The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-02
THE ROSE GARDEN
Roses Must Be Cultivated to Attain
Perfection in Garden Soil,


Perfection in Garden Soil.
The varieties to he planted is of secondary
Importance ITO the location Of the spot they
are to occupy. Given the best of stock and
the choicest of kinds, If the conditions arc
not suitable the returns will be unsatisfac-
tory.
The rose bushes, a master grower says,
should be so arranged that the sun will
shine upon them from Its rise to meridian,
and then leave them in shadow and repose.
The hardy may preferably he planted in the
autumn, the tender in the spring. Set plants
of one or two years growth, and prune be-
fore planting. for the shortening Of the
shoots and roots reduces the number of buds
which draw upon the sap, and a more Wig
orous growth follows, Choose day when
the earth is easily worked and iriable, for
planting. Place the roots three to six inches
under the surface and set deeper in light and
dry than in strong and moist soils. Trans
planting should occur once In five or six
years, but budded and grated varieties more
frequently become impaired: the wood, an
rually weaker. does not attain that maturity
and size necessary to the production Of fine
flowers. II we carefully remove a plant In
this condition we shall find large, suckerlike
roots, almost destitute of d1bers, which have
been burying themselves in the earth each
succeeding year. Removed farther from the
reach Of nourishment, the bush dwindles anu
becomes debilitated, which IS remedied by
replanting in the autumn, cutting off the
suckers and pruning the roots :.
Roses may be grown to perfection in ordf-
nary garden soil, but they must be cult
waited, and the ground thoroughly drained,
dug and fortified, and rendered as porous as
possible. In clay loans the use Of sand
lime, SCOT, burnt earth and loose light vege-
table matter like leaves decayed to mould,
will alter the texture and improve the quail
ty. At the time of planting, strong fertil-
izers are not required, but when the bush es
have become established they like rich soil,
which should he made light for the delicate
roofing kinds, and more tenacious for tho
robust and hardy, and 1t would be reason
able that the classes and varieties differing
in their nature should have more than one
soil, that each may receive that which Is the
most suitable. "a knowledge of the several
ingredients Of the earth in which our bed
of rcses Is planted would afford desirable
information, in order that we may apply at
the right time the proper kind Of fertilizers,
sand a renewal Of the surface soil with old
pasture loan every two or three years will
supply important elements unattainable by
any other method. The upper earth should
be kept light and loose, in order to readily
admit those constituents which cause growth,
and the soil should be filled with such
particles Of food in the particular form neces-
sary to unite with the air and water, avoid
ing the application OF more fertilizers in q
soluble state than the plants can consume.
A critical observer and careful grower might
say that the earth should be filled with
stimulants in different stages of decomposi-
ton, that the plant 1nayseip all conditions q