Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-09-30 | Page 15 | Be Good to the Last Rose of Summer or There Will be No Flowers in May

BE GOOD l TO THE LAST ROSE I OF SUMMER OR THERE TI-IERE WILL WILLBE BE NO FLOWERS VERS FL 0 WEE S IN MA Y Yr I f 1 it Ie r 1 1 C I I Mrs Foote upper left ned and a rose gard garden en rho ho laid out By Br VIRGINIA SWAIN iEA XEA Service Writer MARBLEHEAD Mass Sept 30 ZO September and October are vital vital- vitally vitally vitally ly Important months In rose cul- cul culture cul culture ture turo for lor thebo theao are aro the months when the gardener should do hIs planting survey the health of the bushes and search for tor pests and disease That Is the advice of ot Mrs Har liar Harriett Harriett Foote Foole who has has- grown roses for Cor 30 SO years curs and finds herself herselt re- re rewarded rewarded re rewarded warded with the finest garden In AmerIca Her garden or garden or labora labors laboratory laboratory tory It If you like contains like contains 2000 va- va varIeties varieties va varieties of roses at least one from every country In the world where roses grow Mrs Foote wouldn't 1 part with a abush abush bush for tor anything but out of ot her great store of ot flower Clower knowledge she sho Is glad to give advice on how to care tor for the delicate plants The care given ghen to rose bushes noW will determine the welfare ot of next springs spring's blooms the expert says Ot Of the Insects the mo most t deadly Is the rose bug It resembles the potato beetle and comes In swarms While on the bushes It may be seen and picked off ort but once th the bug has entered the ground there 19 11 no way to lo remove It It can live through the coldest winter The only weapon effective against the bore which cuts therose the therose therose rose stems s a spray of ot arsenate ot of lead Otner enemies of ot roses I are saw flies gypsy t tall I brown tail caterpillars and l c green slugs The n J cf t winter protection protection tion for tor rose trees hai hav ha caused many controversies amon among amons horti horti- I hOell-I horticulturists horticulturists culturists The TIle old methol oi of o cov- cov covering covering cov covering ering the roots with straw or corn cornstalks cornstalks cornstalks stalks Is 19 no longer approved approvE b be bu because cause these materials draw mice and other rodents The Harriett Foote Footo roses are ar i al- al always always al always ways spaded and fertilized with wood ashes and bone meal and manure periodically through the tho summer They are banked with ith dead leaves eaves and Ie left for tor winter Mrs Footes Foote's directions for tor rose planting follow It It If bushes are to be planted In Inthe inthe Inthe the fall tall select hardy types and cul- cul cultivate cultivate cul cultivate and fertilize the soil so 30 that the rose roots do not Dot tou touch h th the manure but are a few tew Inches above It in the earth Never expose roots of ot bushes bashes to the air all or sun before planting Keep them In a pall of ot water and cover the tops Roses need rich virgin soil full tull sunshIne and freedom to spread roots without encountering tree roots The bushes should bushes should be the best obtainable for the rose Is a flower Clower of ot caste and bad heredity never produces products superior blossoms The best exposure tor for a rose par den far far- farden gar den Is ls southeast t or southwest The best plot for tor a rose garden slopes enough to provide drainage With care the amateur can have roses In bloom from May until No- No November No vember 1 I In temperate climates