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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



ROSEa 



This was tlie subject at the last meet- 

 ing of the Chicago Florists' Club and two 

 papers were read, both of which appear 

 below. Mr. Collins is foreman for Peter 

 Eeinberg and Mr. Kopanka has charge 

 of a section of rose houses at the same 

 establishment. 



Beauties in Center Benches Only. 



I was requested to write alimil Aiiieri- 

 can Beauties grown in ..nlci I»ii,lu's 

 only. Last year we plains ^1 i <.<«-,■ nf 

 twelve houses in Beauti'- I'" i^^-rs 

 did well up to the end of \..\. ihIh ). ,nnl 

 by that time the plants had grown up to 

 tiie glass on the south side and also on 

 the north side, and we had 1o spend 

 considerable time in krepincr tln'iii lied 

 away from the glass. Wlnii « >■ -m int,'fd 

 the plants, owing to the aiiiMiiiii nf f.ili- 

 age on them, the plants wnuM im.i dry 

 at night and then our tmnMr, ln-jaii; 

 it was hard to keep away ilir lila. L <]«<{. 

 so I thought it would he Im-i |m |,hnit 

 the center benches only, ami 1 .nn well 

 satisfied with the experiment. At the 

 present time our plants are good and will 

 have a heavy crop of flowers for the holi- 

 days. 



In the two ranges that were built this 

 year with the Garland gutter we have 

 four benches in each house, and have 

 planted the north and south benches 

 with Brides and Maids, and Beauties 

 in the two center benches. At the pres- 

 ent time they are very good, but we 

 shall be able to tell later if the shade 

 caused by the Beauties makes much dif- 

 ference to the north bench. In the sum- 

 mer I had the Beauties carefully wat- 

 ered, great care being taken not to 

 water the soil between the rows. After 

 they had been planted about one month 

 we put on a nnilrli of wvU n Itrd ma- 

 nure which I think ua- an .x,,l!.„i |,lan 

 to protect the snil li..rii llw -nn. Wo 

 have given them I'la- Im|i di. --m ■ ..[ Imnc 

 meal since then. Our plain- m. in cx- 

 eejlent health and are inu.hi. in- li-u (.f 

 fine flowers, with briglit im. |.. t- fi.r 

 the future. After the hi.li.l.iu-, u. -hall 

 give them some manure water. 



Forcing Roses Two Years. 



Another question you have asked me 

 is. Under what conditions can roses be 

 grown with profit more than one year? 

 The Brides and Maids can be grown the 

 second vear in the same soil. About the 

 1st of "July we conmience to withhold 

 water, only syringing the i)lants every 

 day. We continue this treatment for 

 about six weeks, then we pr\ine the tops 

 and take out all the poor wimd in the 

 bottom, and scrape ofl snme of the soil, 

 as much as possible, from the surface 

 and then put on a top dressing of ma- 

 nure and soil mixed. After that we 

 bend them all down and syringe twice 

 every day. After the eyes (ommence 

 to break, the soil can be more freely 

 watered till thoroughly soakul through. 



We have some Golden Gates vshich we 



kept growing all the summer. This 

 a grand rose, it is so prolific It nm 

 be shaded in tlir -iiniiiic-r. a- il ' aniiot r 

 dure the hot -un ; l lir prla'- i\ ill Inn 

 The tWO-VCal--nl,l ,.i-, - air .jl.allv li.n 



fited by manuir wain in;; ■'■<■>>. '^ 

 weeks during the winter. 



Geo. Cot.i.ixs. 



In reply to a qur-,li.n,, Afi. Cnllins 

 said they were growinL' iln lal'. iiy and 

 had two'houses, of wliii h iih \\,i- I'lrtty 



good and the other onr iml -o ^ I. He 



feared he had not given the rose the 

 right treatment. He had been cutting 

 (lowers all the fall and now the plants 

 seem to want to take a rest. He thought 



the Liberty would pre 

 properly handled. 



Soil. 



ifitable 



Competition gets stronger every year 

 and good roses must be grown. Good 

 stock sells fii-l an.l till' |ioor is often 

 sacrificed. Iln' ilnnainl is always for 

 the best and -\n li "ill In m- a good price 

 when poor htuiL ;^oi's fur nothing. To 

 grow good roses requires knowledge, ex- 

 perience, good houses, ample heating fa- 

 cilities, plenty of water, good soil and 

 other conveniences. If these essentials 

 are all there good stock can be grown. 



