El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22
ROSES THRIVE IN
THE CLIMATE Of
ELPA5O
australian Rye Is the Best
for Ldwn Purposes if
Cared for.
SOME POINTERS
ON GARDENING
Yard Gardening and Back
Yard Orcharding Popular
and Successful.
BY C. A. MARTIN.


II OSES thrive and blossom in Fl
PasO as in few places in the
country. Unknown here as a
yard decoration a very few years ago,
today they grow in hundreds Of yards
and some OF the prettiest blossoms
imaginable are gathered by FL Paso
growers.
There is nothing difficult about
growing roses in FL PasO. The win
ters are never severe enough to dam
age the plants and it is not necessary.
once they have gained a seasons
SHoW IN, TO give them the protection
required in colder climates. In sum
mer, the temperature never appears 70
get warm enough to affect them. Very
Few OF the diseases that attack roses
IN other places are found here among
the plants The American Beauty
thrlYes exceptionally well in FL Paso.
Rose Diseases.
Last year in July. the writer saw
roses in California that looked much
worse than roses in FL Paso at the
were widowed many were being at
tackled by parasites and many had de-
velOped diseases that caused the
petals to dry up and fall of before
the rose was fully in bloom.
In FL Pasos these things seldom have
TO be cOntended with. The right
selection Of soil, the proper planting
and a little care in watering and
fertiliZing will produce splendid roses
Heavy soil. such as is found in the val
ley, is considered best for rose grow
ing, but some Of the prettiest roses in
the city nave Deen produced IN the
sand of Government hill; some Of the
thriftiest growers and boomers have
been brought up in that soil
Heavy Soil Preferable.
However, many rose growers prefer
the heavier soil and If they do not re-
move all the earth from their beds and
refill them with adobe, they use adobe
from the valley bitches, is not con-
sidered by experts as good for the rea-
son that II is impossible to tel what
IL contains. without an analysis
Soil for roses should be prepared
now, and roses should be put out in
February. Early in March is still
time, but roses put out in February
appear TO take hold in the earth better
and to put on a better growth before
hot weather catches them They also
come into bloom earlier Pracu-
cally any variety of rose VIII grow
here, except the AIarechal Mel Some
have grown this rose here until II
bloomed. Whether there are any or
them here now is not known, but
nurserymen do not recommend them,
in fact some nurserymen admit can
didIy that they never have been able to
makes a Marechal Mel grow at all
Avoid Crimson Rambler.
The crimson rambler does not do wen
here, as a general rule, because 1t ap-
pears to be unusually susceptible TO
mildeW and even in this dry climate,
the crimson rambler will show mildeW
when the nights are the least bit cool
in growing time Other roses ap-
pear not TO be affected so easily The
dry climate is given as the reason Tor
the absence of mildeW on most roses
in this city and section
For planting roses, the soil should
be prepared in the fall or winter. the
bed well turned mp with a spadlhs
fork and Dlenty of rotted manure
mixed into it. Very little will need
to be done the first season, after the
as roses like other plants freshly set
out, do not require fertilizing for the
first few months After that, they
should be watched and given what they
need.
Feeding the Roses
Manure kept scattered over the tops
Of the beds in which the roses dIe
niantad Kent hack away from the
plants themselves is generally sur
ficient to keep them properly led but