The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-01

Mrs. L. H. Cox Of Boise gave tall
on the care and culture of roses
Wednesday evening before the State
Horticultural association which was a
most practical and valuable lesson Ia
Idaho rose growers. Taking her own
successful rosarian gave an entertain
ing and instructive, address on the
queen Of the garden. Tea roses were
first treated Of by the speaker, who
said that while very beautiful, were
not altogether satisfactory in Idaho
as they froze easily and it was diff
ficult for them to regain their strength
The most successful rose, and in
Mrs. Cox's estimation, the most sat
isfactory in Idaho, is the lovely Mad
anne Caroline Testout which blooms
radiantly in her rose garden on Warm
Springs avenue. Used in hedges, this
rose forms striking lines Of color.
Thorough trimming and fertilizing
are the two processes which insure
but1tco. ~ ctIuit tlt DtoL itobiNor
trim the bushes constantly, close
trimming makes long stems and per-
feet roses. Hedges are also improved
by trimming closely and freely.
In cutting roses, trim as you cut. A
safe rule is to trim necessarily. In
fertilizing lies another secret of sue
cess. Mrs. Cox learned at Cahasset |
Beach, where the Testout roses we're
unusually large and perfect and Of
most beautiful coloring and tinting
that the bushes were 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 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
fertilizcd 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. {
In Idaho roses require great deal
Of water while blooming. One can't |
drown them, and the more water they q
have the finer the roses. S
Do not grow any rose which has to
be wrapped. Wrapping is an annoy I
ance in every case. G
Roses always come from new
growth. When the hedge in Mrs. q
Cox's garden froze and was cut close a
to the ground, with, seemingly. no $
hope of its ever recovering, the bushes
seemed to take on new vitality and
,loomd profusely. The Killarney, an
irish rose, has exquisite roses of
'hti pun Soiois anu Ntil cream loi- |
age.
Buds are perfect on this rose and
ire as beautiful as the bloom. To r
light the mildew Mrs. Cox uses sui a
thur in net bag tied at the end of !,
fish pole which she Sits over the u
Infected parts after sprinkling the q
ushes copiously with water. La .,
france, beautiful rose with waxen I.
TENS is one of the fine varieties re- 10
uiring the same careful cultivation.
Red Rose, the Ulrich Bruner, has
irge, rich roses. The Jacqueminot Sc
; another brilliant red rose adapted
0 Idaho. The j. b. Clark, an Irish To
ose, is one of the good roses and
iust be trimmed very closely or it -
} not successful.
The Virginia Cox is very salts al