New-York tribune., 1899-12-04

Rochester he told that he could not grow roses
| there; that morning he had left garden full Of
| them In growing roses, as in everything else In
! lfe. the students must be prepared 10 meet difi-
culties and 10 have disappointments-ike
the Irshman who said that his pig weighed less
than he had expected, but that he had always
| thought II would.
| In literature the rose has a prominent place
Popular usage has attached the name rose 20
variety OF plants whose relationship TO the true
rose no botanist would admit. Roses have been
| grown for many centuries and have been crossed
and recrossed often that II is difficult to refer
the cultivated forms TO their wild prototypes. The
older roses doubtless originated from Rosa Gaica,
a native OF Central and Southern Europe the cab
bage rose. native OF Caucasus. contributing its
share. cross between these two species IT is
surmised. may have been the source whence origi-
| mated the Bourbon roses
The monthly. or China, roses crossed with the
Gallca type are said 10 be the source OF the hybrid
perpetuals. 70 commonly grown because, in addi-
| ton 10 their other attractions their blooming
season IS relatively prolonged and Is repeated in
| the autumn.
The roses employed for altar making in Europe
are the red damask and the Provence. Tradition
has IL that ii woman. the favorite OF
Eastern harem who first discovered altar of roses.
Through her garden had been made 70 now an
artificial stream OF rose water and she noticed
day that oily drops 1oated upon its surface Gath
erng some Of the drops In her hand che smelled
them and experienced altogether delight.
These drops of the oil altar OF rose. and
hence the manufacture which now has its
principal centre in Bulgaria the southern slope
Of the Balkans.
According to Hanbury. the flowers gathered
before sunrise and distilled the same day The dis
titled liquid is allowed to remain for a day two.
by which time most Of the oil will have risen to the
surface from which It is SKINNED. The percentage
yielded is very small.
The quantity obtained this year In Bulgaria is
about two hundred thousand grams less than
last years yield the decrease being due to the
drouth. The value Of a gram Of oil Of roses IS
about - cents. The price has risen rapidly this
year. and in all the large towns Of Europe the de-
mand is increasing In Bulgaria the entire quantity
al present stored is estimated at only about hfty
thousand grams
Agriculture suggests that the women and children
Of many family in this country might earn an ex-
cellent livelihood by the home manufacture OF tho
altar Of roses of which the United States imports
about $4,000 worth annually. lie declares that
there would be great trouble in growing the
regions seem TO be excellently adapted for rose
vvaEce by the intending grower is whether
given place the flowers will bloom rapidly enough
and be rich enough in oil 70 compete with the Tor
gn progue Wt is GS GSy d s fguhhe there fs is no
over large part Of the United States
PURE ALTAR OF ROSES.
For the production Of altar Of roses hardly any
apparatus is required, except simple still, which
costs but little Probably the most important DIM
Guilty in the way Of the American MANUFACTURER
lies in the wholesale adulteraton Of the European
which its Price S4R9E9 70 says 5s
o,,or, "nure altar Of roses is being MADE on
scale 6,ss IN saHGhS 3hS a conhry II not nearly
so well adapted for rose culture as 'he O"''e0
"Especiay in California and The southern ,il1I
States where roses bloom Ia eXtraorulrHry db 90
ance It may be expected that the sr, ateal, ui be
our principal perfumery import at present VIZ Ds
produced before long in great quahuues p'i""'
Tiyalling the foreign articles 49,, . or,
In raising the roses is essent'a 20, 10 o| nu
contained in their petals Iney y tdr,or viii prob
and the fertile uplands o. ne iorro6nrtt6n OF
rely blooming and odoriferous blossoms. ,so,,on
smone rose growers as did the introduction few
seasons ago Of the Crimson Ranocir iroUsS med for r.
TWO new varieties have since appeared; ~nruo ro
and a yellow and are now being oIIereo rfJnr az
rose Of the japanese Polyantha or Multhora class
Of free rambling habit gre sTS|img c6gpeteiy coSeTing
Itself with great pyramdal panicles OF bright Grim,
yortv Blooms the Individual flowers measuring only
about one and one-haf inches in diameter and re-
weeks with their freshness Of color unlnpaired.
extremely ornamenta IN Inc nvo sarIeii shriiefed
position as IT shoots carly In the spring ana Is APT
Tie be w;6ite ana yellow Handlers do not differ
materially from the crimson. save In the color OF |
their blossoms This has already SHOWN us J.
ability TO withstand the rigors Of a New England
winter and with the spring be ready 10 start again
into rapid growing a., . 80 ,,,,
Explicit directions for budding roses are thus
oiven bv an English rose gardener;
'"The stocks Chat Is. the stemsl employed % %for
roses are the dog rose taken from the |
hedgerows early I'm winter, trimmed at the roots
:. nd he headed leaving stems varying from TWO 10
9owr fcet high; they generally called briers.
Hudding is performed as early In July or august
,s The bark OF both stock and scion is found suit
able Take a shoot well furnished with plump
M huds from the desired TO be Increased
oDd cnt off the leaves at half the length OF the
intoIes or leaf stalks. Make cross or transVerso
~ Ppeeooton in the young shoots, about one and one
haIf inches from the main stem. and from me
n,re n1It of This make n longitudinal one extending
tpn same distance down the stock; then remove a
Ia from the shoot by taking the latter IN the eit
tpnuA and entering the knife about half an men
ieiov the bad more or less according 70 INC Snhe
pSS ,ba stoek and shoot. and with n clean soping
,, oI ns ss the knife inward til under the bud ana
~ sope outward so that the eye may be IN the
iddle th1 Of he piece or shield thus detached
~ doing this the knife will necessarily cut on
-, =" nortion OF the wood along the bud. Remove
his by turning the cut surface upW%hro % hoy,oh ,hs