Decemeeu 17, I'.iii 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



177 



A View in the Philadelphia Wholesale Flower Market. 



tings in irregular and indiscriminate 

 watering. During tJie period that the 

 callus is forming they must be care- 

 fully tended, as the least tendency to 

 dryness results in wilting, followed by 

 leaf-sheddiiig when the cutting, even 

 though it does form nice roots, will be 

 practically worthless and had better be 

 dumped. They are also very sensitive 

 at this ])eriod to over watering, which 

 has practically the same effect. Just r.s 

 soon as the roots are formed, even when 

 they are only one quarter of an inch iii 

 length, they should be potted, as no rose 

 shows deterioi"ation iu the sand so 

 quickly. 



During tJie whole of the time they are 

 in the cutting bench particular pains 

 must be taken in shading. Having sucii 

 heavy foliage to support it takes veiy 

 little direct sunshine to dry the life out 

 of the leaves. I frequently see shading 

 done in the old, caaeless and slipshod 

 method; viz., by a mass of old news- 

 papers spread over and lying on the cut- 

 tings. This is a custom which cannot Ijo 

 too earnestly deprecated. Apart from 

 the injury* done to the cuttings by the 

 weight of the paper, they do not servo 

 the purpose intended, as it is nearly 

 impossible to keep them from blowing 

 ofif. They also serve as a condenser of 

 the moisture and conserve the heat among 

 the foliage which will, if anything can, 

 heJp in denuding the cuttings of their 

 lea\es. 



A roll (.f very thin eheeseloth arranged 

 at almut fifteen inches above the sand 

 and made so that it can be withdrawn or 

 rolled up immediately the direct rays of 

 the snn have left the bench suits the case 

 admiralily. They should have all the 

 light possible, in order to keep the leaves 

 hard and crisp, so that they may be 

 able to make full use of them when the 

 roots are once formed. 



Requiring a deal of care and systemat- 

 ic attention, it will certainly pay us to 

 give tJ\em of the best, they being of all 

 our roses the ihost impatient of neglect 



in their earlier stages and as neglect in 

 the cutting bench is responsible for many 

 of the after troubles which affe/'t tlii'^ 

 rose, look to its well-being now. 



ElBES. 



WHAT'S IN A NAME? 



Perhaps not nuich. Long familiarity" 

 with the strange, awkward and faut^astic 

 names of men, localities, cities and towi;s 

 make us forget or cease to notice their 

 crude and unpoetical sound. Most men 

 inherit their family name from their 

 father, and if they are not pleased with 

 it iu after years, it costs, iu some couu- 

 ti-ies, a good sum to legally adopt another. 

 1 remember a most estimable gentleman 

 who inherited the family name of Cat, 

 and it cost liim $.5,000 in England to a.s- 

 sume the name of Belden, or some such 

 name, and shortly afterwards this studi- 

 ous man of leisure was reading a book 

 while in the saddle. The horse was al-o 

 in a reverie, possibly meditating on some 

 metaphysical subject, or oats, and bolli 

 went over the brink of a chalk pit and 

 life went out of both. But everyone 

 who has changed his name has not met 

 with that melancholy end. That was on 

 the beautiful south downs of Old Eng- 

 land. 



Of all the British names of rivers, 

 mountains and lakes, and I think 1 

 could say also the towns and cities, those 

 of Scotland undoubtedly are the most 

 pleasant, and Ireland is nest. The Welch 

 are, of course, unpronounceable, unless 

 you speak the language, and the English 

 are cold and harsh. There is noth'" 

 musical in Thames, or Humber, or Cam. 

 Olengariy, Ijoch Lomond, Kentyre ajid 

 Blair Athol have a warmth and richness, 

 and even Tipperary and Kilkenny as.so- 

 ciates you with such a rich, mossy brogue 

 tliat you feel slightly, elated. Unfortu- 

 nately too many of our American anil 

 Canadian towns and cities are named 

 after . old English . towns, or the man 

 who first arrived.' If. a Mr. Potts emi- 

 grated to Pennsylvania in 1742 he built 



a house and called it Pottsville. Toronto 

 was called Little York up to seventy years 

 ago; then some ])(»<)ple of good taste had 

 it changed to the beautiful name it now 

 bears. Mr. .Innes founded .lonesville, 

 and Mr. Tubbs, Tubbsville. And what 

 sounds very absurd at first hearing is the 

 little country villages inhabited by peo- 

 ple wIm never heard of the classical cities 

 for which their four corners are named. 

 Athens, Daricn, Antioch, etc. Of all the 

 mimes, not only appropriate but pleasant 

 and poetical, for cities and states, the 

 Indian names must be acknowledged by 

 all to have the prctcrence. And many of 

 them, thank goodness, have been most 

 wisely adopted. 



Perhaps names are largely accidental, 

 after all, so I had better get to the 

 point. We can name a new flower or a new 

 baby what we like, aiul it's a pity that 

 after ten thousand names had been sug- 

 gested for .John Breitun-yer & Sons' beau- 

 tiful new rose that no prettier name 

 i-ould hav(» been selected than La Detroit. 

 We have already heard disappointment 

 exjiressed in several quarters. It is 

 neither descriptive nor pretty. If an as- 

 sociation of the locality from which ik 

 was sent out was desired, why not have 

 christened it Cadillac or St. Clair? A 

 young florist unacquainted with conti- 

 nental I^uropean languages asked the 

 writer what the ''La" meant. I told 

 him, of course, it was because the rose 

 was a "la la." What a pity a name 

 could not be found as beautiful as Sun- 

 set or JMcteor or even Bride or Brides- 

 maid! There is nothing musical or eu- 

 phonious about the name Detroit, beauti- 

 ful as the City of the Straits is iu itself. 



If we are going to name new varie- 

 ties of onr florists' flowers after the cities 

 where the.y originate, I can think of sev- 

 eral pleasant results. There is a man in 

 the state of Xew York has a cross be- 

 tween an American Beauty and an Aus- 

 trian Briar; it's a sort of a chestnut 

 shade, and I shall suggest that he name 

 it after his town, which is Horseheads. 



