Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-10-23

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soil wet it would be injurious t,
compact it more. If not watered tn
depression should be filled will
loose earth the same as though /
had been watered. After planting
no watering should be done unless
very dry weather follows, and ever
then care must be exercised not t
overdo it till after growth starts
In watering, it is desirable to draw
away some earth from about the
bush, apply the water, and after il
has soaked in draw dry earth about
the plant again.
If budded or grated roses are
used they must be planted deeper
than own rooted roses would be; be-
cause of the liability of shoots start.
ing from the stock below the scion
the point of union between the stock
and scion should be planted three
inches under the ground. BY plant
ing in this way the scion will have
an opportunity to form roots from
the part of the stem in the ground
and thus become at least partially
own rooted. Planting the stock so
deeply discourages the formation of
new shoots from it. If any appear
they must be removed at once.
Potted plants, as opposed to the
dormant sort, should be set out only
in the spring after the naples come
to leaf, or not over two weeks be-
fore the oaks come into leaf. With
potted plants, no root pruning is nee
essary, as any pruning required
should have been done at the time
of potting. Where the roses are
small and suited to the size of the
pot, the balls of earth are planted
with the top half an inch or so be-
low the surface. The soil is COM
pacted about the ball without break
ing it. These roses are watered in
the same way as dormant plants.
Field-grown plants, especially the
larger sizes, usually have long roots
which are doubled up when placed
in a pot. In planting them in a
garden the roots should be straight
ened out, but great care should be
taken in this process not to disturb
unduly the soil adhering to the
roots. By having the ball of earth
quite wet its breakage does not
cause the complete dropping away
of the soil when 1t is disturbed for
the purpose of spreading the roots.
Good earth must be well compacted
about these soil-covered roots, and
the whole should be watered and
dry soil put about the plants after
the water has soaked away.
Hybrid perpetual roses should be
set from two to three feet apart, de-
pending on the vigor of growth and
the locality. When the greatest
mass of bloom is wanted the vigor-
GUS ones had better be three feet
apart. When used in the south they
should be slightly farther apart, but
because most of them bloom only
once during the season, or at most
only in the spring and fall, they are
neglected there in favor of kinds
more desirable for the region.
Tea roses should be planted from
eighteen to thirty inches apart, de-
pending on the vigor of growth and
proposed treatment.
The hybrid tea roses have a great
er range of character of growth even
than the other kinds discussed, and
the proper distance for planting cor
responds. The planting distance is
from twenty inches to three feet,
being greatest in the warmer regions
where they get an abundance OF
water and least where they are re-
tarded in growth by cold winters or
dry summers.
The China and Bourbon roses
should be planted about as far apart
as the hybrid perpetuals.