Valuable Information About Roses

A writter in the Masschusetts Ploughman gives tliis inforniation whicta every lover of tliat priuce of flowers, the rose, will be glad to learn : The rose is the perfection of all floral realities. In the charm of individuality, the warmth of perfect eolorirïg and the delights of a matchless perfume - all flowers must yield to the rose. Ye shall briefly describe the culture of the rose in a practical manner so that all may easily grow this "Queeu of Flowers." ïlie soil must be a strong nature, thoroughly enriched and deeply spaded. Have it well fertilized with a liberal eupply of bonedust or stable manure will incorpórate into the soil before planting, which may be done in early spring or late autumn, for all the hardy varieties. All roses should have some winter protection about their roots. Nothing better than to be heaped up a foot high of soil. Half-hardy and tender tea varieties must be laid down and entirely covered with earth, while upright and tall pillar roses may be sufficiently protected by being seeurely covered with straw or thick evergreen boughs. All varieties need be well pruned aunually. The suinmer and perpetual varieties should be well cut back near the ground, as they always flower on the young wood, which will make a much more vigorous growth by such a system of pruning, while all the tender tea varieties, as well as the mosses and climbers, need only a shortening of the previous year's growth, and tliinning of all weak and feeble branches. The rose is propagated by grafting, budding, layering, and by cuttings, also by planting of the seeds. All of these methods are quite simple. For the amateur grower the simple method of the layering of the growing branches in July and August is the best. This is easily done by fórking in about the bush soine rich compost, aud outting a tongue on the under side of the branch we desire to layer, just opposite a leaf or bud, pngging this down and lightly coveriug the layer a few inches each side of the incisión. It' the eonditions are right forgrowth, nevv roots will fonn around the joint on the branch we have laycred. thorough winter protection and the next spring sever the layer froni the inollier plant and set it where it ra to grow. Like all tho most beautiful things in nature, the rose has its enemiea in insects of various kinds. The most eommonarethe "Rose Cliaffer," the "Green Fly," and the "Rose Slug." As we can no t have good flowers withoul fine foliage, it ia of the utmost importa:]':' that we at ten d to the destruction of these insects :it the very outset. The first to appear is the "Slag" - u Httle green worm that glues these tender leaves together for its harbor till the buds appear, when it will destroy several in a night. At once dust the bushes well with hellebore and press firmly every leaf you see tfed together by the slugs. The next is the destructive green f!y or "Aphis." At ouce dust the bushes thoroughly with tobáceo dust vvhile wet with dew and at mid-day springe the eutire foliage with a liquid made by steepin'g 1 poiind of tobáceo in 5 gallons of water, or 1 pound whale oil soap in 8 gallons boiling water. But the most efficacious reuiedy is the "kerosene emulsión" made by disolving j pound bar soap in 1 gallon boiling water and adding 2 gallons kerosene oil. While warm agítate until it forma i creamy mass. Dilute with 15 parts water for spraying. When our choicest roses were in full bloom then the detestable "rose cliaffer" appears in a day. Hand picking, brushing them into hot water or covering bushes with netting and spraying with strong quassia water are the only remedies we know of. There is still one more enemy of our roses, a parasitical fungus known as "mildew," which is very destructive to the growth of the plant. Our best remedy is to use "Flour of Sulphur" blown over the foliage with a bellows, which is generally efficacious. "We now give a selection of varieties which cover the most desirable qualities of the rose, which are - beauty of form and color, fine foliage, and fragrance. As to color, let us say, that we have found that in certain families of plants particular colors prevail, aud in no instance can we ever expect to see blue, yellow and scarlet in varieties of the same species. This is one of nature's laws. In the rose we have scarlet and yellow, but no blue, so in the dahlia, etc. Again in the verbena, salvia, etc., we have scarlet and blue but no yellow. We must never expect nature to step outside of her fixed laws, and give us a blue rose, a blue dahlia or a yellow verbena. To keep our rosebushes in bloom, cut back the most rauipant growing shoots, and "when the blooms are fully open cut them for the vase. To let thera fade on the bush exhausta the plant in the formation of seed. Check the side shoots, give water freely and mulch the roots well. In a word, the whole secret of growing choice Roses is surnmed np in just three things, viz: plant deep, manure well, and water freely. The Hardy Perpetual Roses are the most royal of all roses. Their beauty is of a liold, brave type, quite distinct from the delicacy of color and odor of the tender tca vnriefles. Tliese Hybrids are so vigorous in growth, superb in bloom, and delicious in fragrance that we place them at the head of the whole family of roses of nearly one tliousand varieties known to the Rosarians. The following varieties are the very cream of the entire list covering all the distinct colors, best in vigor, hardness, foliage and flower. EEST VARIETIES. Red - Alfred Coloins, Ulrich Brunner, Marshall P. Wilder. Pink - Paul Xeyron, Magna Charta, Mme, Gabrial Luizet. Crimson - Abel Carrier, Gen. Jacqueuiinot, Am. Jubilee. Blush - La France, Gapt. Christy, Baroness Rothehild. White - Madam Plantier, Margeret Dickson, AVhite Baroness. Ycllow - Harrisonii, Persian Yellow, Mme. Pernet Dueher. Striped - Caprice, St. La France, Roger Lambeliu. Moss rosea are exguisite in bud. The best red varieties are - Tansii, Crimson Globe, Little Gem. White - Reine Blanche, Crested Moss. Japan - Rugosa Rubra, Rugosa Alba. Climbiug Roses - Balt. Belle, Blairii, Víctor Verdier, Crimson Rambler, and no rose garden is complete without several good bushels of "Sweet Briar" with its exquisite scented foliage.