The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-25

type ia better, carrying as it does lnrge
amount of moisture. and being also little
lower in temperature.
The teas and hybrid teas will do better in
little lighter soil of the loan type, but for
either class there must be perfect drain
age.
The soil can hardly be made too rich. Well
composted manure should be worked down
deep into the bottom Of the bed or OF the
rows IL they are set in the latter form.
This should be cattle manure, az that is OF a
cooler nature and better suited to the re-
quirements OF the plant. Horse manure
is too heating and will injure the roots II
used In large quantities. Liquid manure
used in diluted form once week after
the buds are formed will be Of great valhe
in getting the finest blooms and the ongest
bud development.
In the selection Of plants it pays to buy
the best only. Even these have to struggle
against many difficulties, and poor weak
plant is not worth putting out. There are
millions OF roses grown merely to swell
sales, but the best growers reject and throw
out large numbers Of weak plants, and they
will send out only the strongest and best.
Such are worth very much more than the
cheap, weak stock that Is often sold and b
always disappointing.
For out-of-town planting the stock
should he bought, and, where the mercury
does not go below ten or twelve below zero
set in the autumn, care being taken to bank
up soil all over the plants, with manure put
freely yer the soil in addition In the spring
the plants are often late in arriving, and II
the buds get started before planting they are
greatly checked. and frequently will not
reco yer sufficiently to produce any blooms
that season.
Good, strong plants, set while entirely
dormant. should give satisfactory quantity
Of flowers the first summer In planting
the tops should be cut down to two or three
buds.
Many fail at this point to prune close
enough. On well grown plants there Is
usually too much wood left. The desire to
obtain blossoms the first summer is so great
that frequently the entire top is LEI. to gro w,
which is too much for the root to support,
The reverse should be done. for by close
pruning the few buds left will develop
into strong, vigorous shoots that will pro-
ducs buds. and only by this practise may
they be surely obtained
A good general rule to follow in pruning
is TO cut severely all teas. hybrid teas and
kinds that do not make strong growth, and
all strong growing kinds moderately. The
more luxuriant bush grows the less prun-
ing will be required, while the weakest grow
ing kinds require the severest pruning.
In the selection Of varieties there is great
bewilderment. In both our own country
and Europe there are many growers
and hybridizers who are producing annu-
ally new varieties by the hundreds. some Of
which have merit, but many have not.
1t is well to test in small way new varieties.
but for the main dependence there will be
greater satisfaction in selecting we'll estab
lished and tried kinds.
Among these, in climbing roses, may DO
selected the Crimson Rambler. which is a
vigorous grower, setting an immense guam
tty Of bright crimson, semi-double roses.
Dorothy Perkins pink and Philadelphia
are rambler hybrids that are desirable.
The Baltimore Belle is pale flesh. nearly
white, in color, while the old Michigan
or Prairie Rose and the Queen Of the Prai-