The Garden.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 385, 17 July 1889, Page 3

The Garden.

(By HoKTia in "Auckland Star.")

Roses. The planting of rose." should now be „ hurried on as fast as possible, any available day this month should be utilised for get- . ting the new plants into their permanent quarters. Late planting where possible should be always avoided, as late planted . » roses will not give such tine (lowers the first season as those planned earlier. Roses . should be planted before the sap begins to rise; and in most situations it will begin to vise during next month. New planted roses can be pruned as they are put in the ground, thus saving the trouble of going over them again. One of the great secrets in.the successful growing of rose? is plenty of manure and a suitable soil. Rich deep loam inclining to be stiff and rotenthe is * the best. Such soil should be well di'ained so as to take off all superfluous water, as -the rose, like most other plauts does' not liko sour stagnant water at the roots. Another great question in the successful - -growing of\ roses is the pruning, a free and skilful use of the ' knife must be adopted. They should be cut clean not bruised, and while pruning cut severely back. Never mind the appearance or the disappearance of your plants while pruning, cut back, * only leaving two or three buds on last year's shoots, a little exception ot course in some of the vigorous growing varieties ; and the rambling growing trees will require deferent treatment. The proper time to prune must be regulated by at what set' son you want the plants to bloom, and the situation must also be taken into account. For those which ai 4 e required for earl}' blooming the pruning could take place during the middle of this month continuing pinning a few overy week up till the end of September, j this will ensure a good succession of blooms. Situations' will modify this Early situations 'mightrequireearlierpruningandin late situations the pruning may be deferred a little longei'. My situation is late and 1 have always found that the best period to prune the bulk of my plants is during August, leaVing only a few for the September pruning 1 to give late flowers.

•' .JBdnes -(Continued.) .Another nietppctis to mix the bones in a , fermenting dung , heap. If fermentation ceases before the complete, dissolution of Che Structure, pf the bone a re-mixture may take place. Bones will take.a much longer time to dissolve by this method than by the more scientific method*-. Acids are not always readily obtained in the country ; - and the enhanced value of the stable manure will amply repay any trouble which maybe taken.to.dissolve the bones. Still an- " other- method bFpreparin«jboneforferfcilisins -purposes is to carry out the operation in barrels or boxe,s. Xhe bottom is first covered with a few inches, of 'ashes. Then add a layer , of , bone,s broken 'small, and then another layer of ashes,. and' so on un.til - -the barrel" qr b~qv is fu.ll. This -mass should ' be kept moistened with water, but not in - such quantity that there will be any drainage irom jthe mass. Liquid manure may be applied fcb the ashes, or hot water, or ■ .soapsuds. " t ",!.'. (Grinding bones in" a bone nYiIV has-been a common practice in thi? country ;<4Ju,c this -method has its, objections, as* i vfchflre''aVe- ' - always innumerable .pai-ticles of 'bOne which' are not pulverised.*./" If appljekllio the soil itv this state the particles are a long -time dacaying. If it is intended to* u^e* -ground ,bones as fertilisers, a good wav would be to "mix the bone dust with a mass of fermenting manure to dissolve every particle befoi c application to the soil. The i judicious application of bones is a - problem which has been' ably discussed* r ,in ' n ßritain, Germany, and America. Soil and .. climate have much to tlo with the fertilis--vjflgj aptipn of bone manure or plants. Autumn is generally conceded to be the best time for the application of bone c , as the moisture of winter has a beneticial action in preparing bone manure for plant .'food in spring. Bones, to act beneficially as"a manure, must have access to air and Watej. Hence,, if applied to a stiff soil in a , dry ."spring, their fertilising powers might , nofc be discernible until next spring. Bonedust may be applied to the soil either as a top dressing or ploughed under. But the ploughing should never be too deep, Applied with stable' manure it equalises its „ action, and a touch smaller quantity of the dung will give the same result. The fertilising ingredienbs contained in the bonedust 01' superphosphate have been decom- : "posed, and are ready for assimilation bv plants ; while the stable manure has still j to undergo the process ot decay and fermentation necessary to tit it for that end. The stable manure hastens the' decay of the boneduat ; and its fertilising ingredients are ready foi assimilation at once. In boned us b and guano the alkaline salts v are wanting which are supplied to them by mixing with stable manure, or wood-a&hes. It is to be regretted that &o many boneb are left to bleach and decay on our plains aivi hillsides when their utilisation as fertilisers would producesuch good results. — "Country Journal ."