. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. gallons of water. This spray will whiten and slightly disfigure the foliage. It will not burn it, however, and will clean out any leaf-eating pests I have met with, either under glass or outdoors. I use it by the ton annually and can guarantee it. PROTECTING HARDY ROSES. A year ago the ground froze up so early that it caught numerous growers with their roses and other plants un- ]irotccted. It is hoped that the com- ing winter may be less severe than its ]iredecessor, but of tliis there can be no certainty and now while the ground is soft is t
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. gallons of water. This spray will whiten and slightly disfigure the foliage. It will not burn it, however, and will clean out any leaf-eating pests I have met with, either under glass or outdoors. I use it by the ton annually and can guarantee it. PROTECTING HARDY ROSES. A year ago the ground froze up so early that it caught numerous growers with their roses and other plants un- ]irotccted. It is hoped that the com- ing winter may be less severe than its ]iredecessor, but of tliis there can be no certainty and now while the ground is soft is tlie ideal time for hilling up the rftses. There is no better method of pro- tecting roses than with mother earth it- self. Particularly is this true of hybrid jierpetuals like Frau Karl Druschki, Magna Chart a, ^Mnie. Gabriel Luizot, Mrs. .Tohn Laing, Taul Ncyron, Mrs. Sharman-Crawford and othfis of this type. If the plants have been pruned back hard as suggested each spring in tlio cultural columns of Tlie Review, it will not be difticult to cover a few eyes of the last season's growtli. If this is done, no matter how severe the winter, it is tolerably certain there will be some live wood to jirune back to in the spring. Hybrid teas can bo earthed up in the same manner and, if the land where they grow is well drained, they should winter well. Tie up the shoots into a fairly tight cane before hilling up. Let the ground freeze hard and then place some strawy manure, straw or meadow hay over the loam. I do not recom- mend these latter mulches as safe in themselves. Too often they are apjilied while the ground is soft and field mice tunnel below them and raise havoc witli the plants. If hybrid teas are growing in positions ex])Osed or where water may collect in winter, the best plan is to dig them up and bury them in a cold- frame or outdoors where no water can stand and where a mulch of straw or hay can be placed over them when ex- tremely severe weather sets in. In the case of r
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