NoVE.MIiKK 2'J. I'JOO. 



The Weekly Horists' Review. 



Taplin, JIaywood, N. J., who sold it to 

 John N. May, Summit, N. J., by whom 

 it was introduced. Niphetos and Cor- 

 nelia Cook were the white lea roses de- 

 pended upon before the advent of The 

 Bride. 



The story of the American Beauty lias 

 been several times published in flie 

 trade press. Briefly: An unlabeled rose 

 in the follcction of Geo. Bancroft, the 

 historian, Washiiiu'ton, D. C. was pur- 

 chased liv Field Jiros., florists, of that 



class blooms Meteor must be pi i- 

 a heavy loam and one part nnim : 

 llir.T |Miis -nil is none too rich. \\r 

 ivr.l Willi li.|iM.[, but do not begin this 

 uniil ,il"iMi 1(11. 1. We give Meteor more 

 \s:iii'i Mil. I -winging than other roses. 

 In fact, this is essential in view of the 

 higher temjierature. 



As to temperature we find 65 to 68 

 degrees at night and "0 to 85 degrees 

 in the davtime, when the sun is shin- 

 ing, about right. M. A. C. 



New Pink Carnation Guardian Angel. 



city, who, believing it to be an 'unnamed 

 rose, christened it American Beauty. 

 Plants were later sent to France and 

 the French rosarians at once recognized 

 it as Mme. Ferdinand Jamain, a rose 

 that had been introduced some years be- 

 fore by a French grower, but soon dis- 

 carded. It is said to be a poor flower 

 with the French rosarians and its popu- 

 larity in America has been a surprise to 

 them. 



ROSE TEMPERATURES. 



Replying to C. 0., would say that 50 

 degrees is entirely too low a night tem- 

 perature for roses. It should be 56 to 

 58 degrees for Bridesmaid, and do not 

 allow it to rise too rapidly in the morn- 

 ing. 



Perle should have a slightly higher 

 temperature, say 62 degrees, and Kai- 

 eerin does best at 60 degrees.. Maintain- 

 ing an even temperature is a very im- 

 portant point in the production of high 

 grade roses. 



Perle should have a lighter soil than 

 other roses. Perles in a heavy soil are 

 much more apt to produce bull-heads. 

 M. A. C. 



THE METEOR ROSE. 



Some growi'is ^till fail to get the 

 best results in glutting .Meteor and some 

 of the blofims seen in the market are far 

 from creditable. 



There is a good deal more in growing 

 the Meteor than merely giving it a 

 higher teiiiperat\ire. To produce first- 



AWAY FROM HOME. 



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home 



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to ti 



Queens, N. Y. 



is quite a step from Flatbush to 

 home of Governor Koosevelt. I 

 mean His E.xeellency; I mean the 

 of the well-known carnation. But 

 you have Mr. Vnn\ llnilledouze to 

 you, any plan .m l.uirj Island is 

 • found. We uiie Im i iin.iii' enough 

 id :\rr. C. W. W.ipI m-i bidding 



of it, Mr. 



It a while. 



tstem Mr. 

 for it i 



done there scientifically. One thing Mr. 

 Ward admits which is rather disappoint- 

 iiii:. and dial is that watering must be 



'Iniir I ■ , fully with the sub-water- 



iirj -\-iriii ilian with the ordinary 

 nirtlioil (.f iiilline. If I am allowed to 

 ailvani'e an opinion, I believe that it will 

 never be much practiced. If there is 

 any advantage in it it will be during 

 -April. May and June that the system 

 will be of nmst benefit. 



