Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-11
Varieties That Are Beautiful, Fra
grant and Easy to Grow.
THE ART OF FLORAL DECORATION.
Good Big Onion in the Bed Makes tbs
Flowers Smell Better.
SLEEPING In A BACHELOR'S GARDEN
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH

every spare fence and trellls. No plant
yields better return for the labor and cara
bestowed upon it.
'A stiff, loamy soil, !" says the head gar
dener at Hampton Court, near London, sis
what they need. You must stir your soil
often, keep it free from weeds and insects,
place them in the full sunlight, prune them
closely after they bloom and when they
sprout in the spring, and you'll find roses
the easiest flowers in the world to raise"
We all love roses. Unfortunately, the
insects love them also, and not wisely, but
too we'll. This is the greatest drawback to
their culture. The green fly, the rose slug
and the rose bug are the greatest nuisances,
and they require eternal vigilance. This 10
the price OF success in the cultivation Of
roses more than that of any other
plant. Tobacco smoke kills the first
most successfully; dose the second with
the following decoction: A tablespoonful
OF white hellebere dissolved in two gallons
OF boiling water; let it cool, and then apply
to the leaves with a paint brush or whisk,
bathing the upper and under parts. The
remedy for the third is to pick them off BY
hand. In cold or uncertain climate, with
out hotbed or conservatory, the only salts
factory roses are the hybrid perpetuals, some
OF the moss roses and several varieties of the
climbing roses, though the ever-bloomiug
roses will, with proper treatment, keep on
renewing their blossoms until nipped by
the frost.
SOME RELIABLE VARIETIES.
Among the dark red are: Prince Albert.
Louis Philippe. Count Bismarck and
George Washington. Alfred de Rougement
and Coquette des Blanches are pure white,
and La France, La Refine and La Norman
die are bright pink. These flowers are all
hardy, rich in eoloring and very sweet. You
can rely upon their blooming early in the
season, and at intervals through the sum-
mer and autumn. Do not feel disappoint.
ed if they are chary of their buds
the first year Of planting, since they gener-
ally reserve their strength for the second
spring opening" Nothing can equal or
eclipse moss rose bud. She always has
been, she always will be, the prime faVorite
in poetry and art. She best interprets the
language of youth and beauty, "half
wrapped in her messy envelope" In En-
glish gardens they are planted between the
gooseberry and currant bushes or under
fruit trees, and seem to thrive wonderfully
among almost all vegetables. They are
faVorites for boutonnieres. With us they
are of slow growth and somewhat difficult to
raise.
In Southern Germany during the month of
May the woods, fields and meadows are full
of turquoise-hued forget-me-nOts. The peas
ants make exquisite bouquets by massing
them around a vivid pink moss rose bud,
generally the delicate elder BIOS
lillies of the valley,
and finishing with fringe of small ferns.
France is the home, par excellence, of the
rose. In both their cultivated and savage
conditions they run riot all over the beauti-
full land. The Gloire de Dion covers many
3 house with its creamy, pinkish- petals
and buff center, and its rich, glossy green
leaves.
SKILL IN DECORATIONS.
The Stacks of flowers with which many
people decorate their tables are
coarse as compared with the artistic, skillful
use of few blossoms combined with beauti-
ful foliage. / once attended a wedding
where asparagus tops and hyaeinths were the
only decorations. The effect was so pretty
that it called for the heartiest praise.
You will probably smile wnen 1 inform
you that an onion, good large one, too,
planted near your rose bush, close enough
to touch its roots, will increase its fragrance
and the size of its blossoms. Nevertheless
it is fact.
/ have before alluded to the magnificent
yloire de dijon. 1t is perfect as a climber,
has continual succession of bloom and
withers very slowly. Moreover, it grows
rapidly and is perfect both IN the nalf-
opened bud and the tull-blown rose. 1t can
De trained to cover the side of q house.
side is best-or it may be
planted in the center of four posts about
DOT apart, training the branches to grow
outside the interlaced wire, and twine all
,ver both stakes and chains. The gloria de
osamond is a lovely scarlet, and most de-
rable for pillar training. So is also SOL
aterre, which is yellow, and the Washing
on, pure white. The lamarque is an old
ashioned climber, beloved by the danes
Who figured in the Direetoire period. The
,uds o ten shade to a pale, pale yellow. You
emember JoseDhne's love of roses and the
ours she whiled away in her rose garden at
dalmaison? No doubt she found certain
harm about her flowers which soothed
er in her loneliness and grief.
'oets have long ago sung this queen of
overs into favor, and man has always
,und fascination in its cultivation. be-
eve all womanly women and young girls
ave passionate fondness for the flower,
nd consider it worthy OF their greatest care
nd devotion.
FlLL1NG "A HOSE JAR.
Every lady should have rose jar. When
,se petals are dry place them in layers in
our Jar with alternate layers of salt, sprigs
{ lavender and a few drops of altar of roses.
pices, which are recommended in the usual
,rmula, give an unpleasant smell after
tile time, unless the damask rose is exelu-
vely used. Keep thejar tightly. Do not make
,e mistake of using odorless roses. The
amask rose is grown by the acre in its own
static home, solely for the purpose of
altar of roses and rose water.
ne bush in your garden will give you
.tisfying fragrance throughout the month
June.
A little 3-year-old whom once knew in
mately lived next door to an old bachelor,
no prided himself on his rose garden The
nall maid and the genial old gentleman
ere excellent friends, inasmuch as he al
avs allowed her to pick as many of the
-etty flowers as she chose and could reach
ithout aid, One afternoon she was miss
10. Mother. nurse and relatives all be-
.me anxious. Perhaps she had been
olen, for she was lovely little witch. At
st someone suggested her being hidden
the rose garden. Sure enough, though,
lie did not answer the repeated calls;
ter persistent search throughout
le little paradise, she was dis
,vered fast asleep between two tall, thick.
ossoming bushes. Her white pinafore was
nj of lovely red, pink, white and yellow
ses. her dark curls were strewn with them.
I'd her flushed cheeks were cushioned upon
em. A pretty baby asleep among the
ses! 1t was the most charming sight
just such picture as poets and
,inters love to draw. f. K. r. WADE.