Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-22
ROSE CULTIVATION.
How to Raise Them-The Varieties "a
Select,

John N. May n Garden and Forest
The amateur can grow roses equal In quality to
the fine specimens which are seen on exhibition
Tables but to do this there must be no misstep in
the cultivation from the very beginning. And at
the very beginning must be met the questions:
"Where shall we plant and how shall we prepare
the sol7"
The bed should be somewhere In q fairly open
place, where the plants can have at least six or
seven hours OF sunshine from April till November
II the shadow OF house or fence falls on the bed
three or four hours q day the result will not be
Iatal, but sunshine all day is to be preferred.
Again, the bed must be away from trees; not only
from under their shade and drip, but so far away
that their roots do not rob the bed OF its moisture
ana fertility. Finally never plant roses in an old
bed or border where roses have been growing be-
fore perhaps for years II no other place is avail
be dug out and cafted away and the bed nlled in
with good fresh soil This point Is OF vital impOr-
lance.
ANY good loamy soil, when properly fortified,
Will grow roses. BY good loamy soil mean soil
ranging between what gardeners call light sandy
loan and heavy clay loan. But where the soil
approaches the first imit-that is where It is OF
light, sandy texture, It will be materially helped
II some clay or heavy loan is mixed with it On
deed poros and w 90
thoroughly fOrked through it.
or course the BED can be shaped to suit the
fancy, but beds star-Shaped or with any other
intricate outline, such as we SEQ made for cOleus
and geraniums are not to be commended. The
roses look better, and can be better cared TOR TO
circular bed or square block. For q dozen plants
round bed need be no more than 4 feet inches
in diameter. Nine plants can be placed at equal
border, and the remaining three can be placed
within this circle ut equal distances from each
other and from the outer row. A bed 8 Teet 8
inches In diameter will accommodate three dozen
plants II they are arranged in three circular rows
is inches apart with seventeen plants In the outer
row, twelve In the next, six in the next and one
In the center.
When the beds are cut on the turf the border
should Do marked sharply, and strip OF sod cut
taken on to the depth OF 10 or IL inches and laid
on the outside OF the bed. The subsoil should
next be covered TO the depth OF 8 or inches with
well rotted stable manure, which should be forked
In and mixed thoroughly to the depth OF another
foot. The top soil can then be thrown back, COW
fully forEed over In case the saosoii should I be
found light or gravelly, IT should all be carried
away. The bottom should then be dug up loosely
and the top soil originally removed should be
thrown 10 and manfred as above The
bed should then be oiled up with soil from an old
pasture. using enough to raise the center OF the
bed some inches above the level OF the margin
This should then be MANFRED and forked THIS
will give bed Of fresh, healthy, active soil and
Without t9is - S inPoSsi1le 70 grow the nnest
Is another essential for roses Will no more thrive
In water-soaked soil than In an unmanured bed
OF sand or gravel This work Is TO lay the founda-
ton OF bed that Is to last for years. and it paws
TO do It WELL Indeed, 1t Is time and money wasted
TO do 1t In any other way All subsequent fertliz-
must be made once Tor all
For those who care to cultivate but few roses
ana are not familiar with the many varieties now
offered, the list below is given as embracing the
best OF the several types In commerce to-day. OF
course there are many more varieties OF almost
equal merit which could be added to this list, but
the difference between many or them is 80 slight
that only an expert could distinguish them when
blooming together. Those enumerated below are
all distinct representative roses. All are fragrant
and all are more or less continuous boomers, for
while among those CLASSIFIED here as hardy the
tinuous bloomers, yet, with liberal Treatment as
described In the last issue, they will reward the
owner with some nne flowers at Intervals all sum-
mer. Those described as Notwithstanding types
OF tea, china, and bourbon roses-will, II carefully
attended TO, give flowers the whole summer from
June TILL late october in the latitude Of New York
and In all sections south of that line. In more
northern parts OF the country the season 10 some
what shorter.
Do not be induced TO try small plants If you
want them to bloom In the open air the FIRST sea-
son. For this purpose only good, rairstzed plants
can be depended upon Many lovers Of roses have
neglected. It Is waste OF money 70 buy cheap,
small plants BY the time such plants have fairly
take them, and very few flowers OF poor quality
Is the only reward for q summers work and wait
ing. Procure strong plants and on their own
suckers from below, and the inexperienced are In
many cases not able TO detect the difference be-
tween the TWO nnti Inc nnss s 1ina !, weakened
stock.
The following are hardy:
White-CoQuette des BlancheA, Columbia (new)
Pale-Shaded Pink-La France, Madle Eugene
verdier, Queen OF Queens
Clear Pink-Madame Gabriel Luizet, Nra John
LANG.
Rose Color-Anna de Diesbach, John Hopper,
Bright Red-General JacQueminot, Zurich Brun-
ner.
Deep velvety Red-La Roserie Jean Labaud.
OF tender varieties the following stand our Try.
ing summers remarkably well and give a. much
satisfaction as any have tried:
White or Flesh Color-Msdame Joseph Schwartz,
Marie Guillot, MalmaisOn.
Ye!low-CoQuette de Lyon, Etotle de Lyon.
Pink OF various shades-MarQuis dc Vlvens.
Grace Darling, Edmund de Biszant Duchess de
Brabant Qmpr0ved).
Red Of different shades-Meteor, Queen OF Bed
derA Queens Scarlet or Aggrpina Pierre Guillot
SUMMIT, N. ]. JoHN N. NAY.