THE FLORISTS MANUAL. 



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Cut Sprays of Rose Dorothy Perkins. 



preaches.^ Of the Soupert type there are 

 varieties in white, pink and yellow. 



We grew years ago a fine Bourbon 

 rose called Appolina, a large pink 

 flower, as good as many of the hybrid 

 perpetuals, and a continuous bloomer. 

 For the amateur this is a grand rose. 



The Madame Plantier type are com 

 pact growing plants that come with a 

 grand burst of bloom and are soon over, 

 but not more so than most of our hardy 

 shrubs, and as they are perfectly hardy 

 they are splendid plants for a group, a 

 hedge, or a single specimen. 



Bedding Roses. 



Where a bed or border of roses is 

 wanted by our customers, and the sit 

 uation gets light and air, and the soil 

 is not a worn-out garden (if it is you 

 must supply good fresh loam and 

 manure) then I believe in and do recom 

 mend the hybrid tea and common tea 

 roses, knowing that they will give the 

 greatest satisfaction. We know they 

 will grow and bloom continuously weeks 

 after our tender plants are killed by 

 frost, and months after the green worm 

 and aphis have ceased to bother the roses. 

 I reason with our patrons that strong 

 young plants in 4-inch pots cost little 

 if any more than their geraniums and 



cannas, and if they get killed, which 

 they expect, they have lost no more 

 then they have in their ordinary bedding 

 plants. 



In this class we have a great variety. 

 Not all the teas are good for this pur 

 pose, but many are, and the hybrid teas 

 are splendid ; with a slight protection 

 they will come through the winter with 

 out any harm. 



For a summer bed of roses you have 

 many to choose from, and the follow 

 ing are good hybrid teas; La France, 

 President Carnot, Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria, Pierre Guillot, Mme. Sclnval- 

 ler, Crimson Redder, Mme. Pernet- 

 Ducher, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Countess 

 of Pembroke, and others. Perhaps the 

 most satisfactory of all is Maman 

 Cochet, white, and its pink sport. This 

 rose seems wonderfully adapted to our 

 hot summers, and flowers, or rather 

 buds, of Cochet can be gathered in 

 August and September almost equal to 

 our indoor-grown Brides and Maids, but 

 the best results cannot be obtained by 

 just sticking them out as you would 

 geraniums or cannas. They are worth a 

 deep prepared bed, a fresh yellow loam 

 preferred, and the beds should be 

 bordered with a 6-inch board so that 

 when watering them, which they deserve, 

 the roses will get the benefit of it. 



Cochet may winter perfectly in Phila 

 delphia and Baltimore, but with us it 

 needs a covering of evergreen boughs 

 as well as a covering of six inches of 

 stable litter over its roots. 



Among the tea scented there is a still 

 greater variety for this purpose. Those 

 I have proved as most satisfactory for 

 summer bedding are: Bon Silene, Isa 

 bella Sprunt, Safrano, Duchess de Bra 

 bant, Coquette de Lyon, Perle des Jar- 

 dins, La Sylphide, Mme. Caroline Kuster, 

 Marie Guillot, Souv. d un Ami, Mme. 

 Falcot, Mme. Welche, Goubault, Mme. 

 Bravy, Mme. de Watteville, Sombreuil, 

 and others. Some of the above are very 

 old varieties, and you would not think 

 of growing them during winter for cut 

 flowers, but they are beautiful and free 

 flowering out of doors. Our Queen of 

 Queens, Catherine Mermet and the lat 

 ter s fine sports were not satisfactory 

 bedded out in summer. 



Hyb id Perpetuals. 



These are the roses that are mostly 

 planted to make a permanent bed. 

 Many thousands of the budded stock 

 are annually sold. Our department 

 stores are now selling the imported stock 

 at ten plants for a dollar. There can t 

 be a great margin for the department 



