Evening star., 1951-06-20
Readers
Clearing House
Conducted by BETSY CASWELL
ROSES
(Frona Mrs. H. B., Halcrest
Heiohts.)

ftOOEO.
(Fron Mrs. II. B., Halcrest
Heights.)
Mrs. w. Z. c., Berwyn Heights:
No doubt you will receive many
replies warning you against the
use Of multif1ora roses for a small
but I want you to read
he item printed in the May issue
Of the Home Garden" a thor
oughly dependable magazine, we'll
known to all gardeners. 1t is by
Ralph Bailey. o. of their staff
writer's, and I quote:
ThiS Rosa Multifiora, or 'liv-
ing fence business is really get
ting out Of hand. Innocent gar
deners are in a fair way to rue
the day they ever heard of the
plant. AS a stock fence for wide
open spaces 1t Is one thing. AS a
hedge for dwellers on 50-foot lots
in the suburbs it is quite another.
II ever there was a rampant plant,
this Is it. We suggest fatty
that unless you wish to under
take, within few years, hedge
clipping program such as you
never undertook before, or unless
you have a minimum width Of
10 feet you can devote to your
hedge after four or five years,
you keep away from the stuff.
This spring it has been over
praised, over = advertised, often
over-priced, and apparently over
sold IN regions where 1t should
seldom be chosen for hedge use.
Commercially, Rosa multifiora is
well-nigh invaluable; but think
twice before you sign truce with
it and let it cross your suburban
boundaries"
That should answer your ques-
ton. The commercial use referred
to is its use as an understood on
which nearly all hybrid tea roses
are grated. If you have ever had
a rose brush send up small l-leaved
branches bearing small or no
flowers, that is your multiflora,
which has sprouted below the
graft union. The Floribunda rose
is much more desirable, growing
in bush form like a hybrid tea.
Quoting again, "The Floribunda
group in general is characterized
by large flowers borne in clusters,
with many of them showing the
hybrid tea influence in bloom
shape, as for example in Pinnoc-
chic. Cheer and Goldilocks."
They are, of course, quite a bit
more expensibe than the multi
flora. and would be rather costly
for a hedge. although very lovely.
They are also subject to the two
troubles of bush roses in this
climate, namely blackspot and
japanese beetles, but not quite as
susceptible to disease as the hy-
brid teas. There is another type
OF rose, almost inseparable from
the Floribunda, called polyantha,
or bush rambler. The, should ba
less expensive than the more re-
Gently improved Floribunda, and
look exactly like ramblers in re-
gard to the flowers, but they do
not "ramble." Examples of these
are Gloria Mundi. Sparkler, KRIS
ten Poulsen and Gruss an Achen.
II you can get these more reason
ably than the Floribunda, I be-
lleve you would like them Just
as well for hedge use.
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TIPPING.
(From Mrs. A. B. L., Washinuton. J
c. H. w., HyattsvilIe: In an
sWer to the tipping question on
the Nieuw Amsterdam: You do not
ever tip until the end of the voy-.
age-on the morning you land.
II there are two of you, for what
l believe is about an eight-day
trip, the rate would be as follows:
Bedroom steward, $6; bath stew
ard (if not private BATH, So; din
ing salon steward, ST; chief stew
ard dining room, So: deck stew
ard, So; bartender, either when
drinks are brought or at end of
trip, according to service given:
and baggage, according to who
takes hand baggage of ship to
dock.
'"THANK-YOU" NOTE.
From Mrs. S. D. w., Arlington.D
I want to express my thanks to
the Readers Clearing House, and
especially to Mrs. C. e. G., Mrs.
D. c., and others who sent me in
formation on the plastic for floors.
I also heard from the manufactur-
ers and local agent. bought as
much plastic as needed, and have
just finished refinishing my floors.
They look very nice, but do seem
to show scratches.
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INK SPOT.
fFron, N. S. K, WdsEington.)
To Mrs. r. e. r.: I've taken out
ink with milk and then washed
garment in usual way. Hope this
works for you. Soak spot in the