ROSES FOR ALL PURPOSES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 September 1939, Page 3

ROSES FOR ALL PURPOSES

SOME OF THE BEST VARIETIES.

Here are some of the best varieties of roses for all purposes:— Una Wallace,. Caroline Testout, George Dickson, Lady Ashtown, Mrs Beatty, Earl Haig, Mrs Henry Bowles, Mrs Henry Morse, Rose Berkeley, Max Krause. Twelve for standards:—

Angele Pernet, Carolen Testout, Etoile de Holland, Frau £arl Druschki, Hugh Dickson, Lady Hillingdon, Los Angeles, Madame Abel Chatenay, Madame Edouard Herriot, Ophelia, Padre, Shot Silk. Twelve pillar roses:— .

American Pillar, Chastity, Climbing General McArthur, Climbing Madame Edouard Herriot, Climbing Los Angeles, Lady Gwen Colman, Mermaid, Climbing Golden Emblem, Devonensis, Scarlet Climber, Souvenir de Leonnie, Miss M. Manifold. Twelve bush roses:— Admiration, Betty Uprichard, Captain Kilbee Stuart, Caroline Testout, Toile de Holland, Hugh Dickson, Lady Ashtown, .Dame Edith Helen, Lady Pirrie, Madame Butterfly, Madame Edouard Herriot, Souvenir de Georges Pernet. Twelve for walls: — Climbing Caroline Testout, Climbing Liberty, Climbing Madame E. Herriot, Climbing Mrs W. J. Grant, Cloire de Dijon, Gruss an Teplitz, Madame Alfred Carriers, Madame Jules Gravereaux, Reve d’Or, Scarlet Climber, Vanity. Twelve for fragrance:— Betty Uprichard, Etoile de Holland, General Jacqueminot, General McArthur, Golden Emblem, Gruss an Teplitz, Hadley, Hugh Dickson, Lady Hillingdon, Lady Pirrie, Lady Sylvia, Madame Abel Chatenay, Margaret Dickson Hamil, Mrs Henry Morse, Ophelia. Twelve for buttonholes: — Madame Butterfly, Emma Wright, Golden Gleam, Irish Fireflame, Lady Hillingdon, Lady Pirrie, Lady Sylvia, Madame Abel Chatenay, Madame E. Herriot, Miss C. E. Van Rossem, Melody. Richmond. Twelve for town gardens: — Betty Uprichard, Caroline Testout, Golden Gleam, Etoile de Holland, Frau Karl Druschki, General McArthur, Hugh Dickson, Lady Ashtown, Mrs John Laing, Norman Lambert, Ophelia, Red Letter Day. PROMOTE LEAFY GROWTH BY USING FERTILISERS. There is no better time than the i present to apply nitrogenous fertilisers that promote leafy growth, and potassic fertilisers which are of benefit to plants producing fruit. Spring cabbage crops will respond most readily to one ounce per square yard of sulphate ammonia. Young fruit trees will show great benefit when sulphate of potash is applied to the soil around the roots. One ounce per square yard should be quite sufficient. This fertiliser tends to improve the colour of the fruit. Small fruits such as currants and gooseberries are all the better for the addition of potash. The lawn also may be treated with fertiliser at this time. Specially compounded mixtures can be purchased for the purpose. MOSQUITOES GUARD AGAINST THEM. Few of us pay much attention to gnats and mosquitoes until summer is upon us. Much may be done in early spring to prevent the pests from in- : testing our own garden at least. : Water, and particularly the still water ; of pools and ponds, whether natural : or artificial, is the breeding place of ; mosquitoes. i During September they may be easily destroyed in their early stages. Cover the surface of any still water in : your garden with a thin film of kero- i sene—one tablespoon will spread a ' long way. The oil will not damage i plants, and as it does not penetrate be- ' neath the surface, it is harmless to fish i or animal life in the pool. It will, nevertheless, prevent the maturing of j mosquito larvae. ;