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of Crimsoa Rambler Roses at the Pan-American Exposition. 



Don't forget to pot up your single 

 stem pot plants into 6-inch pots as 

 soon as they are ready. The soil should 

 be of the same degree of richness as 

 for the specimen plants. Merza makes 

 a fine pot plant, being dwarf and com- 

 pact in habit. As a cut flower it is 

 not a success, however, because of the 

 unfortunate habit it has of wilting so 

 quickly after cutting. Why this is I 

 cannot say definitely but I assume it is 

 bcause the stem gets so hard and woody 

 that the water cannot pass up through 

 the cells to supply the flower with the 

 water it necessarily loses by evaporation. 



Bench Plants. 



Some of the bench plants are now pro- 

 ducing buds and when this occurs, rub 

 otr tile bud and let the plant break 

 away naturally. This it will do at once 

 and when the shoots are long enough 

 for you to si'i> tliat they are not blind 

 take" oft' all tlir Mipn llnnns ones to throw 

 the strcnuth :iii'l cnri'jy of the plants 

 into the slindl- y.m wish to retain. 



lirodiice lil'nd shoots after throwing a 

 liiul and tht'se kinds sh.mld not be dis- 

 buddfcl closely until you are certain that 

 the shoots retained are perfect. Of such 

 varieties I might mention Madam Car- 

 not. Yellow Carnot, Frank Hardy, and 

 Golden Wedding as being among the 

 "vvorst oft'enders with me. 



Brian Eoku. 



BED OF CRIMSON RAMBLERS. 



The bed of Crimson Rambler roses at 

 the Pan-American t^xposition, shown in 

 the accompanving picture, covers an area 

 of 1,300 square feet, and this bed. as 

 are all the other rose beds, is nn the 

 top of four feet of loose clay dumped 

 there about a year ago last .June from 

 the excavations of Mirror Lakes. We 



owe much of the success of these roses 

 to the quality of the soil, which is a 

 heavy clay loam, well enriched with 

 manure. About 500 plants were received 

 a- l:ili- ;i- llie 8th of June; dormant 

 |i!:inl-, iiicliiitly from a root house, for 

 till) w.ir \,ry much dried up and I 

 luui iiulc hupes of making them break 

 satisfactorily. They were cut down, all 

 except a few standards, to actually with- 

 in an inch of the ground. By copious 

 watciiii-. wliich there was no fear of 

 i.\.Ml<inij. ;iiid repeated hoeing, thev were 

 ;it l:.-i jii.lu.ed to break. Then they 

 wirr L;i\rii ,1 mulch of two inches of rot- 

 ten manure. The watering was kept up 

 until the end of August, after which we 

 had sufficient rains. 



At the approach of severe winter the 

 canes were all pegged down close to the 

 ground, the standards bent down, and 

 the whole covered with six inches of 

 hemlock boughs. I am a great believer 

 in hemlock as a covering for many 

 things, it being far better than straw, 

 and although these canes were very green 

 and succulent almost up to winter there 

 was not a twig lost. As soon as prac- 

 ticable this spring, by the aid of a lot 

 of half inch iron rods, the canes were 

 tied; some horizontally, some in the 

 shape of a bow, and others straight up, 

 which gave the bed a more pleasing ap- 

 pearance. I have never seen such large 

 trusses nor individual flowers. It was 

 a grand sight on the 4th of July. The 

 picture was taken on the 3d. and by 

 careful estimate we found it contained 

 ..-O.000 flowers. 



William Scott. 



PRIVET^EELWORMS. 



Keply'ng to the inquiries of .T. K. 

 privet ' hedges may be clipped as fre- 

 quently as once a month without harm. 



There is no known remedy for eel- 



worms in roses. The best thing to do is 

 to throw out the affected plants and 

 the soil they are growing in and start 

 again with healthy plants and fresh 

 soil. The diseased plants should be 

 burned, to prevent possible infection 

 from them. 



CHICAGO TO BUFFALO. 



The Chicago Florists' Club transporta- 

 tion committee has arranged with the 

 Wabash railway for transportation to 

 the Buffalo convention of the Society of 

 Amciiran Florists, Aug. 6 to 10. 



Tlh' |i:iity will leave Mondaj', Aug. 5, 

 exaii lioiii y.l to be determined, and 

 reach r.ullald Tuesday morning. The 

 committee expects to have an unusually 

 well appointed special train. The rate 

 will be $13.00 for the round trip, and 

 less should there be any cut in rates by 

 the railroads for that week. The sleep- 

 ing car fare will be $3.00 a berth each 

 way. An excellent dining car service is 

 assured. 



Fliuists in the w^est and northwest are 

 cordially invited to travel with the Chi- 

 cago pa'ity. 



Berths may be reserved by addressing 

 any member of the committee as below. 

 G. I-.. Grant, 



334 Dearborn St. 

 P. .1. UAi-swiKTir. 



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W'abu 



number of those intending to go 



il.i have expressed a wish to start 



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