QUEEN OF FLOWERS. Theme of the Poet and the Artist— the Rose. GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL. Roses—queens flower garden! The increasing tendency of people of the American to patronize the rural sections, and the steadily increasing love for flowers, with the impulse to cultivate the small garden found in the city and the rural homes brings into prominence the flower of kings and of favorites—and of the humblest menial—the rose. It is astonishing what varied types in nature there are of this flower, and how world-wide is its distribution. Wild roses are found from frigid Lap- land to tropic India. The rose has the honor of being the first cultivated flower. For a long time it ‘was a rare possession, but with the general and active love of nature that is a marked sharacteristic of the present times much his been learned about the cul- ture of flowers in general, and of the rose in particular, and its special re- quirements are better understood. While verandas and trellises of gountry homes may have their honey- Buckles, and lilacs may bloom in pbundance, nothing excels in beauty or fragrance the climbing roses when In their gorgeous and glorious bloom. There is no flower beset with more Mifficulties to grow, yet its cultivation Is increasing. The harder it is to pro- duce a beautiful thing the more highly it is prized. Most Important Groups. Roses of te-day are of complex line- ge, for old and new species have been crossed and recrossed until now our cultivated roses are divided into more than thirty general groups. The most important of these are: Moss, Rugosa, Hybrid Teas, Persian roses and a few June roses among the stiff, upright growing sorts of medium to tall growth; Polyanthus, upright but dwarf, and Teas, of low or half re- cumbent habit. The latter, by some classifiers, are again sub-divided into China, Bourbon, etc., of which classes the teas and hybrid teas are the most beautiful. They bloom longer than other types, hence they have been most widely grown, For colder climates the hybrid per= petuals are a most valuable class, be- ing generally hardier and larger bloomers, though they do net bloom so THE GOLDEN ETOILE DE LYON, iong as the teas. These have been ob- tained by crossing the French and Da- mask roses with the China rose. Roses are propagated by cuttings, by budding, grafting and layering. All varieties will not root equally well from cuttings and layers, and budding is largely done. The budding roses have to be care- fully watched, for being started on strong brier and Manetti roots they Roses must have good air and plenty {of it, without being too much exposed; hence an elevated situation is better than one that is lower or stagnant. { They should not, however, be exposed to too violent winds, for the foliage cannot stand whipping. | Sometimes the protection of a clump [of trees is sought, but unless the plants | are set well away from them they will | be robbed ~f plant food by the roots of | the tre take advantage of this | kind of protection the roses should be | set twenly-five feet further away from the trees than the latter’s height. The protection of buildings should be avoided, for so completely do these stop the circulation of air that mildew and blights follow from sheltered loca- tions of this character. There are, however, exceptions to this rule, for sometimes in an elevated position there will be suitable circulation of air even close to a building. This de- | pends largely upon the prevailing winds and the exposure of the locality. The hot noonday sun is very hard {upon the blossoms, and if the rose bed | could be so located as to get a shadow |cast from a clump of trees for two | hours after noon such a location would | be ideal. The greatest pleasure to be derived from flowers is to have them for the freest possible use and to give to friends and others who may otherwise not be able to have them. The soil needs to be well suited and properly prepared. For hybrid per- petuals a heavy soil is better, one that has some portion of clay in its com- position. The rose requires for its best development a cool, moist soil, and for this reason the heavier type is better, carrying as it does a large amount of moisture, and being also a little lower in temperature. ‘ THE OLD FASHIONED MARY WASHINGTON ROSE. are quite apt to throw out shoots from their own roots which are vigorous and soon evercome and run out the bud. They may be readily discerned aathey do come out, for their loaves re of a different character of the bud, the wood being h fine, prickly spines and eing seven in number of mrations instead of five, as in piost of the budded kinds, Budded roses should be planted deep s0 that the bud is at least three inches below the surface of the soil, when there will be less trouble from the suckers. The roots should he examined, and any eyes or buds that are starting upon them should be carefully taken out, Ld The teas and hybrid teas will do better in a little lighter soil of the loam type, but for either class there must be perfect drainage. Have Your Soil Rich, The soil can hardly be made too rich. Well composted manure should be worked down deep into the bottom of the bed or of the rows if they are not in the latter form. This should be cow manure, as that is of a cooler nature and better suited to the requirements of the plant. Horse manure is too heating and will