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HORTICULTURE 



December 5, 1914 



HOOSIER BEAUTY 



The New Rose for 1915 



If you need a more profitable red rose than the one you are growing, Hoosier Beauty is your variety. 

 It is as fragrant as Richmond. Has more petals. A stiffer stem. A texture like velvet. In color glowing 

 crimson scarlet with darker shadiigs. The bud is of good length, ships well in the close-cut state, and opens 

 into magnificent bloom, quite dazzling in brilliance. 



As soon as thoroughly established in the soil it sends out long stiff growths with a bud on every shoot. 

 It does not need to be pinched like Killarney or Richmond but produces naturally, stems 2 to 3 ft. in length; 

 each plant keeps up a very close succession of bloom, and again unlike Richmond it is a good summer rose. 



It is a clean grower, shows very little inclination to "spot" or mildew; indeed the variety is quite clear of 

 both. It is an easy doer, grows side by side with Richmond and Killarney, and has become instantly popu- 

 lar and in heavy demand in the four cities where the blooms have been sold, flower-buyers through the section 

 calling for it by name. 



We are describing the rose very fully in response to questions asked us by intending purchasers. So free 

 ill both growth and production of bloom is it that it is already recognized as having the qualities of a 



Great Commercial Cut Flower Variety. 



We have splendid own root stock propagated in September and now in fine condition for distribution, 

 while our grafted stock is worked on the highest grade of British manetfi procurable. 



PRICE 



Own Root — $30 per 100 ; $250 per 1000 



Grafted — $35 per 100 ; $300 per 1000 



Ready March 1st 



FOR SALE BY 



and 



The E. G. Hill Co. 



RICHMOND, IND. 



F. Dorner & Sons Co. 



LAFAYETTE. IND. 



be timed accordingly. About the 

 tenth of August many of the buds will 

 be ready for taking. About this date 

 it is safe to take all buds as soon as 

 they become large enough to handle 

 without injury. In disbudding discre- 

 tion must be exercised by removing a 

 few at a time. Keep the plants nicely 

 staked, tied and clean. 



After the buds are secured look out 

 for their worst enemy, the red spider, 

 which will give considerable trouble 

 if they once get into the blooms. To 

 avoid this fumigate once a week until 

 buds show color; continue spraying 

 foliage on bright days, avoiding the 

 buds, which will rot if the water is 

 allowed to settle in them. Also be- 

 ware 'of the hairy caterpillar which 

 will ruin the foliage. Shade is some- 

 times necessary to guard against the 

 burning of the petals during hot bright 

 days, the bronze and red varieties be- 

 ing more susceptible to burning than 

 the other colors. 



Cut blooms intended for exhibition 

 are greatly benefited If put in water 

 twenty-four hours before shipment. In 

 packing, the blooms travel much bet- 

 ter if wrapped with a full sheet of 

 soft tissue paper, which is quite easily 

 done by slitting the paper at the fold, 

 inserting the stem in the slit just be- 

 low the bloom, then gathering the 

 folds and fastening at the top of the 

 bloom with a gentle twist. For blooms 

 intended to travel a distance, it is 

 policy to wrap the end of the stems 

 with wet moss, or use the regular 

 Wells' patent tubes. I find the most 

 serviceable box for shipping to be 6 

 feet long, 22 inches wide, and 12 inch- 

 es deep. 



In staging see that all blooms are 



fresh, unblemished, and preserve as 

 much foliage as possible in the long 

 stem classes, as fresh blooms with 

 good foliage generally capture the 

 most points. Make sure that each 

 variety is correctly labeled. 



OBITUARY. 



David Y. Mellis. 

 IJavid Young Mellis, president of 

 the Greater New York Florists' Asso 

 elation, and widly known in the flor- 

 ist business for more than thirty 

 years in Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y,. 

 died Saturday night, Nov. 21, at his 

 home, 3421 Snyder avenue, after a 

 long illness. He was born at Stanley, 

 Perthshire, Scotland, April 19, sixty 

 years ago and came to Brooklyn thirty- 

 five years ago. He built up a prosper- 

 ous business, being adjacent to Holy 

 Cross Cemetery, and at his death let! 

 a very large estate as the result of 

 his good business methods and in- 

 dustry. Dave Mellis made friends at 

 once wherever he introduced himself. 

 He was a typical Scotchman of un- 

 wavering integrity and straightfor- 

 ward in manner and method. He of- 

 ten bowled with the Flatbush Cluli 

 in years past and was a prime favor- 

 ite at the S. A. F. conventions and 

 elsewhere among the active florist fra- 

 ternity. He leaves his wife, three 

 daughters and two sons. 



IMO\A/ 



is the Time to Buy 



XMAS PLANTS 



Mine are in very best condition and you 

 will find the prices very reasonable — Aza- 

 leas. Ardisins. Poinsettias, Primroses, Be- 

 ;rt>nias, Berried Aucubas, Araucarias, 

 I'alins. Dracaenas, Pandanus, Crotons, As- 

 pidistras, Cocos, Ferns. 



Order 'Now and Leuthy 



uill take good care of \iou. 



A. LEUTHY, ROSLINDALE, MASS. 

 OLD TOWN NURSERIES 



35,000 BERBERiSTHUNBERGII 



All Sizes. Write for Prices 



M.P.Haendler,Prop/%''/^"' 



Cincinnati, — J. T. Conger, opened 

 his temporary Third street salesroom 

 last week. He had an excellent dis- 

 play of begonias, cyclamen and ferns. 



Large EVERGREENS and 

 DECIDUOUS TREES for sale 



Write for list. Digging EVERGREENS Now. 



THE F.E. CONINE NURSERY CO. 



STRATFORD, CONN. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— L. A. Fibers, florist, 

 722 Broadway, assets, $.507, liabilities, 

 $2,799.79. 



