St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-07
ROSES IN THE HOUSE.
How to Obtain Good Results from Plants
Grown in Windows.

ROSES IN The HOUSE.
How to Obtain Good Results from Plants
Grown in Windows.
When write of growing roses in the
house, l do not mean in the green
house nor yet the conservatory, but
the common window in the ordinary
living-room of our daily habitation:
the window near which is grown the
motley collection of plants so dear to
the housewives heart. 1t is an easy
matter to successfully grow few roses
in the greenhouse or conservatory,
but it is no child's play to reap the de-
sired result from roses grown in the
common window. In this location the
harvest Of bare stalks and insects is
usually in excess OF blossoms.
My best success with roses in the
window has come from following the
methods here given. In the spring |
obtained from the florist G stock OF
young, healthy plants, nearly all hy-
brid teas, AID set them in rows in the
open ground; the soil was moderately
rich and mixture of sand and loan.
In these rows the plants were allowed
to make all the cane growth they would
(without forcing), but every bud stalk
was religi6usly cut off as it appeared.
In September--about the middle of the
month-the plants desired for winter
blooming were carefully taken from
the ground, a large ball of earth ad-
herring to the rest, and set in large
pots; they were then placed in a mod
erately cool room, not cold enough to
freeze, and allowed to rest, only suffi-
cient water being given them to sustain
life. From this period on [ manage
them as l do hyacinths for winter
blooming, viz, bring them into the
window a few at time, whenever [
desire bloom.
While my experience in this respect
may differ from that of others, [ have
rarely been able to obtain successive
bloom (outside of greenhouse and con-
seryatory) except by following the
plan given. BY placing all the plants
in the window at the same time l gen.
orally had shower of bloom for about
a month and none after. By the method
stated I have been able to obtain con-
tinuous bloom from November until
March,
Now a few words about culture.
First, let me warn the reader that the
greatest enemy to be met and over
come is the red spider. This pest is
very minute, and must be closely
watched for; his presence may be easily
detected by the upper side of the leaves
turning brown.
When thefred spider is detected the
plants must be thoroughly syringed
with water; this Is the most etficacious
remedy known. Just here let me add
that if. on the removal of the plants to
the house in the fall, any are found to
be diseased, do not take into the house
among other plants which are healthy.
You will only injure the healthy plants
and utterly fail of any success with the
diseased ones. This applies to all
plants brought from out of doors to the
window garden, and to this fault may
be traced nine -tenths of the trouble had
by amateurs with fower-groWing in
the window.
If possible, it is best to have separ-
ate window for the roses; at least have
separate shelf, they do much better
by themselves than when placed with
other plants. The temperature should
be kept as even as possible, and to such
height as can be comfortably borne
by the human occupants of the room;
the rose delights in an even and some
what high temperature, plenty of air,
and some water Air should be freely
given them but always through a win
dow at some distance from the plants;
never allow direct draught of cold air
to strike plants. A vessel of water
should be kept constantly on the stove
or heater, and another near the plants
from which they may breathe in
through their leaves the moisture so nec-
essary to plant growth. r. G, Brooks,
an american Gardener.