The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-06-01
farMlers' Column.
A Practical Chapter on Roses.

ANY one who has looked at the nursery
catalogues Tor the last ten years, and seen
the immense number of roses offered for
sale, (and no doubt sold,) would conclude.
That by this time the country was full of
| roses. And as the rose, when rightly Sc
lected, and well cared for, is q long-liyed
plant, roses would be far more abundant
than they now are, if only one-h half that
are planted lived. | do not believe That
of all the roses that leave the florists bands
ten per cent. are alive at the end of the
fourth year. The rose has as few enemies
as any flower with which am acquainted,
1t will brave the winter and withstand the
heat OF midsummer, if a judicious selec-
ton is made of varieties, and proper care
is taken in planting. Suppose we take
the tea roses, which do so we'll in our lati
tude.
TEAS AND BENGALs.
| have always thought that the most eff
iectiye way to plant tea roses was in bed
by themselves. AS it is desirable to have
them keep in bloom through the hot
months it is necessary to trench the ground
from II to 2 feet deep, not less than II,
and put plenty of manure and sods at the
bottom. The roots will find it. | have
often found roses in good mellow loan, with
tap roots two feet long. The bed may be
made any shape, but an oblong bed with
5 rows show the roses to the best advantage,
and is easier kept clean
| A very beautiful bed can be made with
row of crimson Bengal roses in the
middle, Ohese work we'll with tea roses)
such as Agrippina, Louis Philippe, Beau
Carmine and President d'Olbecque. For
the rows on each side take teas with rose
and pink shades, such Bon Silene, Adam,
Madame Damazine Melville, Pink Daily,
Souvenir dune Annie, sc. The outside
row, which should be continuous, can be
made of any of the many straw-color,
white or sulphur-yellows, of which there
are so many Safrano, La Pactole, Madame
Falcot, White Daily, Madame Bravy, &c.
The tea roses, although tolerably hardy,
will sometimes be killed in very cold win
tiers, and are always better for little pro.
lection. l have found nothing better than
pine branches or corn fodder, which can
be easily used, when the teas are in bed
| by themselves. About the last of Novem-
Der l shorten the long branches, then |
press the top Of each bush sideways to the
ground, and cover with pine branches or
corn fodder. | then put a few pieces of
rails to keep the whole steady. They
should be uncovered by the middle of
March at latest, and pruned close; and, as
soon as the ground is fit, it should be
spaded with fork spade. cut my tea
roses almost to the ground, and though
they do not get into bloom quite as soon,
they make finer show in the end. The
tea roses like rich warm gravelly loan,
and although they can stand plenty of
watering, they will not thrive with stag
nant water at the roots.
THE BOURBON ROSES
come next in value. They are quite har-
dy, free-bloomers, but lack odor. As they
are mostly strong growers, they do well
singly, and cannot be too highly recon-
mended, where the teas do not survive the
winters. They are not equal to the teas
for bouquet purposes. The Bourbons will
grow in a stiff loan, if it is rich and with.
out the land is made rich, no great sue.
cess can be expected in rose,culture and
no subsequent manuring is equal to that
given when the plant is first set out,
though applications of soap-suds or ma
nure-water are always beneficial.
Among Bourbons the following are all
good:
Acidala, white; Bourbon Queen, rosy
iawn; Souvenir de In Malmaison, cream
flesh; IIermosa, bright rose; Emotion,
bush rose; Empress Eugene, purplish
rose; Paxton, rose, and many others
The Bourbons always make magnificent
bloom in October.
THE NoIsETTEs
are tender, and only few varities can be
| recommended for outdoor culture in
Maryland. They do not as general rule
| stand such close cutting us the teas, but
bloom more on the old wood. They are
mostly climbers, and some have succeeded
10y taking them down and wrapping them
in straw. There is one grand rose placed
among the teas and in other catalogues
classed as Il noisettc Gloirc de Dion,
creamy yellow, shaded salmon. 1t has
the tea odor, but is quite hardy, more so
than any tea or noisette; give it II rich
deep soil, and it will grow ten feet high
and bloom continuously. l thing if had
room for only two roses would take
Gloire de Dion and Hermosa
South of the Potomac, and especially in
the Cotton States, the noiscttes flourish
finely. They contain some of the finest
roses known, such rs Solitaire, Lamurquc,
Chromatella, Celine, Forester, Ophir and
Woodland Margaret. The beautiful MAJ.
echel Neil is also placed with the moi
settles.
THE HYBRID PERPETUALs,
which are crosses between the old hun
dred-leaf rose and the Bourbons, are charm
ing roses, and were they really perpet-
ual with us, us their name implies, they
would stand at the head of the list. They
make with us one fine bloom in June and
occasionally blooms through the summer
and fall. They are all hardy and strong
growing, and are invaluable in colder
ATTITUDES, where even the tough Bourbons
succumb to the intense cold. In the New
England States, and also in the North.
west, they keep up quite IL continues
bloom, and in the cool moist climate of
England, bloom almost rs freely rs the
Bourbons. But their beauty is so great
that their culture pays well for the one
bloom that they give us in June. You
cannot get the ground too rich and some
varieties will grow six feet high, and as
much through. The size of the blooms is
increased by pruning. The number of va
rites is almost endless and catalogues are
full of names, with but little if any of diff,
ference in the blooms. The following are
good old kinds
Auguste Mic, Caroline de Sansal, Vic
tor Verdier, La Refine, Baronne Provost,
Jules Margotten, General Jacqueminot,
La France, Geant de Battailles, and Anna
de Desbach. CHAs. II. SNOW,
HaJord Co., Nd.
TOMATOES How TO RAISE THEM
The French mode of raising tomatoes is
as follows AS soon as cluster of flow
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