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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



'kroiiRK 15, 1!>03 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 



Those who contemplate using grafted 

 stock for next season's planting should 

 now make arrangements for the requi- 

 site supply of Manetti stocks, as it will 

 soon be time to begin preparing these 

 for work. If the stocks are home-grown 

 they should be lifted and potted before 

 hard Frost sets in. The imported dor- 

 mant stocks should be potted as soon as 

 they arrive, so as to give them ample 

 time to form good roots without having 

 to resort to forcing, as they are very 

 impatient of heat when they are first 

 potted. 



They should be put into 2%-inch pots, 

 and where the roots are too large a lit- 

 tle judicious root pruning will do them 

 no harm. They should then be thor- 

 oughly watered and placed in a tempera- 

 ture of from 35 to 40 degrees. They 

 will require very little watering between 

 the time of potting and the time they 

 are wanted for use, .just as much as will 

 keep the bark in a fresh condition. By 

 this method they will form nice, fibrous 

 roots, which will be ready to go to work 

 on the first application of heat, while 

 the eyes will yet remain unbroken. 



To the manner in which they are cared 

 for during this period can be attributed 

 a good deal of the success or failure of 

 the grafting operation. Rut as few 

 growers care to begin grafting till after 

 New Year's, I will reserve my remarks 

 on this class of work till that season. 



Now that the days are getting shorter 

 and the afternoon sun dips so quickly, 

 great care should be taken with the ven- 

 tilation. The ventilators should be raised 

 with every 5 degrees of raise in the tem- 



perature of the house during the fore- 

 noon, until the maximum is reached, and 

 they should be lowered with the same 

 care and patience in the afternoon. Many 

 a nice house of plants is brought to the 

 verge of ruin by allowing the tempera 

 tore to jump from 60 degrees in the 

 morning to 75 or 80 degrees by neglect- 

 ing this seemingly trivial detail, and 

 then allowing them to drop from noon- 

 day temperature to 60 degrees or below 

 without any gradation. 



Extra care in this matter and in prop- 

 erly gauging the supply of water neces- 

 sary during the next few months will, or 

 should, be one of the most important 

 duties of the grower, as carelessness, ig- 

 norance or neglect will most surely lead 

 to disaster. Exercising sound judgment 

 in regard to syringing will save us from 

 many mental worries. This is part of 

 the work which in many places is con- 

 sidered part of the daily routine and 

 which could be in a great measure cur- 

 tailed. If the houses have been care- 

 fully attended to and the spider kept out 

 during the summer months, there will be 

 much less use for the syringe till the 

 days begin to lengthen. 



A careful examination of each bench 

 two or three times a week will reveal 

 the spots where spider has got a foot- 

 hold and by paying attention to these 

 spots spider can be kept from spreading. 

 When it is necessary to syringe a whole 

 house, or houses, always select a bright, 

 clear morning and do the work thor- 

 oughly, keeping the temperature 10 de- 

 gibes' higher ll.an the normal during the 

 • >, (ration to prevent chilling, and giv- 

 ing plenty of ventilation till the foliage 

 is again dry, even at the expense of an 

 all-day fire. Ribes. 



TWO STERLING NOVELTIES. 



There are several of the novelties show- 

 ing wonderful promise and two of these 

 that are at this date, October 11. fully 

 developed from early buds, are Cheltoni 

 and William Duckham. I have in the 

 past ten years seen many novelties eoiue 

 and go, but never have I seen a variety 

 that showed more promise than do these. 

 Cheltoni is the yellow spnrt of Nellie 

 Porkrtt. having the same ideal habit of 

 growth, and will be largely grown when 

 it becomes generally distributed. 



Nellie Pockett is a great favorite in 

 the east and its large size and artistic- 

 ally curled petals always command at- 

 tention. This yellow sport is a wonder- 

 ful color. As a general thing when a 

 white variety sports yellow the color is 

 very pale and undecided, but Cheltoni is 

 a clear, shining vellow as deep or deeper 

 in color than Halliday. "When Mrs. T. 

 W. Pockett came out last year I thought 

 it the most beautiful variety I had ever 

 seen. Placed alongside of Cheltoni. Mrs. 

 Pockett is poor by comparison and those 

 who are growing this latter variety this 

 year will appreciate the fact that this is 

 a strong statement to make. 



