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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AUGUST 31, 1S99. 



spray the plants with a solution of 

 sulphide of potassium, in the propor- 

 tion of one ounce to two gallons of 

 water. This rust seems to be becom- 

 ing a serious problem to Eng'.ish grow- 

 ers, who may yet have to resort to our 

 inside system of culture 



BRIAN BORU. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SCALES. 



Following are the new scales for 

 judging chrysanthemum plants and 

 flowers as adopted at the Detroit meet- 

 ing of the Chysanthemum Society of 

 America: 



Scale A. 



For bush plants and standards. To ap- 

 ply to single specimens or any number 

 up to six, in an exhibition where the 

 class under consideration does not form 

 the chief feature in the exhibition hall. 



Equality of size and form of plant.... 1" 



Excellence of bloom ::."i 



Foliage 25 



Hid 

 Scale B. 



For bush plants, more than six, or for 

 any number of specimen plants where 

 class under consideration forms the chief 

 feature in the exhibition hall. 

 Equality of size and form of plant... 35 



Excellence of bloom in 



Foliage 25 



100 

 Scale C. 



For plants grown to single stem and 

 one bloom. 



Compact, sturdy growth :;, 



Excellence of bloom fu 



Foliage 25 



100 

 Scale D. 



Scale of points for specimen blooms: 

 Color 



I; ™ 1 ::..:::::::::: 25 



Fullness | - 



Stem and foliage in 



Substance m 



size ;;;;;; 15 



11 11 1 



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ROSE NOTES. 



The article under heading "Syring- 

 ing Roses" in the last number of The 

 Review was read with great interest 

 by me as my own thoughts have been 

 much on this subject for some time 

 back. 



Under present cultural conditions 

 syringing is unavoidable. I believe, 

 though, some other method of destroy- 

 ing the red spider will be found. 



My thoughts too have been much on 

 another method in culture which if it 

 can be brought about together with a 

 diminution in' syringing would be of 

 the greatest advantage in rose grow- 

 ing, particularly with the American 

 Beauty, as I think it would lessen ma- 

 terially the danger of black spot. I 

 refer to sub-watering. In reading of the 

 experiments of our brethren the Car- 

 nationists I am persuaded that for the 

 rose named, sub-watering would be 

 eminently successful. It may be ar- 

 gued that the expense of preparing for 

 sub-watering would be excessive but 

 I think not as the beds can be built 

 of concrete and thus be indestructible. 

 Then the time now consumed in 

 watering would be utilized in other 



operations. Had I been in a position 

 to do so I surely should have com- 

 menced experiments along this line. 

 the past spring. 



Do not be in too great a hurry to se- 

 cure a crop of bloom from the young- 

 plants. It is much better to disbud 

 when buds are small and secure a 

 good strong plant now while we have 

 fine growing weather than to cut and 

 market the crop of short, weak stem- 

 med blooms that will scarcely pay 

 transportation charges. 



When it is desirable to allow a crop to 

 mature, allow only two or three to a 

 plant at a time, keeping the weak 

 stems disbudded. A. O. T. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Editor Florists' Review: On be- 

 half of the American Rose Society I 

 wish to express our deep appreciation 

 of the generous way in which those 

 present at the meeting held at Detroit 

 under the auspices of the S. A. F. 

 rallied to the support of this society. 

 Although — because of the fact that 

 many were anxious to leave for the 

 excursion — we had but a few minutes 

 in which to present the claims of the 

 society, yet those claims were so elo- 

 quently set forth by Messrs. Barry. 

 Craig, Hill and May that the following 

 gentlemen subscribed as life members, 

 namely: E. G. Hill. Wm. C. Barry. H 



A. Siebrecht, E. G. Asmus, Paul M. 

 Pierson, John N. May, Samuel Thorne, 

 Benjamin Dorrance, Edmund M. Wood, 

 Joseph Heacock, Alexander Montgom- 

 ery, E. Hippard, Robert F. Tesson, F. 

 R. Pierson, Philip Breitmeyer, Peter 

 Reinberg, George Reinberg, Henry 

 Dale, Fred Matheson, J. M. Gasser, J. 

 L. Dillon, Emil Buettner. J. C. Vaug- 

 han, C. W. Ward, 0. P. Bassett. Be- 

 sides these we have a long list of both 

 active and associate members. 



Though only organized last March 

 we have a membership neatly half as 

 large as the S. A. F., and we are daily 

 growing in strength and feel much en- 

 couraged in the general interest that 

 is being shown in our work, not only 

 in the trade, but by the amateur and 

 daily press as well. Almost all the ag- 

 ricultural and horticultural papers 

 have urged upon their readers the 

 worthiness of, and called attention to 

 the necessity for, such a society. The 

 daily press has also, quite to our sur- 

 prise, taken the matter up and many 

 articles have appeared commending 

 the purposes of the society and wish- 

 ing us success. I mention these fact, 

 only to show that we have struck a 

 responsive chord, and that both the 

 trade and the amateur lover of the 

 Queen of Flowers, have at last 

 awakened to a realization of what a 

 great work such a society is capable 

 of performing. 



To supplement the remarks of the 

 gentlemen who so ably presented the 

 need of our society, I wish to say that 

 it is in no sense a purely trade organ- 

 ization, but is intended also to help to 

 stimulate the amateur in his love for 

 the rose. The advantage of the trade 

 arising through inc: eased interest 

 among the masses of the people needs 

 no argument. We hope to encourage 

 the production of new varieties and in 

 every possible way to increase general 

 interest in the subject. 



To those who were not present at 

 the meeting in Detroit, or who did not 

 subscribe to life membership, we wish 

 this to be considered a personal ap- 

 peal. As Mr. Hill so truly said— every 

 florist owes more to the rose than to 

 any other source of income, and can 

 well afford to support a society de- 

 voted to its interests. Every grower 

 of roses, of cut flowers or plants to any 

 extent, should be willing to contribute 

 fifty dollars, thus becoming a life 

 member. Those who think they can- 

 not afford so large a sum may become 

 active members by paying three dol- 

 lars per annum. 



A hearty and prompt response will at 

 once put us on a footing where we can 

 accomplish satisfactory results. There 

 is no use to try and hide in the woods: 

 we shall not forget you and we mean 

 to keep everlastingly at it until the 

 trade is a substantial unit in the folds 

 of this society. 



THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY, 

 Paul M. Pierson, Secretary. 

 Scarborough, N. Y., Aug. 24. 1899. 



