ThcWeekly Florists' Review, 



487 



GRAFTED ROSES. 



granr, 

 stoiU. 

 beiiilir 

 a diflr 



is til.' 



raise. I 

 them 

 tlie lu 

 solid I 

 This i- 

 and A\ 

 up I.., 



though, 

 11 make 



for grafted slo,l .nui ilir l,r,i Jr|.i li hn- 

 same. If ii i- |ii ,iri n .il.lr i,, ,,iii\ 

 benched graft rd -linl^ ,.\i'r ih'ih >.,ii bi 

 year the same as w h.ji in ^..li.l li^.U \\u- 

 benches woukl in my opinion be most 

 profitable, as grafting means a lot of 

 work and expense. 



No doubt those growers who have had 

 grafted stock 1m. (h nn benches and in 

 solid beds will l.nni ii> with the con- 

 clusions formid iKiiii their experience, 

 and their metliud ni treatment. We are 

 now grafting and planning for another 

 season, and no doubt others are doing 

 the same, so a full discussion at this 

 time would be helpful t<i many. 



XORTllWKST. 



Some growers put 

 gument in favor of i 

 apparently grafted - 

 way to the front. Yi 

 it is planted and T ii 

 it has been introduce 

 on benches or in so 



sir 



k but 

 11- its 

 inre of 



We started to propagate about the 

 miiliUe of December and jiotted the Man- 

 etti -l> J..- I iiii-iiiia- \M.-k. At present 

 we li.i\ r K, ii h -J 1 .1 1 1 C.I a ihl '■wn root plants 

 in :;-iiicli |„,i, .iihI iiic grafted plants 

 are lliree limes ilie size ol own root ones. 

 Ill a month or two more the dift'ereiice 

 will be still greater. 



The question, raised by "Northwest 



who have had experience in llic iiiaiua- 

 would communicate it through the Ke- 



VIEW. 



My own opinion is that solid beds are 

 the "most profitable pvovidincr tbe\- are 

 properly handled. F.xcn if tlir\ inolnc,- 

 a few less flowers ihr .liiVri.ahr m ilic 

 expense will more tlian c ll^ct ii. M"iv 

 ever, I would not advise anyone to cliange 

 from the bench svstem to solid beds 

 without first giving it a trial for a year 

 or two on a small scale. Though the 

 e\ilture is apparently much the same 

 th.ere are some little 'details which must 



sl.hk fnaii >rar to year in only lour to 

 ti\c iiirhc- Ml „,il without exhausting its 

 slicicjlh I.I -II. h a degree as to render 

 it u.alhl.— \rt 1 bVli.'V Ihal if the 

 pj.iiii- \(cir liiicl aihl i,phiiii..l in fresh 

 scil 1 lir\ , ,imM h.' ii-cil l.ii a number of 

 ycai-. \ Ilm,- 11. mi .aiii.,1 . illier graf- 



lliaii ni.i >.'ar-. li.il h..aii-.' 1 h.^y did not 

 l...ik -I I..1IL: aii.l In all li\ .11 11 w.i- not con- 

 si. kicd advi-ublc. hut ii liu> happened 

 that we either planted them in solid 

 beds or made use of them otherwise. 

 M. Stauch. 



I have never had any experience of 

 account in my own practice with grafted 

 stock in solid beds, hence am not quali- 



li,-,| t.i vr]<]y 1.1 th.' .|ii.-ii..ii. I have 



«.il. li,.,l w ii h mil. h ml. I. -I ihe use of 

 L;iafl.-.l r..~.'- an.! Ii,i\. iml \.l become a 

 ili.iniiLih i-..ii\.ii. |..i1l.|i- 1 m.iy change 



lll\ liilli.l all. 1 l(i..l.' . xp.a 1. 11. c. As it 



«a- III -I i.'.-.miiii. ii.l.'.l a- a sovereign 



|ii. V, 111 u l-:.l \\..i 111. ,111.1 I had no use 



f.ii Lji,ift.-.l |.laiii- I.. I 111. It [lurpose, did 

 11,. I ;:i\c Ih. ,iiii|..i .iii.ntion until with- 

 in a \.ai ..1 -... -ill..' it has been claimed 



thai l.\ I he 11- ih.-i' we may be able 



I.. ..i..\\ Mill, h liii.a hi. ...111 = . True it is 

 th.it -,.11,,. .^1. .»..,-, iL.iahh Mr. Mont- 



.,,1111, .|\. ,il X.iliik. hav,. I lll.a"'d WOn- 



plants, can vouch for the quality of the 

 product. Now, outside of these two 

 places it does not appear that grafted 

 stock has Tiiiide such a vast improvement 

 .11. 1- ..\vii v.... Is and it may be that the 

 •ji..\\, 1 h 1.1 -..iiiething to do with it. 



