The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

when the copper will be fully dissolved.
Then strain through cloth and keep
the strained liquid in well corked
and we'll glazed Jug,
Dissolve one pound of fresh, unslaked
lime in two gallons of cold water, pour.
ing the water on the lime slowly. Let
IT stand over night; stir and strain
through cloth and keep in a tightly
corkcd Jug.
When spray is TO be used, take one
quart of the copper solution and one
quart of the lime solution, shaking the
Jug before pouring out each LIQUID
Then add one and one. half gallons of
water, thus making two gallons of the
spraying solution.
Aphis and MIldew.
Superior cultivation is a great pre-
ventiye of aphis. Keeping the ground
free from weeds and baked surface
Will do much 10 stimulate vigorous
growth of rose bush and thus destroy
the feeding ground for aphis. Mildew
is formidable enemy. Preventive meas
ures are decidedly the best thing to
do. Dissolve one.half ounce of sulphide
of potassium and one ounce of shayinps
of Ivory soap in two gallons of hot wa
ter. strain and use with an Auto spray.
The Ivory soap is used because it is
a perfectly pure soap and will not hurt
-
age any activity of aphis. as well as
cause the sulphide. of potassium to stick
better. This spray should be used about
twice during the growing season, the
first time after the leaves are well un-
folded in the spring and the second
time after the first blooming season. 1t
will do much TO prevent mildew and
little that can be done. The best plan
is to cut off every diseased leaf and
branch and burn them Never. under
any circumstances, allow the cuttings
from rose bush to lie on the ground.
And this whether mildew is present or
not. Burn up all cuttings. The appli-
cation, by the use Of good powder
bellows, of a powder made by mixing
one third SCOT and two thirds flowers of
sulphur, to the rose bush, is the best
remedy after the mildew appears. But
the preventive spraying with the potas-
sium and soap solution; the presence
OF plenty of sunshine and air, both of
which may be aided by proper prun-
ing; the avoidance of sprinkling roses
in the evening-which. outside of
mulching with reeking. fresh manure,
is the most prolific cause of mildcw-|
and the frequent and proper cultivation
of the ground so that no hard, baked
crust excludes the air and sunshine from
the roots, will be the best that can be
done TO prevent mlldew OF course. if
vou grow Killarney, Her Majesty, and
some other roses that always mildew,
TO matter where nor how you plant
them. nor what you do with them, you
will have mildcw.
For Winter Mulching.
For winter mulching and spring en-.
riching of the ground. use, unless the
ground Is wet soil and not well
drained. cow manure. But don Z put six
inches of reeking. fresh COW manure
on the rose beds for mulching and be
surprised if you have poisoned rose
bushes and mildew the next spring and
summer. The best way to prepare both
a mulch and fertilizer is TO get a gal.
vaniZcd iron pan made, about five inches
deep ard rs large as you will need. with
few small holes in one corner of the
bottom of the pan. Then build tight
board box. with neither top nor boC.
tom. that will fit inside the galvanized
iron pan, Put III this box fresh cow
manure, cover tightly and shed so that
no rain can ct into the pan or box.
Let the liquid drain THROUGH the holes
in the corner of the pan and keep in a
jar or keg, both to be well closed, to
be used for liquid manure III the spring