The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-07
he length of the cutting, and drop it

in.
Inc main essential then is to thor
oughly drench the soil with water, so
UnaV The sand settles perfectly around
'ne cutting. It is we'll to gather the
GuClngs in damp weather, and if they
10 not wither, and the soil is properly
SoVIled, they can be planted with as
mucn faith as so many grains of corn.
Inc Oox should be where it can get
DOTH dew and sunshine.
IL the cuttings have to be carried
some distance, they should be stripped
Oh their leaves and laid parallel with
eacn other, and have wet moss bound
AROUND them, and shut up in a box.
wet paper or cloth will, also, answer
the purpose.
IL must be remembered that the mois-
ture Is the life of the cutting, and if
CnaI dries out to any great extent the
cuEtlng will not live. If it is slightly
W~lthered, immerse it in clear water I'M
I'll 1t fills with water. Water with soap
IN 1t will kill the cutting, as we'll as all
fresh cut flowers.
Cuttings put out in June have some
times six or eight buds and roses be-
fore November. Allowing the cutting
to bud and bloom does not appear to
injure it in the least it seems to stimu-
late growth. We do well, however, to
have two blooms from them the fret
summer,
They should be taken from the tubs
in November, after the manner fruit
trees are planted. The soil should be
dug up deep and we'll, and the roots
spread out in their natural position,
and fine soil thrown in and pressed
firmly around the plant, or it is well to
settle it with water. The plants should
be Immediately protected from the
cold by having several stakes driven
up, and hay put in around them, and
as an extra protection pine or cedar
tops laid around. If this precaution is
followed the tops will not be killed. If
not, they will, and having to put out
from the ground, will be later bloom
ing. If the winter is very severe they
are likely to be killed, if unprotected.
Tea roses are tender and need some
winter protection for the first few
years.
Since r so easy to root, so
sweet and beautiful, let us plant them.
Who has gathered a boquet of
Catharine Mermet roses and placed
them on her mantle, Q the clear
pink, overshadowed with the silvery
white, and has een the morning light
asst fell upon them, and has not thought
of heaven, and has not cleared away
the mantle, and wiped the dust from it,
nor stopped until her whole body is
made pure, her health helped, and her
face smiling for her tired husband as
he comes home from the hot field.
Flowers have a twofold mission-one
the help they are to our temporal bodies,
and the other the consultation of our
spiritual natures.
The sweet odor contains ozone, the
most valuable of all health-giving ele-
ments.
When we consider that the air is
composed of oxygen and nitrogen, and
and about one-fourth is oxygen, and
that the only vital part is oxygen that
it is necessary only that it be diluted
with nitrogen, and ozone is oxygen put
in motion, we will see the value of the
sweet odor of flowers.
After a dry hot day, we have a nice
shower, the odor is so fresh and sweet
we are forced to inhale it. Why so
sweet? The sudden absorption of water
puts in motion the oxygen, and we
have ozone.
Can the fire burn without this oxygen,
or the flower have its bright color, or
the child its rosy cheek9
Then let us have the fresh boquet
often. Let no mother think she is too
busy to have roses; they will help her
and her children will be rosy and more
beautiful for working with them.
PAMELA CAROLINA READE.
A BOY WITH IDEAS.