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Show PLANTING OF ROSES Imr EMIIj HANSEN Our cllmato In Utah is not the very best for roses, on account of the high altitude and dry air. However by planting varieties .best adapted to this condition, and by following directions stated below regarding planting a good result may be secur-It secur-It is often seen that roses aro planted hero and thoro in a lawn, or in a row on either side of walk leading from the street to the entrance en-trance of the house. This method of planting is not to be recommended as it interferes with tho rules of tho "v plan of Inndscape gardening, which J as previous stated, that the lawn should bo "open" and free from any roses or shrubs. Except in rare cases where It may bo well to plant ono or moro solitary bushes Instead of making a group. Roses do best If planted In beds prepared for them. Uy UBlng this method tho cultivation nni fAH1lTtnfr pnn ho tlnnn much I more conveniently. A bed to bo us- od for roses should bo dug to a . depth not less than 18 inchcB, and tho soil thoroughly mixed with well I rotted manuro, under no clrcum-I clrcum-I , stances should manuro bo put into I Jr the holes when planting. m Winter Protection For Winter protection ofltoso ft bushes a heap of manuro can be lji placed around each buab, sometimes "lj during tho month of Docombor, and i allowed to remain thoro until about a April according to tho weather con- g dltlonB, when it can be spread on the J5 and bed dug In. At that time It Is best to prune 4tho bushes by thinning thin-ning out tho weakest shoots back two-thirds of their original length. When doing this It should bo noticed that tho cut is mado right over a bud( which Is turning outward. Tho following aro a few varieties which aro hardy and w.ell adapted for this cllmato. Nntno Color Kalserlnn Augusta Victoria. Cream La Franco Pink Caroline .Toatnut Pink Alfred Columb Crimson Fisher Holmes Dark Itcd Frau Karl DrouBky Puro White General Jaquomlnot 'Dark Red Poul Noron Largo Pink Ulrlk Drunnor Cherry Red Crested Moss-Rosos1 Whito & Pink Diseases of Roses Roses aro more or less subject to diseases, somo varieties moro so than others. Powder meldow Is extremely common, com-mon, especially aro Crimson Ramblers Ram-blers subject to this destructive discaso. this fungus frequently appears ap-pears very early In tho season on young budB, leaves and young shoots. If tho attack it sovoro, the development of tho young shoots arc checked, tho leaves become deformed deform-ed and curled, and fall boforo maturity. ma-turity. A good romedy for meldow is lime-sulphur or Dordeoux mixture especially tho llmo-sulphur Is to be recommended for spraying during early spring, and during early periods per-iods of tho disease, as tills does not Injuro tho leaves on Uho bushes. , Is 1b well to apply ono spraying lato In tho fall and havo all diseased leaves and limbs romovod from the place and burned. Tho following formula for Dordeoux Dord-eoux mlxturo to bo recommended Is two and ano half ounces Copper Sul-phato Sul-phato (bluestono) two and ono half ounces unslaked llmo to two gallons of water. 'Tho commercial llmo-sulphur has directions for its uso upon tho container, and can bo purchased by any well assqrtcd sood store. Insects ami Iiisoct-Kcnicrilcs Tho presence of loaf-eating insects' in-sects' is usualyy detected by tho discovery dis-covery of partially eaten leaves. If thoso pests aro not checked tho result re-sult would bo that tho remaining of tho leaves will bo only tho ml it rib nnd tho veins, whllo tho lleshy part has been eaton away entirely. entire-ly. By frequently using tho garden hoso, sprinkling tho bushes with full forco, theso insects may bo washed off, but if this proves not bo suf- flcient a spraying with arsenate of lead will bo nusoful substanco for destroying leaf-eating insects. One-sixth of a pound of nrsonat'j of lead to 10 quarts of water. Sucking Insects. Sucking insects obtain their food by sucking tho sap, mostly on tho undcrsido of tho loaves. When badly bad-ly Infested, tho leaves curl and protect pro-tect tho Insects on their under surface sur-face Materials used for destruction destruc-tion of theso Insects aro: Necotlno-sulphato Necotlno-sulphato Pyrothrum, Kerosene omul-slon omul-slon nnd llmo sulphur. I It should bo applied with consld- I erablo force with a fino spray bo It will find Its way under tho foliage. It Is Important that tho solution should bo applied on every part of tho plant. Necotlno-sulphntq, can bo purchased purch-ased In any seed-store, and directions direc-tions as to dcluto samo will always follow. Pyrothrum (Persian insect powder) pow-der) can bo uscdat tho rate of ono ounco to two qunrts of water. Korosono emulsion: Add ono qunrt of kerosene to ono quart of boiling milk, nnd stir it until it la thoroughly mixed, thon add twolvo quarts of water to this solution nnd when this is thoroughly mixed it is ready for uso. Limo-sulphur Bhould bo used according ac-cording to directions accompanying tho packages. |