OCTOBER 13. 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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House of Meteor Roses at Bassett & Washburn's, Hinsdale, 111. 



feet head room, next a 2-foot walk, fol- 

 lowed by a 4-foot bench, 3 feet high, 

 walk 12 inches, bench 4 feet wide. 4 

 feet high, walk 2 feet wide, ending with 

 3-foot bench against the north wall, 5 

 feet high; this gives 14 feet bench 

 room, leaving 5 feet for walks. We find 

 more greenhouses arranged in this 

 way. chiefly because it gives the most 

 room for benches, while the plants 

 have the full benefit of being easily 

 reached with the hose in syringing, 

 and at the same time can be easily 

 handled in the way of cleaning, tying, 

 cutting flowers, etc. S. A. BAUR. 



ROSES ON SIDE BENCHES. 



Replying to Mr. .lohn Welsh Young 

 in your issue of September 29, it is 

 only necessary to say that I have now 

 (October 4) Maid. Bride. Perle and 

 Sunset, which were planted from 3 and 

 4-inch pots in May last and now stand 

 4 to 5 feet above the surface of the 

 soil in the bench; some few odd 

 plants have attained 6 feet. I have 

 Bride planted on July 25 last, which 

 now stand 3 feet and will undoubtedly 

 be 5 feet high by Christmas. 



If these plants were planted on side 

 benches it would be necessary to tie 

 them down in a sloping direction, in 

 which position they could not possibly 

 grow good. long, straight-stemmed 

 flowers, such as our best trade in Can- 

 ada demands. 



I have a number of houses with side 

 benches, but will build no more in that 

 way, as I think the extra quality of 

 flowers obtained on all center benches 

 well repays for loss caused by walks 

 arranged at side of houses. 



H. DALE. 



Brampton. Ont. 



HOUSE OF METEORS. 



We present herewith an engraving 

 from a photograiih taken September 11 

 of a house of Meteor roses at Bassett 

 & Washburn's. Hinsdale. 111. The 

 house was planted April 14 last, the 

 plants being from 2ii-inch pots. They 

 are cutting a large crop of fine flowers 

 from this house. A glance at the pic- 

 ture shows the uniform fine condition 

 of the plants. 



FOREIGN NOTES. 



The classification for the Paris Ex- 

 position in 1900 has been issued and 

 Group 8 is devoted to "Horticulture 

 and Arboriculture." The classes are 

 as follows: Class 43. Appliances anil 

 processes used in horticulture and ar- 

 boriculture; Class 44, Kitchen garden 

 plants; Class 45. Fruit and Fruit 

 trees; Class 46, Trees, shrubs, orna- 

 mental plants and flowers; Class 47, 

 Greenhouse and hot house plants; 

 Class 48, Horticultural and nursery 

 seeds and stock. 



The second conference of the French 

 Society of Rosarians was held at 

 Lyons, France, Sept. 2 and 3. 



An English gardener reports that he 

 has found a preventive of the lily 

 disease. He covers the 'bulbs with 

 flowers of sulphur, shaking the bulbs 

 a few at a time in a paper bag con- 

 taining the sulphur so that it is 

 worked thoroughly into the crevices. 

 The bulbs are then planted. 



It is said that M. Crozy secured his 

 start in the Improvement of the canna 

 by crossing the old Canna Warsce- 

 wiczii with Canna indica. 



The Gardeners' Chronicle speaks of 

 Paul & Sons' new garden rose "Dawn" 

 as one of the showiest and most beau- 

 tiful of new garden-roses. It is a 

 very large single or semi-double 

 flowered rose of charming rosy-pink 

 color. The habit is described as good 

 and it is a profuse bloomer. 



A new hybrid perpetual rose named 

 Edith Turner is illustrated by the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle. It is a pale 

 flesh color, the outer petals changing 

 to white as the flower ages. The pet- 

 als are rather short and round, and 

 the general foi'in is good. 



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