Mabch 30, 1916. 



The Rorists* Review 



43 



looking to the American Rose Society 

 for information and recognition. The 

 affiliation membership rate was first 

 placed at 10 cents each, but this sum 

 was not sufficient and has been ad- 

 vanced by the executive committee to 

 25 cents per member. 



Tlie Bose Aimual. 



In supporting the society there is a 

 lack of assistance from the men grow- 

 ing roses outdoors. At every show we 

 hold there is more or less expense and 

 the support of the society has been 

 mainly from the cut flower producers. 



The broadening of the membership 

 of this society involves much detail 

 work, but one piece of good work that 

 has come to pass is the printing in 

 first-class style of the annual report of 

 the work of the society, in book form, 

 with complimentary essays. This pub- 

 lication, the Rose Annual, involved a 

 greater expense than the revenue of 

 the society warranted, but J. Horace 

 McFarland assumed the work and risk 

 of cost attending the same, and for 

 this service we certainly are indebted 

 to him. The proportional sum paid for 

 this work by the society was $200 and 

 postage; beyond this, all cost has been 

 assumed by the publishers. 



For this spring's exhibition the num- 

 ber and A'alue of special prizes con- 

 tributed by individuals have never be- 

 fore been equaled. All this is clear 

 evidence that our society is forging 

 ahead and that our exhibitions and 

 meetings help to bring beauty to the 

 homes of all the people. 



DATES FOB STABTING BULBS. 



I wish to thank C. W. for the infor- 

 mation received on the forcing of 

 bulbs, but I did not make myself quite 

 clear in my former inquiry. What I 

 want to know especially is the earliest 

 date at which the bulbs referred to 

 can be made to flower. They are to 

 be planted outside next fall in flats, 

 covered with soil, and with some marsh 

 hay after the first good frost. Please 

 state the earliest possible date at which 

 they can be brought in and the length 

 of time required to flower them. The 

 varieties are such tulips as Murillo and 

 La Eeine, and such narcissi as Trumpet 

 major. Double Von Sion, Single Von 

 Sion, princeps, Sir Watkin, Golden 

 Spur, Victoria, Emperor, poeticus 

 ornatus and Barri conspicuus. 



A. E.— R. I. 



Arthur Herrlogton. 

 (Supertntendent of the Fourth National Flower Show.) 



and poeticus ornatus four weeks from 

 start to flowering; Victoria, Barri con- 

 spicuus. Emperor and Double Von Sion, 

 five weeks; Murillo, six weeks. A good 

 deal depends on the temperature. The 

 tulips need drawing up in a warm, dark 

 case, but a place below the benches 

 usually suffices for the narcissi. Give 

 the tulips 60 degrees at night and the 

 narcissi 5 degrees less heat. Although 

 you can give all the same temperature, 

 the narcissi will lack in quality if grown 

 too warm. C. W. 



growth if planted out each season than 

 if kept in pots, but carried-over plants 

 kept in pots and plunged outdoors will 

 force earlier than those planted out. 

 Give them full sun, but have a hose 

 convenient so that they can be freely 

 syringed, and watered, in addition, 

 when necessary. C W. 



The earliest practicable dates for 

 starting them are: La Eeine tulips, 

 December 1 to 15; Murillo tulips, Janu- 

 ary 10; Trumpet major, French, Decem- 

 ber 1; Guernsey, December 10; Dutch, 

 January 1 to 10; Double Von Sion, 

 January 15; Single Von Sion, January 

 5 to 10; princeps, January 1 to 10; Sir 

 Watkin, January 20; Golden Spur, 

 Dutch, January 5 to 10; Guernsey, 

 French, December 1 to 10; Victoria, 

 January 20 to 25; Emperor, January 15 

 to 20; poeticus ornatus, January 5 to 

 10; Barri conspicuus, January 20 to 30. 

 A good deal, of course, will depend 

 upon how early your bulbs are received 

 and planted. It is well to remember 

 that none of these bulbs started at the 

 earliest possible date will flower so 

 satisfactorily as they will a little later 

 in the season and I doubt if too early 

 forcing of any of them pays. 



Allow La Eeine tulips, Trumpet 

 major. Single Von Sion, Golden Spur 



DIBBCTIONS ON AZALEA INDICA. 



Please tell me how and when to 

 progagate Azalea Indica. Is black 

 muck land that has been cultivated for 

 some time a good soil for azaleas, or is 

 leaf -mold and sand better? Should fer- 

 tilizer be used on azaleas, and would 

 it be advisable to plant young plants 

 out every spring and repot them in the 

 fall, or to carry them along in pots 

 and shift them whenever necessary! 

 Should azaleas be carried over in pots 

 plunged outdoors in full sun or in a 

 partly shaded place? H. G. — O. 



SOIL ONLY NEEDS LIME. 



Last September we placed a strip of 

 soil alongside a pavement. It is eight 

 feet wide, 120 feet long and three feet 

 deep. The soil used was black, sandy 

 and washed, taken from a creek bottom. 

 We took the soil to a depth of seven 

 feet. Will this be suitable for roses, 

 asters and other flowers this year? 



E. T. S.— la. 



If you give the soil a dressing of 

 ground or air-slaked lime and work it 

 in well, the soil should prove all right. 

 Do not use any manure with the lime, 

 but if the roses show signs of starva- 

 tion give them a top-dressing of cow 

 manure in summer. C. W. 



Propagate from cuttings in winter, 

 or by grafting; the latter method is 

 usually adopted. Azaleas like a mixture 

 of peat, leaf-mold and sand, but will 

 grow well in loam, particularly if leaf- 

 mold has been added to it. They would 

 not do well in leaf -mold alone. Azaleas, 

 when the pots are well filled with roots, 

 are benefited by occasional weak doses 

 of liquid manure during the growing 

 season. When they are planted out 

 each season, they need not have any 

 feeding. Plants will make better 



BosweU, N. M. — When asked her 

 "connection with the trade," Mrs. 

 Bernice Akin good-humoredly replied: 

 ' ' A few days ago I hung out my shin- 

 gle, with this inscription on it: 'Flow- 

 ers and Plants for Sale.' I did not 

 find the business — it found me! I had 

 such success in growing flowers for my- 

 self it occurred to me that I could 

 grow flowers for others as well. I hope 

 you will consider me enough of a florist 

 to qualify as a subscriber to The 

 Eeview. ' ' 



