SEPTEMBER 6, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



425 



Rose Pink Roamer. 



letter that you have pruned them in ex- 

 actly the same way as you prune the 

 hybrid perpetuals and tea scented varie- 

 ties, with the result that you cut away 

 the growths by which the tlowers are 

 produced The Penzance sweetbriers 

 bear their flowers on the strong shoots 

 o£ the previous season, and it. therefore, 

 follows that when you cut these you re- 

 move the flowering shoots and in their 

 removal you render impo.ssible the pro- 

 duction of any considerable number of 

 flowers. The pruning should be deferred 

 until March, and then all the old and 

 weakly shoots should be cut away to 

 leave the long rod-like shoots of the 

 previous year plenty of room for the 

 development of their lateral growths, the 

 majority of which will bear flowers. 

 When the thinning out has been done 

 shorten the stout rods by the removal 

 of twelve or fifteen inches of the unrip- 

 ened wood at the top. In due course the 

 stout growths will produce flowers for 

 the greater part of their length, and 

 present a surprisingly beautifu' effect. 

 The Penzance briers should have a prsi- 

 tlon where they can have space for their 

 development. 



Brodiaea (or Milla) uniflora is a beauti- 

 ful and useful bulbous plant from Busnos 

 Ayres. It can be gently forced to flower 

 in February, or it may have cooler treat- 

 ment and flower in April, but in ether 

 ease there are no difficulties of cultiva- 

 tion, anil the result will amply repay 

 for the trouble taken. Half a dozen or 

 so bulbs placed in a forty-eight sized 

 pot will produce from twenty to thirty- 

 six flowers, each pure white, slightly fra- 

 grant, and borne on a stem about eight 

 inches high, which, without being stiff 

 and erect, is sufficiently rigid to hold up 

 the flower where it can be seen to best 

 advantage. The foliage is neat, and 

 quite covers the pot. A dozen specimens 

 such as suggested have recently been a 

 great attraction to the few folk who 

 visit the Alpine house in the herbaceous 

 garden at Kew. If such examples of this 

 half-hardy bulb, with their charming 

 flowers, were placed on the market we 

 feel sure they would sell like the ipro- 

 verbial hot cakes. 



Propagating Lapagerias:— These fine 

 cool-house climbing plants can be read- 

 ily propagated by layering, and this can 

 be done at any season, though it is not 

 advisable to do so while the plants are 

 in very active growth. Peg a growth or 

 two down into a bed of peat, sand, and 



broken charcoal, placing some clean 

 sand on either side of the base of each 

 leaf so as to keep the leaf upright, en- 

 couraging rooting from the node, and 

 allow the growth that will eventually be 

 made from the bud to grow away with- 

 out obstruction. Cover the growth with 

 a fine mixture of peat, sand, and char- 

 coal, taking care to keep all the leaves 

 pointing upwards, press firmly, dust over 

 with sand, and wait results, only giving 

 water as necessary. A sharp look-out 

 must be kept for the young growths as 

 snails and slugs find them very tasty; 

 place a peg and twine for each growth 

 to twine round, conducting this to the 

 roof. It is not advisable to remove each 

 growth by severing the stem on either 

 side of it as it becomes large enough, 

 but rather wait until sufficient stock has 

 been raised for the purpose in view, and 

 then lift the whole set in the spring, pot 

 up, keep close (but not hot) for a while, 

 and then cultivate as usual. 



Daffodils for the Dinner Table: — Where 

 simple as opposed to elaoorate arrange- 

 ments are in request for dinner-table 

 decoration, and hardy flowers are pre- 

 ferred when these are procurable, there 

 are few things more acceptable in spring 

 than daffodils. If vases are used the ar- 

 rangement is naturally easy, but filling 

 large bowls tastefully is somewhat more 

 difficult, and I venture to suggest the 

 following as bo'h natural and effective. 

 Place some well-grown and healthy 

 plants of Isolepsis gracilis in the bowls 

 and fill in with soil, making the whole 

 quite firm. Cut the daffodils in various 

 lengths, and with them some foliage — 

 say about three leaves to each bloom — 

 and fasten these together in a natural 

 manner by a couple of ties towards the 

 base of the fiower-stalk sufficiently low 

 so that the ties are "not seen. Make 

 holes at intervals in the soil, between 

 the isolepsis, about a couple of inches 

 in depth, and press the stalks in firmly: 

 if the arrangement is carefully done the 

 blooms not over-crowded the result will 

 be decidedly pleasing, and the green 

 carpet of isolepsis shows off both fiower 

 and foliage of the daffodil to the best 

 advantage. Flowers of the chalice- 

 cupped section, as Barri conspicuous, 

 Queen Sophia, or Cynosure, are best for 

 the purpose, but if only trumpets are 

 available something of the Johnstone's 

 Queen of Spain type will do well: Em- 

 peror and others of similar size are 

 rather too heav}%— E. Burrell, Clare- 

 mont. 



ROSE PINK ROAMER. 



This beautiful single-flowered rose 

 was exhibited by Messrs. W. Paul & 

 Son of Waltham Cross, Herts, at the 

 Itoyal Horticultural Society's meeting 

 at the Drill Hall. Buckingham Gate, 

 on June 5 last. The variety is a cross 

 between RosaWichuraiana and anoth- 

 er unknown variety or species. It is a 

 rambling rose, making shoots of great 

 length, and flowering with much free- 

 dom. The flowers measure from 2 to 

 3 inches in diameter, and are of a 

 rich rose tint, and have a white cen- 

 ter. It received an award of merit 

 when shown at the meeting. — Garden- 

 ers' Chronicle. 



MoRKis. Ii.i..- Mr. A. Mitting has returned from 

 bis European trip. 



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(«; 4-inch pot 4 to 5 leaves 15 inches high 94.50 per doz.: $35.00 per 100 



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