I saw there two houses of Glory de 

 Lorraine begonia. If I had not seen 

 prrlia|i- llir Ih-,( in llii^ .-..iiiilry earlier 

 I \\ (iiM !i.i\ e . .ill. 1 1 liiiii \ n \ line, and 



|ir. '--.■. I 111.' iii.i-t W.I- i;..v. Koosevelt. 



ity and a variety that we shall all 

 . to grow. This place has lieen de- 

 n.iilied often and I can only add that 

 everything is in fiist-class order. I was 

 sorry to hear Mr. Ward complain so 

 mucli of the stem rot. What troubles 

 both IHr. Dailledouze and Mr. Ward 

 is that they know of no cure for it. In 

 some varieties it is very serious; with 

 others not so bad. They all agree that 

 it is a fungus that attacks the plant 

 in the field and they succumb to it after 

 removing to the houses. 



Carnations are not the only thing to 

 be seen here. Mr. Ward is away to thei 

 front in zonal geraniums and pelargo- 

 niums. His collection of zonals is very 

 complete and anything new is bought or 

 imported. Amongst geraniums that 

 pleased me very much I noticed Madame 

 Landray, a beautiful apricot; Marvel, 

 an improvement on the well-known S. 

 A. Nutt; Richelieu is also said to be 

 better than Nutt; Pasteur is better and 

 brighter than Alphonse Ricard; John 

 Uoyle is also of the style of Ricard, but 

 stiil better; Rene Bazin is a deep sal- 

 mon; M. de Castelaine is a fine amar- 

 anthe; Eulalia is Mr. Ward's best 

 white; Madame Barney is a pure pink; 

 Le Soliel is of the same style as old 

 Raspail, but much better, and being a 

 newer variety is, of course, healthy; 

 Jean Viaud is a pure pink Poitevine. 

 All of the above are semi-double. In 

 single varieties S. Chauteaubriand can 

 be described as a dwarf Atkinson; Ma- 

 dame Charlotte is a dwarf improved 

 Poitevine; George Sands is a white dot- 

 ted wifli iiink.'-ai.l to be an excellent 

 pot plaiii : i;iaii.l \'illa, a carmine pen- 

 ciled «liii. ; llall (aine is a scarlet ce- 

 rise, ail iniineii-e flower; Andrew Lang 

 is a very fine scarlet with white center, 

 said to be an excellent bedding variety; 

 Barbara Hope, a beautiful peach bloom 

 pink, very large round flower; Mrs. 

 Charles Pierson is a grand salmon. 

 These single geraniums are not gener- 

 ally used for bedding, but that is some- 

 times a mistake, as what finer bedder 

 have we today than the old single Gen- 

 eral Giant? ';Most of them make mag- 

 nificent ]ilants for the conservatory. 



ill-. W.ii.l ha- a ..ji.al .iillection of 

 ivv I.MM.l -.1 a iiiiiiii- II.' -]ieaks very 

 lii'ghlv .ii I.. -[ -1.1. |.ink Willi a crimson 

 spot:' .Ml.-. 1'. ti. Day. a j;iand scarlet; 

 and Bride, a pure white. Amongst gera- 

 niums there is a great curiosity to be 

 seen here. It is a cross between Madame 

 Salleroi, the little dwarf, compact, va- 

 riegated bedding geranium, and S. A. 

 Nutt. the well-known semi-double. The 

 foliage partakes very strongly of the 

 Salleroi. while the truss of fiowers is 

 almost identical with the Nutt. I be- 

 lieve there is a place for this very dis- 

 tinct varietv. not as an edge plant but 

 as a solid bed of itself. The darkness 

 came over us before we could have a 

 look at the acres of cannas which are 

 grown there, but we had a thorough 

 look at evervthing under glass. Mr. 

 Ward is an enthusiast in everything he 

 enters into and his place is well worth 



New Rochelle, N. Y. 



Mv next jump was to the immense 

 establishment of Siebrecht & Sons, NfW 

 Rochelle. The quantity of palms grown 

 here is prodigious. "How many kentias 

 do vou thiid< you have. Mr. Siebrecht?" 

 And Mr. Siebrecht, junior, answered: 

 "We have something in the neighbor- 

 hood of three millions." Just fancy that 

 nuantitv. That, of course, includes 



