is worse, because more disappointing, than a weak
. Rose gardening; how to manage roses and enjoy them . xistence, yet who but Providencesupplied the raw material, renews it fresh very minute oftime, or teaches themystery we call a roseto grow into such per-fection in the summerssunshine ? It is quiteout of the question todecide which is the doublest rose ; so wewill content ourselveswith paying homage tomany of the best. Firstly, it will be wellto recollect that goodculture, demanded byall roses, is extra needed,and merited, by the great full ones. A weak specimen of an intensely doubleflower is worse, because more disappointing, than a weakspecimen of a decorative or loosely-formed one. The treemust be strong, full of life and sap, that the stems may beequal to holding up the beautiful flowers. Plenty of manuring, wisely diversified, will give the treesevery chance. Chapter XXII deals with this food of watering, of pruning, of hoeing round, of mulchingand of syringing are required. A giant needs a large bed andmeal; while a pigmy can put up with a cot and small Leaf of Hybrid Perpetual Rose. 46 ROSE GARDENING There is compensation for the cultivation of huge sohdroses, for they are far less trouble in other ways than are theslender, flappy, semi-doubles to keep in health. Mildewattacks some of them, it is true—Margaret Dickson, thatgreat, flattish pale flesh, or blush beauty, for example ; butit is really a mistake to take her for any sort of illustration,owing to her being some kind of a freak, or at least an , is it not, that she refuses to be produced by cuttings ?—At least, so tis said, and neither I nor any of my friendshave contrived to prove the saying false. A rose that hassuch a pronounced peculiarity is an uncanny thing. All thedearer, of course, for being incomprehensible. Mildew is a malady thatattacks the strongest trees;but when a stout grower isseized upon by a disease or byinsects, it is, naturally, notmuch trouble to cure. Therobust specimen of Rose ca
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