Arizona republican., 1917-02-15

of successful rose growing in Arizona is good culture. A dozen roses well planted and cared for will produce. more and better flowers than twice that number with just ordinary care.
 Pruning eyerblooming roses: Rose flowers are bcrne on new wood of the season that grows from the canes or from crowns of the plants. Pruning influences very materially the num- ber,. size and quality of the flowers, as well as the growth and vigor of the plant Prune during the win Ter season or in early spring before the buds begin to swell. At the pow CT attitudes in our state the month of January is a good time, but if one desires to use the cuttings for plant ing the pruning may be done in De- cember. Ic all cases cut out weak, croked or crossing branches and re- duce the number of stout canes to five or six in young plants and ten or twelve in older ones. Some plant
 CTS allow one cane for each year of age of the plant. Strive to keep as much new wood as possible in the base of the plant. Hybrid perpetual roses are mostly pruned closer than those of other groups They are wig orous growers and their canes may be cut back to within twelve or four teen inches or the ground. Make the cut about one-fourth inch above an outside bud of the cane to encourage the development of an open head for the plant. This secures more room for the growth of the flower bearing stems. The closer the pruning the more vigorous will be the growth of the plant. and the finer the flowers. Where the canes areNcut to eighteen inches the flowers are abundant but smaller and with shorter stems.
 Hybrid tea roses are pruned sim ilarly to hybrid perpetuals. but they are cut back rather les severely. About one half the length of the canes are cut off. the weak or crooked ones are removed, and the number of good ones reduce as before Tea roses are cut back less than hybrid tea roses. since normally their flowers are smaller and there is less desire to grow large or oversize flowers A 1 heavy pruning may be necessary oc- casionally to rejuvenate the plants In cutting flowers from any of the perpetual blooming roses and in re-
 moving old flower stems. cut back far enough to leave only two or three l strong buds at the base of the flower
 
 vents the bushes from getting "twig-
 gy'' and helps to keep them in healthy ! condition. There is always a tempta- ! tion to leave too much wood on rost l bushes. The flower buds on a shooi i should be reduced to three, two, ol
 one for choice flowers.
 l Propagation from layering and cut.
 tings. Most people prefer to buy ros, plants, but they may be grown. Layer. ! ing, which is too common to neet description, is one means of doin: 1 this. Roses can be grown from cut l tings made eight or nine inches long Cut these in December and bury il
 moist sand with the tip ends down The sand must have drainage and b, kept moist. In the early spring SC out these cuttings. in garden soil ant give good culture. Mulch with strnv 10 protect them from sudden dryin,
 cut and also the lot sun. Gooi plant may be grown in this way 9ii ch vii
 be ready for ornament pllnt.n, th following winter o1 spring.
 The above applies to own-root rose
 and generally these are best for tn
 beginner. Own-root roses are some
 times not as vigorous as budde
 roses. Budded roses must be watch
 ed constantly to see that the stoc does not send up shoots that vii
 choke out or rob the budded part 0 the plant of it's vigor. The beginne
 often has difficulty to distinguish be tween the shoots of the stock an : those of the scion, and so both ar left to grow
 ) Propagation by budding: Rose
 are mostly budded on Manetti O , swwet briar stocks, though any hard rose that grows easily from cutting! l does not spread from it's roots, an r buds readily will answer. One ca bud whenever the bark slips readil, 5 usrally from June to October. T 5 bud make vertical cut about d l inch long in the cane at the groun } and from the top of this make an : other at right angles so at to forr i, a TT" slapped cut. Loosen the flaT of bark thus made and insert
 shield bud of the variety of rose de : sired, under these and push this dow :. gently as far as possible. Press tf / flaps back now and wrap a piece ? white cord several times about thel 5 and tie to hold them snugly in plac ? Remove this cord when the bud be | gins growth and cut off the cane ju. [ above the bud. In this work, do nc f injure the growing bud Cut il 5 shield bud with q sharp knife. pro 9 ferably budding knife to include a g most no wood from below but wit 9 enough bark to make it oblOng = form and about one fourth inch wit I and one half inch long. Cut off u n leaf at the base of the bud so as E leave it's stalk one-half inch long ar f 11gp this ag a handle in plISbiuo fl