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The Weekly Florists' Review 



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A Corner at the Chicago Show. 



First. E. T. 



Chicago 



Best 100 dark pink, $30. $20. 

 Grave; Becond. J. D. Thompson. 



Best 100 crimson. $30, $20. First, 

 Carnation Co. , ^, , 



Best 100 variegated, $30, $20. First, Chicago 

 Carnation Co.; second, .T. 1). Thompson. 



Best variety in classes 152 to 159, $50. First. 

 Chicago Carnation C'o. 



The awards for floral arrangements 

 and descriptions of»the various entries 

 will be found under another heading. 



BUFFALO. 



We have a new departure in the way 

 of a flower sliow. The H. A. lleldrum 

 Department Store optned their chrysan- 

 thenuini show Tuesday. Tl.ey offered 

 liberal cash prizes in fifteen classes and 

 there was active competition in nearly 

 all. Three classes were restricted to 

 flowers grown in Erie county, but the 

 others were open to all, and a magnifi- 

 cent lot of blooms was the result. 



There were collections of 100 blooms 

 arranged for effect, and 100 blooms in 

 10 varieties, as well as classes for 25 of 

 one variety. The quality of the flowers 

 could hardly be excelled, and the iren- 

 eral eU'ect was better than that of any 

 exhibition the local club has been able 

 to produce. And though it may sound 

 strange to some ears it was a handsomer 

 display of flowers than there was at the 

 recent Madison Square Garden show in 

 New Yorlc up to Saturday night when 

 I left. For prize winners and some 

 other important items connected with 

 thi.5 .success, please wait till next week. 



W. S. 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 



It is now nearing the time for propa- 

 gating, and every provision should be 

 made so tliat a good, clear start is ef- 

 fected. The bench should be looked over 

 and put into good order; the pipes, el- 

 bows, couplings, etc., under the benches 

 should be examined, so that there will 

 be no trouble after the cuttings are in. 



It is a rare occurrence to find a house 

 of Brides or Bridesmaids, in which these 

 \arieties are not more or less mixed. 

 Now there is no reason why this should 

 be so, as a little care and attention 

 during October and November in mark- 

 ing the mixes, will remedy this and 

 ijet the stock true to name. 



It is obvious that at propagating time 

 the plants will not all show flower and 

 consequently no selection can be made 

 then; so the proper course is to go over 

 them frequently and put a prominent 

 tag on all Brides that are in the Maid 

 houses, and on all ISIaids that are in 

 the Bride houses, and carefully refrain 

 from taking wood from these. 



This advice is not only for the grower 

 who raises his own stock, but is even 

 more applicable to those who raise 

 voung stock for sale. It is a sad dis- 

 appointment to many growers who, at 

 times, are forced to purchase stock of 

 these varieties, which, after being plant- 

 ed and cared for, turn out a woeful mix- 

 ture of both and frequently a generous 

 sprinkling of ilermet also. 



There are. no doubt, many firms who 

 by care and attention in the selection of 

 tiieir wood are in a position to and do 

 supply their customers with stock true 

 to name ; but experience teaches us that 

 there are others. 



By the way, our Eastern friends do 

 not "seem to take kindly to the new rose. 

 Ivory. I see by the reports of the New 

 York show that a very generous prize 

 was offered for best 30 blooms, with 

 the result that there was no exhibit. I 

 guess they will line up by next year. 



Last vear, while collecting notes re- 

 garding the merits of Liberty, I wrote 

 to an old friend in the East (a grower 

 of high repute) for his opinion. His 

 answer was short and pithy: "No good ; 

 too hard to grow." This year, wishing 

 to have his opinion as to the merits of 

 Ivory. I again wrote to him and his 

 answer on this occasion was equally la- 

 conic: "No good: too easy to grow." 



I venture to predict that he and more 

 of us, will find some good in it before 

 another year is over, as it has so far 

 upheld th'e reputation given it when it 

 was put on the market. It is yet too 

 early in tlie season to receive full crit- 

 icism. EXBES. 



AVERAGE CUT OF ROSES. 



The Review has giveu us the average 

 cut of carnations. Now can it not give 

 us the average cut of roses? 



We grow about 8,000 plants, Maids, 

 Brides, Beauties, Gates and Meteors. 

 We keep count of our cut each morning, 

 counting nothing but salable flowers, 

 that is nothing with less than a twelve- 

 inch stem and medium flower. We do 

 not count firsts and mediums separately, 

 but count all together. What I wish to 

 find out is the average cut per plant in 

 firsts and mediums, or both, from Sept. 

 1 to June 1, as any cut before or after 

 the given dates are" not counted. 



° N. G. 



Roses which are planted early, having 

 a longer growing season in which to 

 form °a large plant before September, 

 will by reason of tlieir greater strength, 

 more "extended root area, and greater 

 number of fiower bearing eyes, under 

 the same treatment produce a much bet- 

 ter average and especially of firsts and 

 seconds, than those which are planted in 

 .Tune or earlv in July. 



If planted" earlv in June or late in 

 Mav the average cut of all grades should 

 be "in the vicinitv of 26 for Meteors. 25 

 for Maids and Brides, 27 for G. Gates 

 and 12 for Beauties, these to be on their 

 own roots. . 



As roses are graded at present it is 

 difficult to define firsts and mediums, as 

 \\hal mav be one grower's firsts may be 

 specials with another, and what may be 

 graded as specials one week may only 

 rank as good seconds the next. 



ElBES. 



