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The Oshawa Times, 1 Apr 1961, p. 19

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SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 195] ONTARIO TODAY PAGE ELEVEN : if HERE are four fundamental rules to be followed a, if you want roses mn your garden: get quality es stock, select planting location carefully, prepare the soil properly, give proper care to the bushes You can't produce quality rose blooms from inferior stock, Get your plants from sources that give a guarantee, The plants should have wellformed, unbroken roots, at least three sturdy canes, and be moist and disease-free when received Roses are plants of the sun and in general should be planted in full sun or at least with six hours of diurnal sun available, Roses are not too touchy about soil, but it should not be too light, They will thrive in ordinary garden soil of no great acidity, Fertilizer should be placed deep in the hole at planting Do not overpower roses with care, but make sure that aphids and other harmful insects are kept away, and guard against mildew and blackspot, Soon Spring will show rol of plamings Beautiful lawns and gardens-- RAB grass is becoming less and less of a lawn problem through the use of pre-emergence chemicals, but there are three other weedy grasses that trouble the lawn owner Bent has been considered a desirable lawn material for some purposes, But because of their light green color the various strains of bents do not blend well with the darker green of fine fescue and im proved blue grass, Annual blue grass also is lighter in color than pérmanent gras- ses and produces mottled patches that look yellow and pale when growing with them; it produces seed early in summer and then dies out, opening up areas where weeds can gain root, Nim- blewill is a grassy weed that bent "wie 16 warm is often mistaken for 16 dl TT because of its fine texture Trane but it is a duller, darker green and grows more upright, It is a perennial with a creeping rootstock, There is no complete, safe control for all these weedy grasses, but certain chemicals provide a very substantial measure of control if proper- ly applied, The combination tn o f = Thamar partion of the nitregen of =) 4 D and AMA, for ex in Turf Spasial is fram the new ample, is very good but three bili i Earl Cox the well-known radio and television gardening authority, Listen to hid "Byways of Beauty" applications, spaced five days PrORramme on many Tadic sation, ' apart, are necessary, Cal- cium arsenate applied in the SHUR-GAIN TURF SPECIAL will help you SHUR-GAIN GARDEN SPECIAL encourages fall or early winter will grad- grow the most luxurious, ,, most beautiful development of thick, vigorous roots and ually control annual blue lawn ever, ., without drudgery, It's easy stems, large and healthy flowers, shrubs grass, and potassium cyanate to use, ,, clean, odourless and free-running, and fruits, Now is the time to start your will kill bents if sprayed SHUR-GAIN TURF SPECIAL may be applied praise-winning lawn and garden, Order when the sun is shining at any time, ,, will not burn... 'greening' SHUR-GAIN TURF SPECIAL and GARDEN brightly at | temperatures effect lasts and lasts and lasts, Available sPECIAL in handi-carry packages from about 80 degrees, but there with a soil insecticide, your dealer today, is some risk of damage to chemicats but ove woud | AVAILABLE AT BETTER GARDEN SUPPLY DEALERS EVERYWHERE be applied only according to eh HO Ol Oh, ----- turers or on advice from pro- fessional gardeners,

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