ROSE BUDS FAILING TO BLOOM.
It? isnofc unusual forrose buds fco collap«efrotn .two causes : one is an excess of atmospheric moisture that settles around the base of tho petals, and. this, together with a low temperature, causes the lower part of the petals to decay. The other is that the tree is allowed to bear more flower buds than it can i support, and, as a consequence, the growth i_ jind, flowera advance po far, but the roofs not i* being equal to fcbe strain, there is a sudden "TNjegsation of the vital forces flowing 1 up to L tt the flowers, and instead of expanding they Vdpeay. Which of these two causes is opera- * \ting in any given case must be decided by % the observation and intelligence of Ihe ru&eft'grower lumeelf, unless lie can obtain an exit yerfe's opinion on the spot.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 315, 10 November 1888, Page 6
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143ROSE BUDS FAILING TO BLOOM. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 315, 10 November 1888, Page 6
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