. Rose gardening; how to manage roses and enjoy them . ly insects are the cause of the apparent whims ofrose-trees. Of three Hugh Dicksons of mine, two grew largeand blossomed lavishly; the third was feeble, and never gavemore than one decent flower a season. They were not farapart, in an ideal site, a south-west border, backed by a closewooden fence. Having exhausted all the art at my command,I was leaving the sorry specimen alone, resolving to move itinto a portion of outer garden that is called the Infirmary,when a friend came to look round, and opened my eyes to thereal trouble, Dont you f
. Rose gardening; how to manage roses and enjoy them . ly insects are the cause of the apparent whims ofrose-trees. Of three Hugh Dicksons of mine, two grew largeand blossomed lavishly; the third was feeble, and never gavemore than one decent flower a season. They were not farapart, in an ideal site, a south-west border, backed by a closewooden fence. Having exhausted all the art at my command,I was leaving the sorry specimen alone, resolving to move itinto a portion of outer garden that is called the Infirmary,when a friend came to look round, and opened my eyes to thereal trouble, Dont you find the tree always devoured by green-fly ? he asked. Yes. Sickly trees always attract pests. THE WHIMS OF ROSES 113 He smiled. And some trees are rendered sickly by being it washed, from toe to tip, with a weak solution of Sanitasfluid and water, and pour once on the soil a bucketful of sudsmade with any good carbolic soap. The effect was wondrous. The tree revived. I had cut itback first, and new shoots sprang forth from every Rose with Branches Trained Out. shoots red to begin with, then the vivid deep green roseenthusiasts thrill to behold. Buds followed, and resulted infine velvety scarlet-crimson flowers, in profusion. My friend was justly proud. Green-fly preferred that Hugh Dickson to the others, hesaid, because north winds were shut off from it by that hedge, H 114 ROSE GARDENING and yet, through the shght slant of the border, it gets morewesterly sun in the day, just a little longer span of you neglected fighting its foes because you had no respectfor it. A quite hardy rose, in a too hot place, may refuse to bloom because its tiny sap-needing buds are dried to death, bakedbrown. A Madame Berard against a south wall was a proofof this. Only the closest observation proved that its shootswere not blind, but held scorched-up infant buds. Movedto a westerly wall it quickly recovered its reputation as afairly free bloomer,—not as free as
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