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The Florists' Review 



Decembbb 21, 1916. 



AONIMUM HEAT FOB EUSSELK 



What is the lowest temperature in 

 which Kussell roses can be grown com- 

 mercially f W. F, — la. 



The lowest temperature in which 

 Bussell will do well is 50 degrees, but 

 68 to 60 degrees suits it better. 



C. W. 



ROSES FOR EASTEB. 



Please give us your expert opinion 

 on the following: "We have a bed of 

 Paper White narcissi that will be off 

 about January 1. Could we use field- 

 grown, dormant Cecile Brunner roses 

 in the bench afterward and get a crop 

 in for Easter? The temperature of the 

 house is 60 to 65 degrees. How about 

 Brunner or Fireflame for potted plants? 



T. N.— S. D. 



Such polyantha roses as Cecile Brun- 

 ner can be had in bloom for Easter 

 without much trouble. They should be 

 dug up and potted at once. This will 

 allow the plants to make some fresh 

 roots before they are started. Store 

 them in a coldframe or cold pit until 

 time for starting arrives. Pack leaves 

 or straw among the pots to prevent 

 hard freezing if the storage place is a 

 cold one. House the plants when your 

 stock of Paper Whites has passed, but 

 do not give them a temperature of 60 

 to 65 degrees for a start; let it be 45 

 to 50 degrees at first; then, as growth 

 advances, raise it gradually until 60 

 degrees at night can be given. Run 

 them a little cooler as the flowers open. 

 Dormant plants set in benches need 

 similar treatment. It would not do at 

 all to start them in a strong heat. You 

 would get better results from plants in 

 pots than from dormant field stock 

 benched in January. C. W. 



AMERICAN EOSE SOCIETY. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Rose Society at its meeting 

 December 11 in New York registered 

 the new rose, Mrs. Charles Gersdorff, a 

 climbing hybrid tea, offered bv Charles 

 E. F. Gersdorff, of Washington, D. C, 

 described as follows: 



The plant is of stronp clinitiinc habit, sonding 

 strong canes yearly from the root, both in spring 

 and fall. The thorns are stronR, not too thickly 

 set. It has a profuse and almost constant flow- 

 ering habit. Flowers" generally borne singly, 

 though always in clusters of two to four; foliage 

 durable, remaining in good condition in hot sun- 

 shine for five days, by actual test: buds large, 

 like tulips in shape; color n beautiful Killamey 

 pink, shading to blush shell pink. The flowers 

 possess a strong hybrid tea fragrance. This rose 



has been outdoors for the last seven years, with- 

 out protection, in both northern and southern ex- 

 posures, without winter-killing. 



A communication was received from 

 Cleveland, O., inviting the cooperation 

 of the American Rose Society in the 

 Cleveland flower show, which is to be 

 held in November, 1917. November 7 

 will be designated as special rose day. 

 This invitation was accepted. 



A contract was ordered signed for the 

 lease of the First Regiment Armory for 

 the spring show to be held in Phila- 

 delphia March 20 to 23, inclusive. 



Arrangements are being made for a 

 center attraction on the floor of rose 

 gardens. The committee on plant sched- 

 ule and prizes reported, and the sup- 

 port received so far has caused an in- 

 crease in the premiums to be awarded 

 for cut roses. There will be a special 

 gold medal valued at $50 offered by 

 Kroeschell Bros., of Chicago. The To- 

 ronto Horticultural Society also has 

 sent medals. 



