Show roses should be at their best beat during the fall months tea roses rosea must be fed liberally old rotted manure cow manure la Is best but bone meal to is good dig several big spoonfuls of fertilizer about the roots of each roso rose planted replacing the mulch cut back the blooming branches as aa soon as the flowers fade work the soil eoll under them and give a good soaking with manure water early in september and you will have abundant bloom until trost frost sharp pruning and good feeding Is the sure means ot at getting fall roses X keep beep down all insect posts pests with spray of tobacco soap used according to directions on the package A tendency to blight of buds at this season means insects at the roots dissolve a peck of fresh lime in a barrel of water and give the ground a good soaking with the solution using only clear water on top t when pruning the roses use all cuttings four or five inches long for rooting insert tho the cutting in well worked soil boll leaving one eye above the surface firm the earth about them give a good soaking and turn over them a glass fruit jar pressing it into the aroun ground d draw the soil up around the jar but not over it keep the ground moist and leave until spring rose cuttings may bo be rooted in moist sand in any warm place but the sand must not be allowed to dry out at any time when the rootlets rootless root lets are half an inch long transplant to soil and give good care they may bo be set in the border and a glass covering eel over them most cuttings consist of three ol 01 four points or eyce with a healthy leaf at the top discard every cutting that does riot hold bold the leaf until the plant begins bogrow to grow as the fall ing of at this leaf means a delicate plant even it if it lives and roots A T 8 1 k 1 al I 1 W Z A 7 4 X v 6 eiss iii t the chrysanthemum Is an excellent plant for fall flowering lasting to the tho edge of winter this flower has been cultivated and improved until it 16 Is now one of the most moat beautiful of our autumn flowering plants |