CUTTING DOWN AND REMOVING ROSES
"Advice."—"Work the surface of your lawn plot as often as possible with the rake, and be particularly careful not to roll- while it is at all wet. Givea dressing of \four ounces of superphosphate, to the square yard, and rake iv before sowing. (2) The only way to destroy "slaters is to make, a paste of paris green, and bran,' and place this under sacks or boards in places whore they are most troublesome. This should poison them. The product you mention will not kill them, and it is- doubtful whether it it on tho market at the present time, (3) You may cut you.1 roses down in July or August. ' Some of the. very strong growers lend themselves to bending over and pegging down, under which treatment they do excellently, producing flowers all along the stems. (4) The best time to transplant your rosea would be in June.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 63, 16 March 1933, Page 17
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