October 30. 1002. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



745 



A Larger Funeral Bunch of Roses. Top View. 



wiiitci' months, and although most .ir- 

 commbdating in their nature to varied 

 tieatinent, they are all the better for a 

 good rest after flowering. By cool I 

 mean that 40 degrees in the cold win- 

 ter months is high enough. I have seen 

 them irany times put down on the edge 

 of a path in a house that was 5o de- 

 grees at night. Tlien there is only a pre- 

 mature, spindling, weak growth, and 

 that is a poor way to start and expect 

 a vigorous plant. 



Hybrid Roses. 



The hybrid perpetual roses are about 

 to arrive from Kurope. If careful h- 

 heeled in during winter in cold frame 

 and not allowed to get too dry at Uie 

 roots, or too hard a freeze, and they are 

 correctly named, they do very well for 

 your spring planting if you do that sort 

 of business. I would sooner receive them 

 now and keep them over winter than 

 import theiu in the spring unless I was 

 going to have the care of them after be- 

 ing planted out. There is no occasion to 

 import these roses for forcing for Easter 

 sales. Our American nurserymen can 

 supply yon with better plants, budded 

 lower and fresh from the ground. If 

 they cost j-on a few cents more each 



]ilanl, 30U will make it up and more 

 in the qualiiy of the plant when forced. 

 ]Jon"t be in a hurry about getting them. 

 'The wood should be thoroughly ripe. 

 The middle to end of the month is time 

 enough to get them. Pot them firmly. 

 A 5 (jr G-inch pot ig what a good plant 

 will need. Don't prune them heavily 

 wlicn you pot them; if not at all it is 

 Just as well. The pruning can be done 

 when you bring them in after New 

 Years. Plunge the pots in a deep cold 

 frame and don't let the soil get dry. I^t 

 them freeze as little as possible." Ten 

 degrees might not hurt them unless they 

 were dry, but they arc bettor without 

 any hard frost, and if we get mild 

 weatlicr after they are in the frame, 

 give all the air you can, or remove the 

 sash. William Scott. 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 



^ Those who desire a few benches of 

 Kaiserins for summer blooming should 

 now proceed «ith their propagation. At 

 lliis .-eason there is an abundance of re- 

 tarded flower stems which make ideal 

 propagating wood. In selecting wood 



nothing liut the very best should be ta- 

 ken, avoiding all thin, weak wood, ex- 

 amining every plant carefully to see 

 that it is in good health before taking 

 wood from it, careless selection of prop- 

 agating wood Ijeing responsible for the 

 |/crpetuation of many of the diseases and 

 infirmities which afterward affect the 

 plant. Cuttings of from one to three 

 lyes sncceed equally well. It is the 

 care and attention bestowed on thorn in 

 the cutting bench and after they are 

 rocdcd which make the stock good or 

 poor. 



Clear river or pit sand is a good me- 

 dium for the cutting hencli. This should 

 iic alxiut five inches deep and filled 

 Hush, then watered and pounded firm 

 with a brick. The cuttings should be 

 placed wider apait than is necessary for 

 ^ining propagation, as they are more 

 liable at this season to retain the moist- 

 liie longer among the leaves. 



To insure safe and healthy root-for- 

 mation the temperature of the sand 

 -hould be kept at U2 degrees, with a 

 house temperature of n2 or 54 degrees, 

 jiiving sufficient ventilation to keep the 

 air sweet. Care must be taken never to 

 let them s,uffer for want of water, nor 

 yet to keep them_ soaked. 



As soon as the roots have attained 

 half an inch in length they ought to be 

 potted as nothing can bo more weakening 

 to a rose cutting than to allow it to 

 make roots and wood in the sand. Soil 

 left over at planting time and passed 

 tliroiigh a half-inch screen is a good soil 

 to use for a first potting; it ought to 

 Ijc in a nice mellow condition. 



Two-inch standard pots are large 

 enough to commence with. Pot firml.y, 

 laking care to get the roots no deeper 

 than about one-third the depth of the 

 ]/ot, water as soon after potting as pos- 

 sible, going over them until all the soil 

 iu the pot is moistened, but not so as 

 lo make it muddy, a condition which 

 should always be avoided. 



Select a nice airy position for the 

 young stock, in a house with a tempera- 

 ture of go or 58 degrees nights and 

 shade for the first three or four days 

 if the weather is bright, removing the 

 sh.ade as early in the afternoon as can 

 lie done with safety. Kepot as soon as 

 needed, as the fewer checks the young 

 plants receive the quicker will" they 

 start when benched. By February they 

 v.'ill be in good condition for planting. 



The soil to be used at that time should 

 be eared for now and stored where it 

 will be secure from rain and snow, the 

 condition of the soil at planting time, 

 especially at that season, having a good 

 deal to do with the success of the young 

 stock. IttisES. 



CARNATION NOTES— EAST. 



Propajjating Bench. 



It is none too early to get your cutting 

 bench in readiness. The most satisfac- 

 tory one ^^•e have tried is constructed 

 of brick, bottom and sides, supported by 

 two 3-inch ]5ieves of cypress running 

 crossways of the bench, 2-inch side 

 up, at such distance apart that each 

 end of eveiy brick be<us an inch on 

 crosspiece. The bricks are laid flat and 

 of course end to end. The width of 

 bench can l>e made any number of bricks 

 wide you may choose. For the sides 

 use brick laid edgewise, cementing at 

 ends and to bottom with Portland ce- 

 ment. 



Such a bench has many points in its 

 favor. It cannot possibly become scggy 



