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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition 



rate of about 60 pounds or four bush- 

 els per aci;e. It weighs 14 pounds to 

 the bushel. The seed merchants sell 

 reliable mixtures, which usually con- 

 tain a large percentage of Kentucky 

 blue grass and white clover. Timothy 

 and red top, when added to the mix- 

 ture, are satisfactory grasses for mak- 

 ing a permanent lawn. To secure a 

 satisfactory seeding, take about one- 

 half of the seed for the area and sow 

 the area one way, carefully by hand. 

 Then take the other half and sow- 

 across the first seeding. By this 

 means you woidd avoid any misses 

 and secure an even stand. 



To avoid having the lawn bare dur- 

 ing the early summer, sow oats at the 

 rate of from four to five bushels per 

 acre before the last cultivation in pre- 

 paration for seeding. This will form 

 a dense greensward within three 

 weeks, and though requiring frequent 

 cutting with the lawn mower, will not 

 only make a beautiful lawn, but wiU 

 serve as a nurse crop for the grasses 

 until they are well established. Cover 

 your lawn seed with a garden rake 

 and roll from time to time after rain. 



HORTICULTURAL 

 j S.OClETIESj^^^ j 



London 



MEMBERS will be delighted to 

 know that our membership is 

 going up rapidly. To date 

 (April 3) it is 1,300. By the time this 

 issue is out it will be almost up to last 

 year— 1,731. While not bad, it is 

 hardly half way to 4,000. 



It is expected that the "dozen gla- 

 dioli" premiums will be given out 

 abQUt the first week of May. Every 

 member will receive due notice by 

 post card, which must be presented at 

 Morgan's or Dominion Seeds in order 

 to obtain spring premium. Please do 

 not forget to present the premium 

 notice. It will save yourself a lot of 

 trouble and anxiety and the secretary 

 some too. 



All being well, next year, two cou- 

 pons for premiums will be attached to 

 the membership card so that when a 

 member pays for the year his member- 

 ship card will contain these. This will 

 do away with sending out premium 

 notices twice a year; also every paid 

 up member will be sure of his prem- 

 iums, as at present some go astray. 

 Notice will be given through the press 

 when the premiums will be ready. 

 This change will, of course, not be till 

 1923. 



A large membership committee of 

 about 150 members is working to bring 

 the membership to 4,000, one sub-com- 



mittee for each of the four wards. A 

 competition has been evolved for each 

 ward with a captain in charge. The 

 captains are: Ward 1, J. G. Morrison, 

 5 Wind.sor Ave. ; Ward 2, W. E. Green- 

 way, 17 St. Andrews St.; Ward 3, A. 

 E. Suter, 88 JCheslcy Ave. ; Ward 4. 

 Sgt. Major W. H. Prowse, 894 Elias 

 St. Committees can canvass any part 

 of the city, but the members must live 



in the ward of the committee in which 

 they work. Fees paid by mail to the 

 sec. will be credited to the ward from 

 which they come. 



Now everybody! Let's pull togeth- 

 er. Those who have not already paid 

 and have a 1922 membership card, 

 kindly remit, now that notices are be- 

 ing prepared for the spring premium. 

 — Ed. Wyatt, 524 Princess Ave., Sec. 



The Newer Roses * 



Miss I. Preston, Ottawa, Ont. 



DURING the summer of 1921 a 

 number of the newer roses were 

 grown at the Central Experimen- 

 tal Farm at Ottawa. Notes on some of 

 the outstanding varieties will be of in- 

 terest. 



Hybrid Teas 



Aladdin — Coppery orange to yellow, 

 fragrant ; good in autumn. 



La Champagne — Chamois yellow 

 with apricot centre; large; good in 

 autumn. 



K. of K.— Semi-double ; intense scar- 

 let, brilliant color. 



Margaret Dickson Hamill — Straw- 

 colored ; deeper shade in the autumn. 



Pemetianas 



Gottfried Keller — Single; apricot; 

 spicy fragrance. 



Mrs. Farmer — Indian yellow; re- 

 verse of petals, apricot; beautiful 

 color; medium sized flowers. 



Climbers 



A test of climbing roses is being 

 made at the Experimental Farm, and 

 out of the forty varieties grown in 1921 

 the following were specially noted: 



Christine Wright— Bright pink, med- 

 ium sized, double flowers. 



Leohtine Gervais — Salmon rose, very 

 attractive color. 



Pauls Scarlet Climber- — Strong grow- 

 er with good foliage; flowers semi- 

 double, vivid scarlet, shaded with 

 bright crimson. 



Source d'Or — Buds yellow, fading to 

 cream when fully open; double. 



Polyantha Pompons 



Polyantha pompon roses, as a class, 

 are successful at the Experimental 

 Farm. They have a longer season of 

 bloom than any others; the first buds 

 show early in June, and the last ones 

 are buried under the snow in Novem- 

 ber. Some mildew was noticed on a 

 few plants in the fall, but most of the 

 varieties seem perfectly healthy and 

 free from insects all the season. They 

 can be obtained in many colors, and, 

 although the blossoms are borne in 



•From report of Committee on Namea and Vari- 

 eties given before the convention of the Ontario 

 Horticultural Association. 



clusters, the shape and doubleness of 

 the flowers are so varied that a collec- 

 tion of them is full of interest. Special 

 mention should be made of the beauti- 

 ful shape of the buds in a Cecile Brun- 

 ner, George Elger, Etoile Luisante, and 

 others. Out of the collection of forty- 

 eight varieties tested the following of 

 the newer sorts are recommended. 



Eblouisante — Very double, deep red 

 flowers, beautiful, and effective in beds. 



Echo — A dwarf form of Tausend- 

 schon, semi-double, pink flower. 



Etoile Luisante — Buds vermilion, 

 opening coppery pink. 



George Elger — Yellow, opening 

 cream. Large clusters. 



La Marne — Semi-double, salmon 

 pink flowers ; dark green glossy foliage. 



Merveille des Rouges — ^Bright, vel- 

 vety crimson. 



Renoncle — Pink, large clusters of 

 Ranunculus shaped flowers. 



Rodhatte — Clear, cherry red, large 

 clusters of large semi-double flowers. 



Yvonne Rabier — Double white, good 

 foliage. 



Older Varieties 



The following are some of the best 

 of the older sorts : 



Aennchen Muller — Bright pink. 



Jessie — Bright orange-red. 



Katherine Zeimet — Pure white; free 

 blooming. 



Mrs. W. H. Cuthbush— Bright, deep* 

 pink; free flowering. 



Orleans Rose — ^Vivid rosy crimson; 

 free flowering. 



Hybrid Rugosa 



Few hybrid rugosa roses of great 

 merit have been introduced in recent 

 years, but the two following are wor- 

 thy of mention: 



F. J. Grootendorst — Foliage like ru- 

 gosa; flowers bright red with fringed 

 petals; small double blooms in large 

 clusters; perpetual flowering. 



Agnes — A hybrid between Rosa ru- 

 gosa and Persian yellow, raised at the 

 Central Experimental Farm by the late 

 Dr. W. Saunders; foliage like rugosa; 

 flowers double, pale amber; form good 

 in the bud, not so good when fuUy 

 open; fragrant; very early. 



