December 26, 1914 



HORTICULTUEE 



909 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE. 

 German Roses. 



It is not surprising to liiui that on 

 this side there is a bitter anti-German 

 feeling prevailing on every hand. 

 Everything Teutonic is being rigidly 

 boycotted. Judging from some of the 

 correspondence which has appeared in 

 the papers there are some fervent 

 Britishers who would e.\clude German 

 roses from their gardens. This has 

 emphasized the fact that many of the 

 best roses in cutlivation owe their 

 origin to the fatherland. Take Frau 

 Karl Druschki, the favorite white for 

 exhibition purposes. This was raised 

 by Herr Peter Lambert, of Trier, Ger- 

 many. Its origin is interesting to re- 

 call at this stage. In 1896 Herr 

 Lambert crossed the rose Merveille 

 de Lyon with the pollen of Caroline 

 Testout, raising only one plant from 

 the resulting seed. In 1899 he was 

 able to propagate about a hundred 

 plants, and to stage some excellent 

 specimens at Stuttgart and elsewhere. 

 The name of Snow Queen was first 

 suggested, but eventually it was 

 christened after the wife of Herr 

 Karl Druschki, the President of the 

 German Rose Society. In 1901 some 

 plants were sent to France. Some 

 plants also found their way to 

 America, in order to be tested by the 

 United States growers. The result, 

 however, was not altogether satisfac- 

 tory. Some of the growers wrote to 

 say that the rose was "no good, and 

 not worth anything to them." The 

 same unfavorable impression was 

 created in Britain when the rose was 

 first tried. But on both sides of the 

 Atlantic it was found that too ha.sty 

 a judgment had been passed, for this 

 superlD white soon became the queen 

 of the exhibition tables. Another of 

 the newer introductions from Herr 

 Lambert in favor on this side is 

 Trier, a pale salmon pink, produced 

 from a cross between Aglaia and Mrs. 

 Sharnian Crawford. 



Other roses from the same source 

 are Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Gus- 

 tave Grunerwald and Papa Lambert. 



The Cult of the Orchid. 

 Mr. Gurney Wilson, editor of the 

 "Orchid World," recently gave an in- 

 formative lecture on the aristocrats of 

 the conservatory before the members 

 of a London Horticultural Society. 

 There is no doubt that orchid culture 

 is no longer confined to the rich 

 amateur. The bargains at the sale 

 room, with the chance of securing a 

 prize unawares, has stimulated this 

 branch of horticulture among the 

 garden-lover with a small purse and 

 great ambition. The cool greenhouse 

 of the villa gardener will sometimes 

 contain a gem amongst the other 

 floral treasures. In the early days 

 many mistakes were made in their 

 cultivation, the general idea being 

 that exotic heat must be provided for 

 all species. Growers paid dearly for 

 their experience. The expert advice 

 given by the collectors showed at 

 once from the experiences gained In 

 the home of the orchid the diversity 

 of temperatures required. .Mr. Wilson 

 eulogized the skill and enterprise of 



PLANT HOUSES OF ANTON SCHULTHEIS. 



The extensive range of .\. Srhulthei.s 

 at College Point, N. Y.. has been en- 

 larged and greatly improved by the ad- 

 dition of two large modern houses and 

 connecting house in which the build- 

 ers, Messrs. Hitchings & Co., did a 

 notable piece of work overcoming in a 

 very clever manner the irregularity of 

 grade, etc. A new office building was 

 also added. Mr. Schultheis, who had 



the Belgian growers, who are consid- 

 ered some of the best cultivators of 

 the orchid-alas, that their years of 

 patient toil should be ruthlessly de- 

 stroyed I W. H. AnsETT. 



GROWING ROSES FROM SEED. 



I want to ^Tiiw roses fiom sfoii. Would 

 yon kindly p:ive me a \trU-f idea as to 



1. How to ripen seeds V 



2. Wbat soil to ijlant in and how (leepV 



3. How long does it take seed to ger- 

 minate? 



4. What treatment should be given to a 

 rose grown from seed to make good result? 



Yours truly, 



S. A. H. 



1 — Rose seed will ripen in any ordin- 

 ary greenhouse or may be set out of 

 doors during late summer then brought 

 into a cool house before frost and al- 

 lowed to finish. 



2— Soil for seed should be rather 

 light; a little leaf mold or other light 

 material so that seedlings may be re- 

 moved without breaking the small 

 roots. Cover to about the depth of the 

 seed, and firm lightly. 



3_Seed will take anywhere from 

 two to twelve months to germinate. If 

 the seedpans are placed in a frame and 

 allowed to freeze slightly it will hasten 

 germination very much after they are 

 placed in heat. 



4_Treatment after the plants are up 

 is about the same as any ordinary 

 seedlings. Be careful not to keep too 

 hot or too wet else they will damp off. 



Al,EX. MOMOOMKUV. 



To HORTICULTURE, Boston, Mass. 



With best congratulations to the 

 Tenth Anniversary. May you be 

 spared for many more yesrs of use- 

 ful work, and may HORTICULTURE 

 flourish and continue to grow in its 

 influence upon the refined and aes- 

 thetic side of our trade, the only one 

 de\oted entirely and truly to the 

 civilization and betterment of man- 

 kind. 



Here is to health and happiness m 

 this, the coming, and many other 

 coming Nevu Years. 



Sincerely and truly yours, 



WINFRIED ROELKER. 



New York. 



an rxcflU nt Iraiuiiig and experience in 

 Germany and England before coming 

 to this country, established himself in 

 College Point in a small way and in 

 1889 bought the place on which his 

 greenhouses stood. Five years later 

 he went into plant growing and has 

 been eminently successful, building up 

 a large holiday and Easter plant trade 

 especially. 



BELGIUM'S PLIGHT. 



The following is a copy of a per- 

 sonal letter just received by one of 

 HoiiTicrr.TiRK's subscribers from a 

 friend in Belgium: 



"How long. O Lord, is this situation 

 going to last here? Our lower class 

 people are suffering awfully; the 

 weather is very cold; no heat because 

 coal is too scarce and dear. The au- 

 thorities of the city (because our Gov- 

 ernment doesn't exist now) collect 

 money from others to give them soup 

 and some coal, but only just enough 

 to prevent starvation. Everything is 

 so dear. Very little news about the 

 war, newspapers are mostly suppressed 

 and those which come out say only 

 what the Germans like, but once I 

 bought "The Times" in Holland. It is 

 very risky, though, so we get very 

 little news. Here on the North Sea 

 the Germans say themselves they are 

 going to their graves. If this situation 

 continues two months more and no 

 food is coming in, we must all die 

 from hunger. We commence to see 

 now that the war will last for a long 

 time." 



PERSONAL. 

 ,Iohn Kiessel. tloiist. of North Ber- 

 gen, N. .1.. was quite badly hurt by 

 being thrown from his wagon on De- 

 cember 15, by a runaway horse. 



Robert Jackson, salesman for A. H. 

 Langjahr. New York City, was oper- 

 ated on at the New York Hospital on 

 Monday last, for appendicitis. Out- 

 look favorable. 



Frank J. Barris. superintendent on 

 Col. W. W. Castle's place at East 

 Weymouth, Mass., has been obliged to 

 discontinue on account of a serious 

 ailment of the eyes and h:is n.mc to 

 Ohio for a rest. 



One square yard of greenhouse soil 

 one year old. and prepared in the usual 

 way. will contain about 2 oz. of nitro- 

 gen, 2.06 oz. of potash and .16 oz. of 

 phosphoric acid. 