I will not take up your time by going 

 into full details, but will simply say a 

 few words about soil and feeding roses 

 in the winter months. Too much at- 

 tention cannot be paid to the soil, for it 

 is the foundation of the whole year's 

 work. A good grower knows now the 

 soil he is going to use next year. He 

 prepares his soil a year, or at least six 

 months, ill advaiirc "of tlu- time it is In 

 be usnl. Winn pLinlilij ,i.nl mIIm I lll-li 

 work I- .M,ii|ilrl,.l hr innpai.- 1,1- -ml 

 for 11. 'M yrav liv |.lii»iii- ,. pn r. oi ,,M 

 pasture and puttiiiL' iIh -' M- ji.i-- -an 

 together in a pile iif 1 1 . i i irjul.i i i.nm 

 If the soil of the |M-ini. i- li^'ii an I 

 black he adds half a^ mm h lna\.\ I.mii 

 or clay. If it is heavy he adds lighter 

 soil. Then he can put" a half-inch thick 

 layer of bone meal on the whole length 

 of the pile, a layer of one-year-old cow 

 manure a foot thick, and an inch layer 

 of slacked lime on top and all around 

 the pile. The lime prevents insects 

 from penetrating the soil and laying 

 their eggs therein, and it helps to rot 

 the manure. 



When the pile is two or three months 

 old it sho\ild be broken down and set 

 over (replied), so that the different 

 parts are well mixed and the frost can 

 get into it. Chop up all the lumps and 

 your soil is ready for the coming sea- 

 son's use. 



Feeding. 



Early planted roses should have a 

 mulch of old cow manure about the lat- 

 ter part of August or beginning of Sep- 

 tember. A week after it should be turned 

 over, all the lumps made fine, worked 

 into the soil in the bench and leveled off 

 nicely. The daily watering will soon 



take the fertilizing properties of the 

 manure into the soil, so you will need 

 1 tio;;in giving liquid manure in Oc- 

 1 rs|,c>cially in the case of American 

 ^ 111.- A hungry soil produces blind 

 '"I. and the plants lacking strength 

 to lorce up bottom -la ..I- i.i.i.lu.'C only 

 eye shoots. But ii i- ma »^i-' to feed 

 roses that are ..il .iip I li.'V should 



-iil.-l ilutc for a thorough watering. It 

 1- pr. t.rable to feed when the roses are 

 lirjinning to come in crop and during 

 the time a crop is being cut. It helps 

 to develop the buds and gives them size 

 and a richer color. During the dark 

 months (November and December) I 

 would advis.. ficliri- with liquid ma- 

 nure but .ill.. 1 ;m II 111. nth. during Jan- 

 uary and I'.liinaix iwi.c a month, and 

 during March ami April three times a 

 month. Select a bright day in which to 

 feed with liquid. 



Three years ago I devoted a house to 

 exiicrinieiit~ in f.r.lins. using bone meal, 

 Imrn shavimj-. ni,;;lil -oil, nitrate of 

 soila anil li.pii.l ...« manure and found 

 that the mn maiiin.' '^'ave the best re- 

 sults. P.vrt, Kop.\xKA, 



In the disiussion of Mr. Kopanka's 

 paper, Mr. Kiuld said that the reason the 

 best results were obtained from the cow 

 manure was that it was a complete ma- 

 nure. He believed that if the cow ma- 

 iiiii.'. I.om^ imal ,iihl Imrn shavings had 



Imtii 1 p,,-t..i i.i.Milna- better results 



\M,iil,l h.iM. iir, II ..ia.iin.d than from any 



ROSE NOTES. 



If our roses were in crop about the 

 last week in October or the first week in 

 N(i\eniher we can count with some cer- 

 tainty on a crop for Christmas. In this 

 case "the roses will by this time form 

 their buds and with "an even tempera- 

 ture of about 58 degrees at night will 

 m.liiio by Christmas. Should the crop 

 ippiai t.'i be coming too late you can 

 i,!i . III.' temperature a few degrees, say 

 lai 1,1 ii-J, and in case of no('('--ity to G.^ 



,,.i l„. l„ ii,ni, i.il I- ilir pl,.ni>. but if 

 ■,. 11 al III.- -am,' liiii,' k. , p tin- xcntilators 

 lip, .111 inch, or .x.ii a lialf in.li. the dan- 

 ger of soft growth is greatly lessened. 

 If the main crop should be coming too 

 early a few degrees below 58, say 56, or 

 oven 54, will sometimes bring it right. 



But if the crop should be so far ad- 

 vanced that it will be impossible to hold 

 it back by a lower teinperaturc. the only 

 «,iv .lilt I'.f Ih. .lilli. iillv is to cut out the 

 ,, III. a l.ml- .,11 -I I., in' -toms and let the 

 n,,,i.-t -1,1,' 1,11,1 ,l,Ml,,p. This will, of 

 ... iu=.'. II. .t Iniiii; as lino a flower, but it 

 is far better than none at all. The bud 

 should be cut oflT to the next side shoot, 

 and if done in time and with good judg 

 ment the results will be gratifying. By 

 the time the flower is ripe to cut, stem 

 and flower will show little if any de- 

 fect. This plan should, however, be fol- 

 lowed only in case of emergency, as it 

 is very easy to overdo it. 



I do not think it advisable or profit- 

 able to keep the night temperature for 

 Bride, Bridesmaid, Golden Gate and Am. 

 Beauty below 58 or higher than 00 de- 

 grees; Perles, La France and Diuhess of 

 Albany above 60 to 63, and Meteor OS. 



