THE FLORISTS' MANUAL. 



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Those I have proved as most satisfac- 

 tory for summer bedding are: Bon 

 Silene, Isabella Sprunt, Safrano, Du- 

 chess de Brabant, Coquette de Lyon, 

 Perle des Jardins, La Sylphide, Mme. 

 Caroline Kuster, Marie Guillot, Souv. 

 d'un Ami, Mme. Faleot, 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 its 

 fine sports were not satisfactory bed- 

 ded out in summer. 



Hybrid Perpetuals. 



These are the roses that are mostly 

 planted to make a permanent bed. 

 Many thousand of the budded stock 

 are annually sold. Our department 

 stores are now selling the imported 

 stock at 10 plants for one dollar. There 

 can't be a great margin for the de- 



Iron Frame Rose House with Solid Beds. 



partment store or a great profit to 

 the grower, but the popular price 

 catches the man or woman who is 

 looking for a bargain, and they are 

 numerous. They get well dried out be- 

 fore they get into the purchaser's gar- 

 den, and we haven't heard how they 

 thrive. It is to be hoped they give 

 one final "department" flower and 

 then die, which the majority must. 



Whenever you can get roses on their 

 own roots do so. They will be far 

 more satisfactory to your customers. 

 But some of the finest sorts, the Bar- 

 oness Rothschild type for one, do not 

 grow well on their own roots, and of 

 those you must rely on the budded 

 plants. If you import the budded stock 

 it should be unpacked and laid in 

 trenches in a cold-frame during winter, 

 and when filling your orders in the 

 spring see that they are carefully 

 planted and insist on their being cut 

 down to within six inches of the 

 ground. 



If you handle but a few hundred 



they can be potted when received in 

 the fall, a pot that will just hold the 

 roots is large enough, and after cut- 

 ting down to a few strong eyes plunge 

 them in a frame and cover with glass. 

 Never let them get too warm. These 

 plants will come along slowly in April 

 and be well rooted by first of May, 

 and if lots of ventilation has been 

 given, or better still the sash removed, 

 they must be satisfactory to your cus- 

 tomers as you should not lose one. 

 But you want more than the depart- 

 ment store price for them; you should 

 get at least $6.00 per dozen. 



If you have land of your own you 

 should propagate during fall and win- 

 ter all the Hybrid Perpetual roses that 

 do well on their own roots. Small 

 plants put out in May will be most 

 satisfactory plants for your customers 

 by the following spring, or even the 

 first fall, if they have had good soil, 

 but it is safer to plant in the spring. 

 Tell your customers about the Manetti 

 stock, and teach them to distinguish 



