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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Febkuaiiy 4, 1904. 



ial upon which they are to be set is fresh 

 and free from nuid. ' 



As there is so little room around the 

 ball when a half-inch shift is practiced, 

 the soil should He made fine by passing 

 it through a quartor-inch screen, and if 

 the soil is in a hearty condition it can 

 bo passed through readily without cak- 

 ing. The ball should l)e disturbed as 

 little as possible, simply nibbing off the 

 sharp edges around the upper part and 

 placing it in the pot so that the surface 

 of the ball will bear the same relation 

 to the new pot as it did to the old. 



After repotting tne stock should be 

 returned to the house without delay and 

 not be allowed to stand around in the 

 potting shed, wuere there is always more 

 or less draught, which is very injurious. 



Before commencing this repotting the 

 planting plans should be so far completed 

 that a definite knowledge of the number 

 of plants required should be had, so 

 that any weak plants may be discarded. 

 Twenty or twenty-five per cent, margin 

 is amply sufficient to give a good pick, 

 unless thjre is a wish to have a large sur- 

 plus for sale, which is very rarely prof- 

 itable. It is better to give the space, care 

 and attention to that which has to earn 

 the monej' next season tiian to have them 

 crowded ana half eared for in order to 

 gain a few dollars by surplus stock. 



Precaution should be taken against mil- 

 dew by using tne sulphiri' blower once a 

 week and keeping the jiipes painted with 

 the sulphur mixtuie and paying partic- 

 ular attention to ventilation, it being so 

 easy to induce an attack of this pest, 

 especially when the plants are in .such 

 a soft growing condition, and so har^, 

 to get rid of for the same reason. 



By giving the young plants plenty of 

 room it is easier to keep spider in check 

 and is beneficial to the stock by admit- 

 ting more light and a freer circulation of 

 air among the foliage. Ribes. 



WEAK STEMS. 



My roses were planted in June, half 

 of them on raised benches, the others in 

 solid beds. So far those on the benches 

 have out-bloomed the others by about 

 one-fourth, but now those on solid beds 

 seem to be (Pitching up pretty well. The 

 trouble is, all have weak steins, those on 

 solid beds being weaker than those on the 

 benches. I twice gave them a mulch four 



parts cow manure and one part soil, with 

 one quart bone meal to the barrow load 

 of mulch. Having bright weather in 

 December we fed twice with liquid ma- 

 nure. The plants look healthy and the 

 blooms are of good size. We watch thi> 

 icii'.ptrature closely .'ind \ >ntilate when 

 needed. We gave the benches some lime 

 between the mulches, but without results. 

 The soil is three-fourths sod and one- 

 fourth cow manure. What is the cause 

 of the weak stems? A. B. 



8o far as the evidence furnished goes 

 there seems to be nothing w-rong with the 

 general treatment of this stock. A. B., 

 however, fails to mention the night and 

 day temperatures at which he runs his 

 roses, a most essential piece of informa- 

 tion where weak stems constitute the 

 principal trouble. 



The roses on raised or table benches, no 

 doubt, will do better during winter than 

 those on solid beds, as the roots and 

 drainage are more under control. For 

 suminiT blooming those on solid beds 

 generally give best satisfaction. 



There may be some very essential ele- 

 ment absent or deficient in his soil, and 

 as wood ashes contain every element nec- 

 essary and in the right proportions to in- 

 sure rapid growth and ]ierfect maturity, 

 a sprinkling of thess might be of benefit. 

 But as these elements are in a very con- 

 centrated form, ashes must be used with 

 caution. One peek is sufficient for every 

 500 square feet for a first application, 

 one such application every two weeks, 

 closely watching the results and increas- 

 ing or diminishing the quantity as results 

 warrant. 



If these are, as I assume, tea roses, the 

 night temperature should be ^d degrees, 

 with a day temperature ranging from 60 

 to 7.5 degrees, according to sunshine, 

 ventilating freely on all favorable oeca- 

 sicjns and whenever possible keeping a 

 small crack of air on at night to keep the 

 air in circulation. Ribes. 



BEDDING ROSES. 



Please give a sliort list of such roses 

 as are sold in the spring as potted 

 plants or are suitable for bedding. 



W. F. 



Leaving out that great class, the 

 hybrid pcrpetuals, which are seldom sold 



Establishment of C. Winterich, Defiance, O., and a Floral Float. 



in pots, and to give the best results 

 should be established in the ground, 

 the roses known as bedding would include 

 the teas, hybrid teas and Bourbon and 

 are often all classed as monthly roses. 

 He re are a dozen that, with good fresh 

 soil and cultivation in the way of water- 

 ing and hoeing and mulching, will be 

 most satisfactory. Only a few of our 

 monthly roses are hardv in our northern 

 states. 



White Maman Coehet, Pink Maman 

 Cochet, Admiral Schley, crimson ; The 

 Burbank, she 11 pink; Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria, white; Souvenir du President 

 Cariiot, delicate flesh pink; La France, 

 rose pink; Perle des Jardins, yellow; 

 Clothilde Soupert, blush white; Rose 

 D'Evian. red; Safrano, deep copper yel- 

 low ; Bon Silene, sulphur yellow ; Isa- 

 bella Sprunt, deep pink. 



The last three are very old and well- 

 known pure tea roses that give a great 

 abundance of blooms in the fall months, 

 which most of the newer, fine tea roses 

 will not do in the open ground. 



W. S. 



CHRISTMAS MUMS. 



We have read in the Review of mums 

 being had for Christmas. How is this 

 done and what varieties are used for 

 this purpose? M. B. C. 



It is not a very difficult matter to hold 

 back mums for Christmas if the right 

 varieties are used. Whether it pays is 

 another question. Personally I don't 

 think it dots and the demand seems very 

 limited after Thanksgiving. M. B. C. 

 must figure out the question of profit and 

 loss for himself. 



For late work plants may be set out as 

 late as August, but they should be grown 

 in a separate house from the early and 

 midseason kinds, as they require some- 

 what different treatment. The plants 

 should be encouraged to continue grow- 

 ing just as lone as possible. When crown 

 buds form rub them off and let tho 

 plants continue growing until the last 

 or terminal bud appears. This will not 

 be until many of the earlier varieties are 

 in flower, which explains why a separate 

 house is better for late flowers. Treat- 

 ment does not differ to any very material 

 extent after the bud is taken, only that 

 the house is kept as cool as possible, 

 short of admitting actual frost. Kept 

 cold in this manner not much water is 

 needed, and buds develop slowly and, of 

 course, once the flower is developed, it is 

 only a matter of holding it as long as 

 jiossiblc without spoiling. 



As to varieties to use, the old Lincoln 

 was a good late one. Bonnaffon, Mrs. 

 .Terome Jones, Christmas Eve, Chadwiek 

 and Rieman I have held back with more 

 or less success. Nathan Smith & Son 

 have sent out several kinds of late years 

 that they recommended for late flowers. 

 Not having any use for flowers after 

 Nov^mber 20, I never tried them, but I 

 have no doubt this firm could assist M. 

 B. C. in a good selection of up-to-date 

 varieties suitable for his purpose. 



Brian Boru. 



A WINTERICH DESIGN. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a photograph taken at the establishment 

 of Christ. Winterich, Defiauce, O., upon 

 the occasion of a patriotic parade. The 

 photograph shows a part of the resi- 

 dence, the tank and pumphouse, packing 