The list of guarantors to the fund, 



which now is in excess of $6,000, the 



total number being sixty-seven, is as 



follows: 



A. B. Scott $100 



C. H. Grakelow 100 



W. K. Harris 100 



W. A. Burpee '100 



George Burton 100 



Conard & Jones 100 



Joseph Heacock 100 



Alfred Burton 100 



Adolph Farenwald 100 



Kobert Craig 100 



H. F. Mlchell H) 



Geo. C. Thomas, Jr : ^x) 



Stephen Mortensen i ()0 



W. A. Leonard : 00 



Florex Gardens .' t 00 



M. Franklin ; 00 



Lord & Burnham Co : ijo 



August Doemling ■% 



Myers & Samtman i oo 



John Burton .1 OO 



H. H. Battles )0 



Louis Burk " % 



J. J. Habermehl's Sons 'OO 



Edward Towill . )o 



L. B. Coddlngton .10 



P. Welch 1 ;)0 



B. G. Hill 100 



A. M. Henshaw TJO 



W. H. Elliott V)0 



P. Breltmeyer ] 00 



Kasting Co .'5 



S. A. Anderson ,;5 



W. J. Palmer _'5 



Uobert Scott 1:5 



Jacob B. WIese :'5 



Charles Schoenhut l;5 



Edward Stroh 15 



Cleveland Flower Show Asso ]00 



Knoble Bros loO 



John Welsh' Young ]oo 



M. H. Bickley luo 



S. S. Skidelsky .■ 100 



Gude Bros. Co ; 100 



Robert Simpson ] 00 



Benjamin Hammond 100 



Admiral Aaron Ward 100 



S. J. Reuter & Son lOO 



Harry O. May lOO 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co 100 



E. Allan Peirce ino 



A. N. Plerson lOO 



J. M. Gasser Co lOO 



Victor Groshens 100 



Fred Burki loo 



Henry A. Dreer 100 



Budlong Rose Co 100 



Leo Niessen Co 100 



Peter Fisher 100 



H. Bayersdorf er & Co 100 



C. H. Totty 100 



Samuel Murray lOO 



Emil Buettner lOO 



Pennock Bros 100 



South Park Floral Co nO 



Vaughan's Seed Store 50 



Hentz & Nash, Inc 100 



The preliminary schedule of prizes 

 will be issued at an early date. 



The death of S. J. Reuter, of Westerly, 



R. I., was reported. Mr. Reuter was 



one of the substantial life members of 



the society and the resolution adopted 



was as follows: 



Resolved, That this committee express to our 

 vice-president, Louis J. Reuter, and his family, 

 the sincere regret of all, at the loss sustainpd 

 by them in the death of S. J. Reuter, who was 

 one of the early life members of the American 

 Rose Society, and a man respected by all, and 

 that the secretary b& directed to transmit the 

 same to Mt. Renter's family. 



Benj. Hammond, Sec'y. 



ODCN LEITEI^^" DeADEIi6 



WHO SETS THE PBICE? 



I see it stated in today's newspaper 

 that the purchasing power of a dollar 

 is only about fifty-three per cent of what 

 it was two years ago. And still flowers 

 are selling at the same old price, are 

 they not? Or practically so. Where is 

 the wisdom of this? 



Was there a general complaint that 

 the growers were getting wealthy too 

 fast two years ago? If not, it looks 

 like it is up to us now to sit up nights 

 to eke out an existence. 



In recent articles in The Review it 

 has been said that the retailer ought to 

 charge more. Supposing he did, would 

 it do anyone any good but himself? 

 The retailer goes to the wholesaler for 

 his goods and pays the wholesaler's 

 price and sells so as to make something 

 like a certain percentage of profit. I 

 suppose the growers as a class can not 



set prices, and of course the retailer is 

 not going to pay more than he is asked 

 to pay. Is it not a fact that the whole- 

 saler sets the prices and rules the flower 

 market? Carleton Gould. 



WHITE FLY EXTEBMINATOR. 



I have found a sure remedy for tae 

 white fly. It is not poisonous and I 

 give it here for the benefit of those w'lo 

 do not like to use cyanide. Paint a 

 line of pipe with a mixture of sulph ir 

 and air-slaked lime in equal parfs. 

 Spray the house thoroughly, run tiie 

 temperature up to 90 degrees and hi'M 

 it there for two hours. Do this eve y 

 five days until the eggs on the plants 

 are hatched. 



This remedy will be found in L. i^- 

 Taft's book, "Greenhouse Maaaf;i3- 

 ment," in which it is given as a remetiy 

 for red spider. It was while trying it 



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