254 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



June until snow flies — will adorn the bouse, delight the heart of the 

 owner, and be a blessing to the community. 



Growing roses under glass requires much more labor, attention, and 

 care than the production of any other family of flowering plants used by 

 the commercial florist. Some of the requisites to successful rose-growing 

 are even temperature, plenty of water under strong pressure, well pre- 

 pared soil, which should contain a large percentage of clay; this should 

 be renewed each year and planted with strong, thrifty young plants early 

 in June and July. These plants should be in four- or five-inch pots, grown 

 from cuttings taken in January, February, and March from bearing 

 wood. Each year there are a great many new varieties of rose sent out, 

 but my experience has been that it is best to stick to the old and tried 

 varieties, as a large percentage of the new sorts are worthless, although 

 there have been some grand additions to the list of forcing roses the last 

 few years. Among them I might mention American Beauty, Meteor, 

 Testout, Kaiserin Victoria, Bridesmaid, etc. 



The varieties that give the best results to the commercial florist are 

 Pearle des Jardins, Bride, Mermet, Bridesmaid, American Beauty, 

 Meteor, Kaiserin Victoria, Testout, LaFrance, Queen, Wooten, etc. 

 These are all standard varieties. A few of these require more heat than 

 others, but most of them can be grown in a temperature of from 58 to 60 

 degrees night heat. 



There never has been too many first-class roses, or other standard 

 flowers, to supply the holiday trade, but to care for this increased demand 

 there are so many greenhouses planted with roses, carnations, and 

 violets, that there is sure to be an over-production of these flowers each 

 spring and fall. 



Roses and other cut flowers are shipped to any part of the country that 

 can be reached in 48 hours or less, in perfect condition. 



Like every other business, strict attention to little things goes far 

 toward making a success of rose-growing, and no florist should under- 

 take to grow roses unless he is prepared to give them untiring attention. 



