The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-03-31

pV-olDiy Cdl'-suJD ASUllOT6 IN the
December Ladies' Home Journal.
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A Rose BED.
All women who love roses ought
to have bed of them each summer;
and L want to say this now, so that
when the spring order for plants is
sent in, it may include a dozen or
two Of these roses.
While 1t Is true that the teas lack
the size Of the June and hybrid per-
petual roses, and on this account are
sometimes considered inferior by
those whose standard Of Judgment il
quantity rather than quality, it il
equally true that they combine in a
great degree the finest attributes of
the ideal rose. They have that sub
tie, delicate, delicious fragrance
which we all recognize as the most
exquisite of all Odprs, and they have
beauty of form and color which
makes them IA flower for poets to
sing about and artists to delight in
painting.
There is no good reason why any
one who owns IA garden and loves
flowers should not grow this class of
roses, and grow them we'll. They
are much less exacting in their de-
mands than the hardy rose of the
garden. Indeed, they are grown
with as much ease as the ordinary
bedding plant, and the satisfaction
they atf'rd is so great, that the finest
bidding plant is not to be compared
with them in any way. Therefore,
If one il in search of the plant that
viii give the greatest amount of
pleasure to those of B Sthetic taste,
the tea-rose Is the plant to select.
for In it is combined sweetness,
beauty, and the qualities Of free aud
constant neutrality-suspicious. it is
given the right kind Of care.
L choose for my roses a sunny and
we'll drained location. A loan that
Is rather S iff with clay is better than
a soil containing good deal of sand.
Roses like to feel the earth fir,n
about their roots. And it must be
rich. This is of the utmost import
ance. If it is not naturally so-and
few soils contain enough plant food
to supply the demands of this plant,
which, like ali roses, is gross feeder
1T must be made so. The best of
all foods for roses il old, well-rotted
but finely ground bone
meal is good substitute. Use it in
the proportion of pound to every
square yard of earth. Have the
ground well worked up before the
arrival of your plants, which will
generally be about the first or mid
de of May. When they come spread
them out on the floor without un
wrapping them from the moss or
paper in which each plant is packed
and wet them we'll. Apply enough
water to thoroughly saturate the
soil containing their roots. After
shutdown put them in the ground.
In planting them disturb their roots
as little as possible. Pack the soil
very firmly about them. This is
as roses never do we'll
when loosely planted. Water them
well immedial ely after planting, and
next day shade them il the sun is
hot.
AS soon as they show signs of
growth go over the plants and cut
them back to the strongest bud on
each branch. AS soon as new roots
are developed, and these get a hold
on the soil, shoots will be sent out.
which will produce flowers. 1t will
therefore be seen that these roses
begin to bloom Very soon after plant
ing
When a shoot has developed all
its flowers, cut it back at least two
thirds its length. This generally
leads to the production of new
shoot from the base of the old one,
and this, in turn, will produce flow
ers. Ii the ground is kept rich, the
plants, by being we'll fed and by re-
peated cutting back, will be kept
throughout the season. and
as long as they grow they will bloom
for IL is a characteristic of this class
of roses that every new shoot will
bear crop of flowers. They never
come blind" as many other roses
do.
The important things to do. then,
are: tn cut back all other flower
producing wood as soon as its flower
bearing Is done, and t. persist in do
ing this throughout the season, aud
tn see that the ground is kept very
rich. At midsummer another APP
p.icatiOn of bone meal should be
made. If the weather is hot and
dry, mulch the plants with grass
from the lawn. By repeat
ed pruniugs the plants are kept from
attaining much size, therefore they
will never make much show. but
what they lack in size they max. up
for in the quantity of flowers they