February 21, 1914 



HORTICULTUEE 



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ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS 



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 by Mr. Ruzlcka. Such communications should Invariably be addressed to the office of HOHTICULTUKK. 



Grading Cut Roses 



There is very little in poor grading of roses, for any 

 grade that does not come up to its standard will soon be 

 detected by buyers, and the price will rule accordingly. 

 Wliat is more, as soon as any grower gets a reputation 

 for poor grading, his stuff will not sell as well, even 

 •when it does arrive well graded and otherwise in good 

 condition. Weak stems may prevail here and there, and 

 it is poor policy to stretch these stems to their full length 

 and then put them in to the highest grade. All weak 

 stems, poor buds, and in fact all cut roses having some 

 defect should be put into the short or inferior classes. 

 Avoid putting any overblown roses among the good 

 grades, also see that the buds are cut at the proper 

 stage, not too tight as they sometimes are this cold 

 weather. 



The Coal Bin 



The weather that we have iiad the last week or more 

 ought to teach a lesson for anyone who will allow his 

 coal bin to become empty before even attempting to 

 refill it. Wlien a blizzard comes along, and it is impos- 

 sible to secure coal on short notice, then the trouble 

 comes in. We cannot expect everyone to get out and 

 hustle in all kinds of weather, when a little thought- 

 fulness on our part might have avoided it all. Keep 

 the cellar full, and if it is small, have the coal heaped 

 up outside somewhere, where it will be real handy. Coal 

 will decrease in value if exposed to the weather for more 

 than a year, but it is better to be on the safe side and 

 have a car or two in reserve in case of emergency. 



Snow 



Light is something that all plants must have, and 

 roses are among those that cannot have too much of it. 

 Therefore after a snowstorm it is well to see that any 

 snow that may stick to the glass sides of the houses here 



and there is removed as soon as the storm stops and 

 clear weather sets in once more. This is not always pos- 

 sible, and does not have to be done, but every ray of 

 light will help, as we all know, so let us try to give the 

 plants all the light we can. The new modem houses 

 vnth the galvanized eave plates will usually clear all 

 snow and ice as soon as the first rays of the sun hits 

 them. Where the snow is piled up to the eaves on the 

 outside, remove it if necessary, and the eave will then 

 be able to drop its load. Where the houses are joined 

 together with a gutter between them, see that the heat- 

 ing pipe directly under this is kept hot while the snow 

 is falling. The heat thus rising will usually melt the 

 snow as fast as it accumulates and there will be little 

 trouble in keeping the gutters clean. Eight here is 

 where precaution will avoid a good deal of trouble. See 

 that all openings in the gutter leading to the sewer are 

 screened by wire so as to keep all leaves and such out of 

 the drains. A good time to do this is in the summer, 

 when the houses are being painted, or other work on 

 them being done. 



Potting Soil 



Growers that made provision for their potting soil 

 will have it real handy and any one who has to dig with 

 picks to loosen a few frozen lumps of sod, will no doubt 

 have some heaps covered the coming year. At any rate 

 have plenty of soil brought in so that it will dry out 

 sufficiently to mix freely with whatever you may wish 

 to add to it. Poorly mixed soil goes a good ways to 

 make the plants grow unevenly, and there is enough to 

 contend with even when all goes right, without having 

 the plants misbehave in this way. Have all the soil 

 well screened, too, as it is very important to have it as 

 fine as possible and absolutely free from stones, pebbles, 

 glass and other useless junk often found in soil where 

 the sod is taken off old fields. 



HOLLAND AT THE PANAMA- 

 PACIFIC EXPOSITION. 



It is promised that the floral dis- 

 play at San Francisco by Holland will 

 be the most extensive, varied and 

 beautiful of any ever made by a for- 

 eign country at any exposition. While 

 the bringing of an acre or two of bulbs 

 and blooming plants to California may 

 seem like "carrying coal to Newcas- 

 tle," since the Golden State is the 

 land of flowers, it must be remem- 

 bered that the low, moist lands of Hol- 

 land are the principal source of moat 

 of the spring flowering bulbs for the 

 whole world; and the fact demon- 

 etrated within the past few years in 

 the redwood sections of California 

 that this state has every qualification 

 for competing with the Dutch bulb 



product, will make this foreign exhibit 

 one of exceptional interest. 



That the landscape gardening ef- 

 fects attained by the Holland floral 

 exhibits will he things of artistic 

 beauty, unique in design, is certain. 

 The laying out of these gar^lens, so 

 that there will be a rotation of plants 

 and a constant blooming period 

 throughout the ten months of the ex- 

 position as well as the arrangement 

 of the special display in the Horti- 

 cultural Palace, is in the hands of a 

 Dutch landscape expert, A. Van Vllet. 

 He is the artist who planned the won- 

 derland of gardens surrounding the 

 Peace Palace at the Hague. Accom- 

 panying the Netherlands commission- 

 ers are two other noted color artists, 

 Herman Rosser and Mrs. Rosser. The 

 latter, known to the world of art as 

 Suz Laut, was one of the landscape 

 architects of the Hague Peace Palace. 



NOTES FROM BRITAIN. 

 As one of the principal objects of 

 the Anglo-American Exposition, which 

 will be held in London during the 

 coming summer, is to celebrate the 

 one hundred years of peace between 

 Great Britain and the United States 

 and to further insure the continuance 

 of that peace by affording means 

 for the people to become better ac- 

 quainted, and to increase the com- 

 merce between the people of the two 

 countries, a Commercial Club, com- 

 posed of American and British manu- 

 facturers will be organized in connec- 

 tion with the Exposition. The meet- 

 ing place of this club will he a head- 

 quarters for trade information and the 

 interchange of ideas relating to com- 

 mercial matters. 



