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

hing usually neglected IN
;s tbe proper preparation of
ls " without doubt, a fairly
nu ;s the ideal for starter.
~, ,.tuyal drainage of gravel
ye aMt three feet beneath the
ao99"tt tbe clnv soil be suitably
and eni I'LL have the ideal for
we 1wrowing. wlIr ne True. the tea
Iose lighter soil and many
|oys q tes roses do well IN a
nyorIi;a oI;abt soil. But clay, clay,
Fly ~ .he basis and then each
o,pichcd and lightened 70 sun ,a
q 81 in,srpetual, the hybrid tea
I'u pe roses, If natural drainage,
5ea a. sand is not yours 1T Will
~ ar the soil for about two
@ oas gset deep, fill in six inches
ps nj then replace the soil Lots
~ sure! But q great truth
was never better stated
' 'oase onnning chapter OF Dean
tns se.ptina work, ga Book
ngss' Te could have beautiful roses
wao ao, must have beautiful roses
He must love them we'll
He must have not only tue
. admiration, the enthusiasm ana ana
|.t;on but the tenderness, the
& spipess the reverence, the
@1ness of love.
preparing a Rosebed.
.,,r CLAW in my rose garden at
tns 's.s excavated to the depth
H fset. a bed for some choice
1f;Tipe with the clay | had OBJ
sr-rs of the excavated ground,
Ia tbs bed. The result? In a
IN contest the following year |
i four first and three second
a the rose show, And every prize
'<ssnt one first and one second,
AM this specially prepared rose
m ii YOU have ordinary gar
4 and will properly plant roses
<2ey will have plenty OF sunshine
! yo,, will have roses galore. For
y For nv rose garden IN Van
II was forced to have the lot
when the clay soil was quite
.d this soil was mostly that eX-
4 for the basement of the dwell
4 most unfavorable starter. save
4 tie soil was clay. Ncighbors
La that the rose would either die
q 10 nothing. But they did not
n tbat | dug out the ground for
|ro feet deep and two feet across
n well mixed soil around each
anted, being sure that each knob
fbc rose had been grated on the
Il root-and / grow only grated
WAS put about three inches be
"a snrface Of the ground. thus
n If not preventing the crop of
'ckers, All this after | had care
Nd OF every piece Of bruised root
% cut back almost all the healthy
|ome. and carefully spread the
d each rose so that none were
or planted too deep. The re-
as rs fine roses as | have ever
Il Here, in q nutshell, You have
IN that is needed for the proper
u Of roses. Technical and minute
lions are oftener confusing than
ise. Purchase healthy, two-ycar-
E.of-door grown rose bushes, from
'able dealer, even if the first cost
Bile high, Then properly plant
b the ordinary garden soil. and
vii be good. True, If you want
~. then look 10 the clav and the
<e, with proper enrichment OF
Has Many Enemies.
|"Queen of Flowers has many
y If the other flowers are jcal-
the queen, and have hired as.
10 destroy her, these assassins
||y understand their business and
min IN their work. From child
b old age the queen has fight.
tfely, good cultivation will do
n Prevent or control the many
1e rose is subject TO. | believe
'oper planting, cultivation, prun.
a sprayiDg as \ preventive will
most any rose bush in healthy
|1n. Preventive spraying, which
be done during the fall winter
nnF IS the secret OF healthy rose
ln the summer, Spraying cal
tvlyng the day in each month
each kind of spraying liquid is
used, are almost all Of them
|eE, or. worse than worthless,
" The less roses are SPRAYED,
ing when the bushes are dor
lnd the more they are cultivated,
per roses you will have. Spray
'nes IN the late fall, winter and
fasly spring. before the leaves
Gow, with Rose Bordeaux mix.
ing arseuate Of lead with. the
pEmg spraying, and, if the beds
pGly fertillzed and cultivated
1ce during the spring and sum.
q roses will be better without
wing after the leaves have ap.
Tue spring. Cultivation should
3eeqnent as is needed TO provide
enst mulch. but shallow, so as
9Iurb the feeding roots of the
nieh are near the surface of the
Spray for Roses.
nose Bordeaux mixture is The
nsptnslblc for rose culture. The
ls,iull Of ready.to-use mixtures
p,tItuies, but the one safe thing
he your own mixture. This can
4 WIN but very little trouble if
'oH1ng directions are followed:
"a one pound of sulpbatc Of cop
'us s vilroll in two gallons of hot
AZ The blue vitrol corrodes tin,
oe dissolved in an earthcn yes
Y lne mixture stand over night,
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