Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04

most beautiful coloring and tinting
that the bushes We're fortified by
trenches two feet wide by two feet
deep filled with fertilizer in the spring.
The trench was dug along one side of
the line of roses
In Idaho the trenches do not need
to be as wide or as deep as they were
in the sand at Cohasset. Mrs. Cox
had her trenches made about a foot
wide and two feet deep. She fertilizes
in the springtime after the first bios
soming. The fertilizer from barn is
placed in deep pit and kept until well
rotted when it is ready to be placed in
the trenches. Tea roses are fortified
from fertilizer taken from hen houses.
The roses are fortified first on one
side. using the long trench during one
spring. Then on the other side the
next year in the spring, being careful
not to cut the roots.
REQUIRE MUCH WATER.
In Idaho roses require a great deal
Of water while blooming. one can't
drown them, and the more water they !
have the finer the roses.
Do not grow any rose which has TO !
be wrapped. Wrapping is an annoy
ance in every case.
Roses always come from new growth |
When the hedge in Mrs. Coxs garden |
froze and was cut close to the ground. |
with seemingly. no hope of its ever
recovering, the bushes seemed to take
on new vitality and bloomed profuse-
ly. The Killarney, an Irish rose, has
exquisite roses of a shell pink color,
and very clean foliage.
Dude are perfect on this rose and are
as beautiful as the bloom. To fight the
mildew Mrs. Cox uses sulphur in net
bag tied at the end of fish pole which
she Sits over the infected parts after
sprinkling the bushes copiously with
water. La France, a beautiful rose
with waxen stems is one of the fine |
varieties requiring the same careful
cultivation. A Red Rose, the Ulrich
Bruner has large, rich roses. The |
Jacqueminat is another brilliant red
rose adapted to Idaho. The j. r. |
Clark, an Irish rose, is one of the good
roses and must be trimmed very closely |
or ii is not successful.
THE VIRGINIA cox.
The Virginia Cox is a very salts
factory rose for a rose yard. 1t grows
in clusters and lasts for days and
days. If allowed to grow 1t will make a |
summer climber. The blooms are like |
velvet and Of crimson.
The Richmond, a cherry red rose |
flower, velvety and soft, is another fine !
rose for Boise rose gardens
A yellow rose Soliel d Or is fthe |
hardest of roses and is two weeks |
earlier than any other rose in Mrs. |
Cox's garden. 1t is orange and light yell |
low, grows in clusters. and is very /
fragrant. 1t is not perfect rose but I
satisfactory because early
The Sunburst is beautiful yellow
rose.
Mrs. Cox had the scale for the first
time last year and to rid her roses of
it had them sprayed as trees are spray
ed. The scale appeared only on the I
climbers which could not be trimmed.
Radium d Or is choice yellow rose |
which does not fade and is always
most satisfactory.
A white rose. the Carl Druschke is |
a thorny but beautiful rose.
The Madame Albert Carrier is a |
clear, white clean foliaged rose and 1
has no mildew. II Is also a rank grow
er and keeps one trimming all the |,
time.
A FINE CLIMBER
Madame Wagram is a fine climber.
After two or three years 1t has clus-
tiers of pink roses which are very
lovely. 1t does not freeze easily and
blooms richly. but is a slow grower.
Mrs. Cox opposes covering the roses
in winter, because it makes insects,
aphis and other rose insects.
The American Pillar will grow IL
feet in one season and Is a very fine
rose of cherry pink, yellow center
and blooms only once a year.
CLEAN eLoOMER.
The Florence Pemberton, a very
clean, profusc bloomer, is another fine
rose.
This successful rosarian commences
her spraying just as soon as the first
foliage appears, using a tobacco solu-
ton cr spray, before the aphis can
hide In the larger spring growth. Cen u
orally. Mrs. Cox sprays her roses two
or three times in the spring. 10 days L
apart. The roses are given thorough i
or pruning in the srs'ing
time.
In cutting a rose Mrs. Cox cuts "A
long stem, thus pruning or trimming
all the time. This obviates the neces-
sity of pruning in the autumn.
The Caroline Testout Is the best rose
for hedges is Mrs. Cox's experience.
Having different kinds of roses for "A
hedge Is always a failure as some arc
large and some small and the result