injure the roots if used in large quantities, Liquid manure used in a diluted form once a week after the buds are formed will be of great vaiue in getting the finest blooms and, the longest bud develop- ment. Good wood dirt is excellent. Fine, strong plants, set while entire- ly dormany should give a satisfactory quantity or flowers the first summer. In planting, the tops should be cut down to two or three buds. Many fail at this point to prune close enough. On well grown plants there is usually too much wood left. The de- sire to obtain blossoms the first sum- mer is so great that frequently the en- tire top is left to grow, which is too much for the root to support. The reverse should be done, for by close pruning the few buds left will develop into strong, vigorous shoots that will produce buds, and only by this practice can they be surely ob- tained. A good general rule to follow in pruning is to cut severely all teas, hy- brid teas and kinds that do not make strong growth, and to cut all strong growing kinds moderately. The more luxuriant a bush grows the less prun- ing will be required, but the weakest growing kinds require the severest pruning. While florists have their own way of propagating roses, amateurs usually get a start of everblooming roses either from cuttings of the blooming wood, or from cuttings of mature wood rooted during winter while in a semi-dormant condition. method for grower, The latter the is the surest inexperienced flower How to Grow Cuttings. How can you root summer cuttings? Make a 4 or 5-inch cutting of a rose branch that is coming into bloom, or is just through blooming. Cut just be. low an eye, leaving a small “heel” or strip of bark -attached. Trim off the lower set of leaves even with the wood. Leave the end leaf entire and trim the leaf or two remaining, back to the first pair of leaflets. Insert these cut- tings in wet sand up to the last eye. Put them in the window and keep con- stantly damp until they root, which should be in from 3 to 4 weeks. Teas root easily by this method. To root from semi-dormant wood: About the beginning of autumn, Sep tember in the North, October in the South, take your cuttings. Several may be made from one cane, as pretty well ripened wood roots after this method as well ag any. Make the cut- tings about 6 inches long. Cut just be- low an eye, making a slanting cut, and trim off the lower leaves. Now dig a hole by the parent bush. Put a handful of sand at the bottom if you have it, and put in your cuttings, set- ting them one inch apart and firming the earth very solidly about them. Only about an inch of the upper stem should project above the ground. Put | a glass fruit jar over the cuttings, sinking the jar well into the ground, then bank up the earth a couple of inches around the can. Let the cut- tings, jar and all, rigidly alone until spring is well advanced. It will be found then that nearly every cutting has rooted. This plan seems to be a success wherever it is tried, North, South, East or West. Nearly all hybrid teas and perpetuals root well in this way. So do moss, memorial and ram- her roses. In the culture of roses the greatest trials and disappointments are met with in the insects that persistently at- tack them and of which there are many. One of the first in the early summer is the green fly or aphis. How to Kill tae Aphis. This will be discovered on the tips of the bushes und also upon the buds and about t*leir stems. The insects suck the sap from these tender parts and greatly check the growth and de- velopment of the buds, Dusting with heliebore will keep them in check, or they may be sprayed with one pound of caustic potash whale oil soap dis- solved in eight gallons of water. This is easy work. One of these insects will be the pro- genitor of over 5,000 million descend- ants at the end of five generations, which makes the discovery and prompt treatment of the first ones highly im- portant. The leaf roller is another enemy that rolls up the leaves and also works upon the buds, eating small holes in the ends. Then there are other caterpillars, the young of moths and butterflies, that feed upon the foliage and also upon the buds. These should be hand picked or crushed, as it is difficult to reach them after they have protected themselves by the folding of the leaves. 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Arsenate of lead, when used in strong solutions (two and a half ounces to a gallon), will keep them quite well in check, but this material discolors the foliage. In the early morning, when the bugs are somewhat dormant, they may be picked off by hand, or knocked into a pan of kerosene held underneath the branches. This is a most difficult pest to control. It will also attack grapes and other fruits. The rose slug is the larva of the saw fly, which comes out of the ground in May. The female deposits eggs in cuts made in tke leaves. The eggs hatch in about twelve days after they are laid. They are a soft-bodied insect similar to the snail, and may be readily de- stroyed by dusting with hellebore or by the whale vil seap spray. They soon seriously injure the foliage if not kept in check. Another very troublesome insect and enemy of the rose is the rose hopper or thrips. These are small, white flies that come in swarms, and they work mainly on the under side of the leaves. 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