The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Nothing more is needed until near tlie 

 first of December except one important 

 thing, and that is if we get a dry spell 

 the beds want a thorough watering every 

 week. We made the mistake years ago 

 of thinking that an occasional shower 

 was enough. Remember there is no mois- 

 ture coming from the earth to supply 

 the roots as there is to plants in the 

 open ground. When real winter comes 

 or we think it is coming we throw on 

 four or five inches of stable litter. A 

 quantity of dry leaves, which we could 

 easily get, would answer the purpose 

 just as well, but we find it is a great job 

 to keep them from blowing away. In a 

 good many years we have never remem- 

 bered but one year that there was any 

 trouble in getting the bulbs in as we 

 wanted them every week. If we have 

 plenty of snow, so much the better, for 

 that "keeps the frost out, but if boied 

 early, as they should be, we don't at all 

 ininii if frost does penetrate down into 

 the soil covering the bulbs. 



Dutch Hyacinths are of course potted 

 iu 4-ineh pots. We prefer to put these 

 in a cold frame. Not that freezing will 

 hurt, but they are easier to get at. The 

 same with Koman Hyacinths. They are 

 generally supposed to be tender, but we 

 have often seen them frozen without any 

 harm. But they should not be brought 

 into a warm house when frozen. Paper 

 White should never be allowed to freeze 

 at any time. We never run any risk of 

 them because we don't have Paper White 

 out of doors after the middle of Novem- 

 ber. 



For the past three or four years, or I 

 might say since Easter has been such_ a 

 plant time, hyacinths, tulips and narcis- 

 sus in pots and pans have been a very 

 important item. I prefer the pans to 

 the pots for this purpose, but not too 

 large. We grew many hyacinths and 

 daffodils in 12-ineh pans and found them 

 rather large; 7, 8, 9 and 10-inch pans 

 are the best. 



There is a great variety of ways in. 

 which you can plant these pans. We 

 found with hyacinths that to have them 

 all of one color was preferred. Treat 

 them precisely as I have described for 

 boxing, except that I would prefer to 

 put them in a cold frame, where they 

 can be protected by glass or boards so 

 that little or no freezing will occur, be- 

 cause if frozen hard many of the pans 

 will be cracked. Common sense will al- 

 most tell you how thick to put these 

 bulbs in the pans or pots, but remem- 

 ber that in the case of tulips you can 

 scarcely overdo it. Tulips when massed 

 are showy, but half a dozen stuck around 

 in a pan would look scrimpy. I will 

 tell you later about bringing them in 

 to force, but I will say now it is useless 

 to bring them in unless well rooted, and 

 we have for some years found it unprofit- 

 able to begin forcing till New Year's; 

 that is, we bring in' the first tulips, 

 Dutch hyacinths and dafl'odils about 

 New Year's. This brings tlieni on about 

 the end of January, which is as soon 

 as it is profitable to force them. 



WiLLiAii Scott. 



ROSE NOTES. 



Shield 7 ft. High, by A. Gude & Bro., 'Washington, for the President's Funeral. 

 Ordered by Army of the Potomac. 



Propagation By Grafting. 

 This mode of propagating roses for 

 indoor culture is comparatively new In 

 America and has been resorted to with 

 the object of gettini; iiii-ii>a--r.l rnot ac- 

 tion and consHi|ueiilly iiiuic \iuiirous 



growth in those varieties which are nat- 

 urally weak on their own roots, or some 

 other varieties which through a long 

 period of excessive forcing are showing 

 signs of deterioration. 



Not having practiced this method to 

 any great extent I am not in a position 

 to say much about its merits from per- 

 sonal observation. The operation is by 

 no means a difficult one, and can be 

 learned more quickly from seeing it per- 

 formed than from a written description. 

 The time and labor expended in this 

 mode of propagation is much more than 

 that required in making cuttings and 

 putting them in the sand, and whether 

 the result in quality and quantity of 

 crop is sufficient to make up for the 

 extra expenditure is still a mooted ques- 

 tion. The young grower who is desirous 

 of trying to grow grafted stock would 

 do better to purchase from some good 

 orower who uses this kind, and give 

 them a fair trial alongside of good stock 

 raised from cuttings and watch the re- 

 sult. From my own experience and 

 from what I have observed in other 

 places where this kind of stock is grown, 

 the difference is *o imperceptible that I 

 have reverted back to the cutting. 

 Cuttings. 

 Cuttings ought to be potted just as 

 soon as the roots attain an inch in 

 length. If allowed to stand in the sand 

 any length of time after they are ready 

 the roots extend through the sand and 

 get so tangled up together that it is dif- 

 ficult to handle theni without breaking. 

 They will soon begin also to make wood 

 of a very inferior kind, which will be 

 sure to wilt when they are potted, and 

 retard the starting of growth in the 

 young plant. 



Rose soil left over at planting time is 

 a good soil to use for first potting;_it 

 ought to be in a nice nipllnw condition 

 niia iM<-cd tliiMugli a half imli 'creen. 



I prefer 2-inch standard pots. These 

 should be thoroughly clean inside. It 

 is vnse not to take too many rooted 

 cuttings from the bench at one time, as 

 the roots are so tender that a lengthened 

 exposure will soon shrivel them up, and 

 the fewer checks the young plant has 

 so much the more quickly will it start. 

 Great care ought to be used in handling 

 the young plant, the roots being so 

 easily broken. It is easy to be quick at 

 potting, but to do the work in a proper 

 way is quite a different matter. The 

 roots ought to be only one-third down 

 the depth of the pot, and the soil firmed 

 equally all the way down. Water as 

 soon as possible. 



The Young Stock. 

 At this season you will find room 

 scarce and the temptation strong to 

 place your young stock on any bench 

 that is empty. This is poor policy. Look 

 out the best position in the house for 

 your young stock; it will pay you to 

 make a sacrifice to give it a good place. 

 After having placed your plants on 

 tlie bench make sure that they are thor- 

 oughly watered, as many young plants 

 are ruined by want of care in this re- 

 spect, they having all the appearance of 

 having been watered while they are only 

 wet on the surface. If the weather is 

 bright, shade for the first three days, 

 but only while the sun is shining on the 

 bench, as the more light the quicker will 

 be the start. Syringe twice a day m 

 bright weather. Keep night temperature 

 at 56 degrees and the day temperature 

 in dark weather at 62 degrees, bright 

 weather 70 degrees. Eibes. 



THE CELESTIAL PEPPER. 



Since the days of our old .Terusalem 

 cherry (Snlannm faii^ira^hanii^ no her- 

 ried plant lia^ ln'ii inl i .i.Ihi.J (iKirniig 



