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Show Bulletin on Rose Culture Cul-ture Issue by Supt. Byhouwer Salt I.ako City, July 1. Tho park department of the city, through Nicholas Nich-olas Uyhomvcr, superintendent of paiks. has Issued an Instructive bulletin bul-letin concerning tho caro of roses nnd other (lowers. Tho bulletin follows: fol-lows: "During tho month of June the roses nro keeping up their reputation ns tho (lower of the season by u gor-' gcous display of blossoms. Tho rose , 13 Indisputably tho queen of Flora's Kingdom, and the more so if the plants nro well treated and kept In a , healthy condition. "The most formidable dlscaso of the lose bush Is the mildew nnd the Jcllows. The first ono can bo better prevented thnn cured, l.ato expert-once expert-once has proven that this fungus disease dis-ease is caused by two conditional First, tho temperature of tho soil around tho roots, and second, tho sud den changes of tetnperaturo of the air nnd by covering with a mulch or leaves, or well pulverized manure, will greatly help thq first condition. Tho Jcllo'w is a sickly condition of the wholo bUBh, producing yellow leaves nnd poor flowers and is caused by poor or ovor-watcrlng or by n l.'ck of proper drnlnage. A good way to puvent tho mildew, Is to spray with n mlxturo of Bulpbur powders nnd milk when tho bush Is dormant earlv In tho season or by powder, 'dusting with sulphur If the bush Is In Mt. "To prolong tho floworing period of roses, It Is necessary to pruno bnrk tho shoots nfter blooming for nbotit half their length. Now buds nnd shoots will then develop nnd a nearly continuous bloom of roses may bo had from tho most varieties, provided mulching nnd liquid fertilizing is attended at-tended to. "Now Is tho tlmo to pruno shrub bcry of such varieties ns splrca, prun-lfolla, prun-lfolla, lilacs, snon balls, fpraytheas, etc., and, in fact, nil of those that linvc already bloomed. The old shoots should be partly removed or cut bad--to produco new wood for flowers for the following season. "Fiult trees must now be prunei' ' or rather pinched, consisting o" enlng for nbout one-third of length of tills year's growth. This wll produco fruit bearing nnd nld In rt lng the fruit buds for coming vj und must bo strongly recommended foi such trees en city lots nnd small gardens whoro spneo Is limited nnd an early bearing deHlred. In fact, summer pruning of trees Is more Important Im-portant for results than winter pruning prun-ing under such conditions. With proper prop-er summer pruning trees could bo plnntcd twice as close togelhcr as otherwise and tho extra labor performed per-formed will be doubly rccompensntcd by a crop of fruit several years carll or than undeV nverago conditions. CAIIE OF LAWNS. "Lawns To keep lawns' in a. good condition tho sprinkling should be dono If possible with a uniform-system. This means that nn irregular way of watering Is ono of tho main causes of tho discoloring of the grass. A certain nmount of sprinkling-should bo dono nt regulnr intervals. Any lawn on poor soil nnd with poor watering wa-tering will soon bo Infested with weeds of which the crap grass (a "? I i i creeping .brown colored grass) will be the first to appear. On over-watered lawns, the chick weed will soon make yellow looking spots on the lawn while an Irregular system ot cutting tho grass will give tho dog's tonguo nnd dandelion a good chance to grow. "For old lawns which may look a, kind of yellow on account of poor soil, a very good Btlmulant Is an application ap-plication of boncmeal sprinkled over the grnss at tho rate of a quarter of a pound to tho square yard. "Several trees and plants will now bo found to be Infested with tho llco or aphlB, (green or black). A spray of nlcotlno mixture will soon dislodge 1 those Invaders, while tho extermination extermina-tion ot ants by means of carbon bl-blsulphldo bl-blsulphldo will prevent tho aphis from being carried from ono treo to another. "To exterminate n great many other oth-er Insects and diseases, tho remedy can nlwnys bo obtained, ns well as any other Information relating to horticulture, hor-ticulture, etc., from this department." |