Willi,. I have used grafted stock on 

 benches. I fail to see the great advantage_^ 

 and as I said am not competent to advise. 

 Benj. Dokrance. 



Regarding grafted stock our experience 

 with" both solid beds and plants on 



s has been about the same as with 

 111 iiMii r, .il-. I'.eds give best qual- 

 il i„.n, hi- 111.- cpiantity. 

 1, 11- Ih.- ;..iafic,l stock has been no 

 than thai on own roots except to 

 a little larger plant for the first 

 or four months. After this time 

 is no difference in plants or flow- 

 Geo. M. Kellogg. 



nc never grown any roses in solid 



II ml niv exporience with grafted 



was that thcv were no better 



YELLOW ROSE FOLIAGE. 



We woiihl like to know what causes 

 li.'lit "reen or yellowish foliage on our 

 ro'ses. " They are health) I, ...kin- other- 

 wise, having large. ]»if... i h.il-. very 

 strong, thick stems'fr.iiii ..n.' t.. iw. feet 

 long. The foliage has turned in the la.st 

 inoutli. One house runs north and south 

 and one east and west. K- C. 



I h.. ,|ii, -ii,.n i- a very broad one. Yel- 



l.e, i.ilia.j.. iii,,\ I , -lilt from very differ- 

 .1.1 .111-,- i: r. .loes not say what 



II. iiiii. Ill hi- I..-,- have received, but if 

 , il,, ,, ihiiwi-,. \i.j,.r..iis and the fo- 

 il, ..j. Ii,i- iiiiii...l \..|l.iu ..lily during the 



l,i_i iita ii I- ,i|,|,,ii .111 that they have 



I,. ,11 iiihii ,\,,ii,,l ,1 o\ci watered. Long 

 -l„ II- ,.i , h.u.ly \\,-allier are apt to turn 



III, i.,lia.j,. liuiii er.cn. especially if ven- 

 iil,iii,iii i- 11,. I ], I ..[.erlv attended to. 



M. Stauch. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Tin- aiiiiiial I'S h ihil i, m ..f Ih,. Aiiieii 

 Rose S,„l,.|v «lll 1„. lal.l 111 Ih.' Wahl 

 Ast.iria ll.'.t.I. Ncu ^..lk . ii>. i 

 Tuesday. Wediie.da 



valuable, and there will no doubt be a 

 lively competition. In addition to a host 

 of e\,.|..1iiiL;U liberal cash prizes, so ar- 



rang.-.l i hai' -ji ..\v .'k having moderate- 

 sized .-1,1 1.1 1-1 iit^ can compete one 



with ,iii..ili.i vvith.iut being pitted 



for 



of 



eomiiuiii, and one (thai ..nci,.! hy the 

 Lord & Burnham Co.) is valued at $250. 

 It is certainly a remarkably generous 

 prize list and should bring out a mem- 

 orable display. 



Full details, including copies of the 

 premium list and a plan of the exhibi- 

 tion hall, may be had by addressing the 

 secretary, Mr. Leonard Barron, 13G 

 Liberty street. New York. 



CARNATION NOTES. 



Potting Young Plants. 

 Hy this time the young plants of many 

 of the new varieties have reached you 

 and, so far, all we have seen are in 

 good healthy condition and with proper 

 care will -Imw \xliat is in them the com- 

 inc- -,,1-, 11. riii- is as it should be, for 

 wiicii \..ii pay a ..'.io<l price for a plant 

 or iiitiinj \..ii li.iM' a risht to expect 



a ._• j,:,.iii' I..1 >.,iii iii..ii..\-. There will 



be .1! . I !. ■ I ■ ill not do well 



with > . I ,11.,, 1 i. -. .11. : 1..I1 find them 

 GUI 111, h, 11 : il ! . -.. you can dis- 

 card them. I'll. .1... - 1.. I like to discard 

 a variety with. m i.nin^ -iven it a fair 

 trial, but thai i- li,ii.il\ |...ssible unless 

 you have good stock in liegin with, and 

 in good time, to make strong plants by 