If any other growers have Cheltoni 1 

 hope they will give their experience with 

 it to the public. One cannot hear too 

 much about a new variety. Like its 



parent, Cheltoni should be taken on the 

 crown bud. The terminal bud is deficient 

 in petalage. One bud this year was taken 

 August 3 and it developed perfectly. 

 Later crowns are showing just as well, 

 hut will be somewhat later to finish. A 

 bud taken before August 20 is apt to be 

 finished and gone before the exhibitions. 



The other variety, William Duckham. 

 is of Australian birth and is the most 

 striking advance in its color since the 

 days of Viviand-Morel. It is an incurv-. 

 ing pink, showing deeper color inside the 

 petal and under artificial light has a 

 finish like the finest satin ribbon. I was 

 prepared for a fine novelty in this va- 

 riety, as it took the silver medal in Edin- 

 burgh last year, for the best novelty not 

 in commerce, but it has gone away ahead 

 of all expectations. 



Imagine a flower eight inches across, 

 perfectly shaped, with broad, massive 

 petals, some of them almost an inch 

 across, and withal a finish as fine as 

 Meiza at its best. The habit of the plant 

 is ideal, a clean, strong grower, perfectly 

 healthy and not a fault so far as I can 

 see. One bud was taken early in August 

 to test it on all kinds of buds and this 

 hud is now developed. Later buds are 

 showing up grandly and doubtless many 

 who read these notes will see this variety 

 at some of the eastern exhibitions. 1 

 predict for it in the future a place as the 



standard pink for either commercial or 

 exhibition purposes. I hope presently to 

 get a photograph of this variety so that 

 readers can form their own conclusions. 

 I know of no pink that begins to compare 

 with this in size and finish and the origi- 

 nal owner of its name may well be proud 

 to have such a variety called after him. 



Wm. Duckham is a fitting mate for 

 rinrkell, Lord Salisbury and other Aus- 

 tralian varieties that were first brought 

 to the notice of chrysanthemum lovers in 

 America through these columns. 



Brian Boku. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM RUST. 

 I send herewith some blooms of Tim- 

 othy Eaton chrysanthemum which are in- 

 fested with a disease which I call rust. 

 On the under side of the leaf you will 

 see a spot which will appear on one leaf 

 and quickly spread all over the bench. I 

 tried to stop it by pulling off the leaves 

 that were affected, but it did no good. I 

 have not fired at night. Have been very 

 careful in watering, in fact running 

 them on the dry side. What is the cause 

 and remedy? ' F. H. M. 



The correspondent is correct in assum- 

 ing that the spots noticed on the under 

 side of the leaves submitted, are the 

 spores of the disease known as rust. The 

 question as to what causes the rust is not 

 so easy to answer. I first saw this dis- 

 ease about six years ago, and I believe 

 it was imported from Europe on some 

 varieties about that time. Since then it 

 has cropped up more or less every year, 

 but never assumed the seriousness here 

 that it did in Europe. It seems to be 

 more in evidence this year than usual, 

 owing no doubt to the wet summer, as it 

 spreads very rapidly in a moisture laden 

 atmosphere. 



The best remedy is to keep the atmos- 

 phere and the foliage of the plants as 

 dry as possible. Pick off any foliage 

 that can be easily spared and then spray 

 with sulphide of potassium, proportions 

 one ounce to two gallons of water. This 

 will prevent the rust from spreading if 

 the spraying is faithfully performed; 

 that is to say, if every portion of the 

 under side of the leaf is wet with the 

 moisture. The sulphide can be obtained 

 in any good drug store. Be sure to get 

 the name right, as the sulphate of potas- 

 sium is a different article. 



The rust has often been spoken of in 

 these notes, and how to keep it in check, 

 as your correspondent will find if he 

 look's up his back numbers. After the 

 crop of flowei« has been cut, look very 

 carefully over I he plants retained^ for 

 stock and any time during the winter 

 that a spot of rust appears spray the 

 plants over, as now advised. By this 

 means the rust can be cleaned out before 

 another growing season. 



Brian Boro. 



CARNATIONS FROM POTS. 



What advice would you give as to the 

 benching of carnations out of 2 r i-incb 



pots 



Just what course of procedure the cor- 

 respondent has in mind is not altogether 

 clear to me. His letter does not state 

 clearly just what he wishes to know. 

 Surely he does not intend to plant car- 

 nations on his benches taken from 2%- 

 inch pots at this time of the year, for 



winter fir 



ig, at least. That would 



be wasting room and labor most foolishly, 

 as he could not possibly expect a decent 



