Decemuek 31. IDOM. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



265 



InUrior of Store of J. W. Dudley & Son, Parkersburg. W. Va. 



ROSES. 



New Varieties. 



The prospects for the rose grower dur- 

 ing the eomiiig year apparently are bright 

 and a great amount of interest ■nill be 

 centered iu the t-ultural methods employed 

 by reason of the many new varieties 

 which are xiromised. During the past 

 year and, indeed, since Liberty was put 

 on the market, tliere has been no variety 

 disseminated which has created any great 

 furore. This year conditions will be more 

 interesting. We will have the much laud- 

 ed La Detroit, a variety which, if it lives 

 up to its recommendations. Mill surely be- 

 come a prime favorite. Yet when we re- 

 call with what eclat Belle 8iebrecht made 

 its debut and how swift its race was run 

 we may be excused if we are the least 

 little bit skeptical and shy. We can also 

 recall how quietly and modestly Brides- 

 maid came upon the stage and how soon 

 it became a standing favorite, a place it 

 still occupies. 



In a recent conversation with ilr. 

 Hopp, the originator of La Detroit, he 

 minutely described the rose, its habit, 

 freedom of growth, length of stem, size 

 of bloom, color ami keeping qualities, all 

 of which attributes should place it in the 

 front ranks in commercial culture. It is 

 easily managed, doing well under the 

 same kind of treatment and temperature 

 as Bridesmaid, and is exjiected to put 

 that old favorite a little in the shade. 



ilr. Cook, of Baltimore, has two seed- 

 lings as yet unnamed, one a pure white 

 which is described as the largest white in 

 cultivation, stems stitf. erect and blooms 

 fragrant. He also has a red seedling of 

 fair promise, the strongest growing of all 

 the reds, large tlower. very fragrant and 

 whii-li from reports has ]iroved of easy 

 culture under glass. Benjamin Dorrance 

 also promises to ]nit his new rose, No. (i, 

 on the market. This is a free bloomiui; 

 rose with tea fragrance, stiff in habit 

 and upright in growth, flower as large as 

 a Bridesmaid, color clear salmon, shading 

 to vellow. 



The E. G. Hill Co., of Richmond, Ind . 

 has a batch of seedlings of many colors 

 and which show remarkably good quali- 

 ties. Some of the reds jiromise to out- 

 strip Liberty and few of us would regret 

 if this eccentric fascinator was forced to 

 get down and out. They have also a yel- 

 low which is reported to be sustaining a 

 good character. There are also some 



good pinks which will undoubtedly be 

 heard from later on. 



Last but not least we will have ^'•■ 

 Reinberg's sport from Golden Gate which 

 he has named after our old friend, XJnele 

 .lohu Thorpe. As this has the same hab- 

 it, character and free blooming qualities 

 as its parent it needs no recommendation, 

 its chief merit being its solidity of color 

 as distingushing it from that variety. 



I notice that ilme. Chatenay is forging 

 ahead and seems to be coming into favor 

 as a standard variety, and will no doubt 

 be grown more generally the coming sea- 

 son. Sunrise as an oddity still keeps its 

 place in public favor. 



Xow there seems to be work and 

 trouble enough ahead of us before we 

 master all the cultural peculiarities of 

 each of these varieties, but if we wish to 

 keep up with the procession we must di- 

 rect our energies to have the newest and 

 grow them to as near perfection as jios- 

 sible, not necessarily in large quantities, 

 as the almost prohibitory prices demand- 

 ed for some of these varieties will re- 

 strain many growers from investing 

 largely,' but in sufficient quantity to make 

 the study interesting and to determine 

 their value under local conditions. 



During the past year I have lieon 

 greatly encouraged in my work by the 

 expressions of approval and good will 

 from many of our readers and feel rather 

 liappy at this happy season to know that 

 my efforts have been of some benefit to 

 those l>rethren in their trouble. 



In the coming year as in the past I 

 will (D. V.) continue my work with the 

 same interest, and endeavor as far as my 

 ability extends to aid by advice those who 

 nmy desire it. That our present bright 

 prospects may bo realized, and that the 

 ensuing year may bring happiness and 

 prosperitv to all is the sincere wish of 



RiBES. 



MUMS DAMPING, 



We have sent you some mums that we 

 are having trouble with. The varieties 

 are Robinson, Eaton and Appleton. We 

 benched them .June 1-5 in rotted sods and 

 mixed with l.ione meal. They grew nicely 

 all through the summer and were six feet 

 high by the first week in November, with 

 large buds partly developed. But the 

 outer petals start to decay. We have 

 had bright sunshine every day for six 

 weeks, and that made the mums grow 

 quite fast, the temperature rising to 70 

 degrees in the daytime and 50 degrees at 

 night. Kindly tell us why the outside 

 petals decay. E. B. 



It is late in the day to answer this 

 query, since it has been lost in the mails 

 for a month, but as a matter of courtesy 

 to E. B. we would say that his troubles 

 were what is kuowu as damping of the 

 flowers. This trouble was very prevalent 

 this fall iu many sections of the eoiuitry 

 and was due primarily to the warm 

 weather, which made the flowers 

 soft and susceptible to injury 

 from the moisture condensing on the 

 petals. AVlien this appears I would rec- 

 ommend always to shade the glass by 

 spraying some lime over it with a 

 syi-inge. This will keep down the tem- 

 jierature and keep the sun off the flow- 

 ers. Xever close the house up tight when 

 the flowers are developing, except in very 

 severe weather. The chrysanthemum 

 needs, when the flowers are finishing, a 

 i-ool, dry moving atmosphere. Spraying 

 should be stopped and only such water 

 applied to the benches as is necessary to 

 ieep them moist. As a general thing the 

 finer grown the plants the more suscep- 

 tible are the flowers to damping and much 

 care has to be taken when the days are 

 warm and bright, as they were this year. 

 Brian Boru. 



STOCK MUMS AND EATON. 



.Mv ciirysanthenuims are cut and I am 

 needing bench room for lettuce. How 

 shall I handte the old plants so as to 

 get stock off of them for next season? 

 Can I remove them from the bench? Also 



Store of J. W. Dudley & Son, Parkersburg, W. Va. 



