JKLY 19, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



METHODS OF PROPAGATION. 



Ills is IIk' fimrtli instMlliiictit of cxtnicts 



, :, pupiT if.Kl li.v T. 1). llatlicld, of Wcllcs- 



Mmss., lit .1 iiicctiii;; of (lie Mussaclmsotts 



I, iiltiiral Societ.v. 'I'lii' fifth will uppciir in 



,11 ly i-.sur. I 



Belation of Stock and Scion. 



here is f»iio essontial tliat must 



. i- he lost sight of and tliat is, the 



,k and scion must bo in about tlie 



ic state of activity; it is probably 



•iT if tlie stock is a little ahead of 



scion. Even thougli they be dor- 



iit, botli should be evenly matched 



11 wdrking t])em. 



I or indoor grafting the roots of the 



, k must be active, even tliough tlie 



lit. lias otiierwise made little growth. 



, -; well, too, that tlie scions be brought 



,■1 little time before being worked, 



.;s to get some life into them. 



\s to which method is adopted, that 



Di'iids on the time of tlie year, the 



id of plant, the condition of the stock 



. .,[ scion and the obj'^ct in view. Wliat- 



I- is done, it will take time and ex- 



'iciice to succeed. Indoor grafts, ex- 



! ii;g conifers, may be wa\(^d over, 



';,m1 uj( in bundles, and jtacked away in 



;,li:ignum moss until united. Outdoor 



■Mt'ting should be done in spring, near 



?iip ground level, and earthed up. There 



vmII be no need to wax them over. Dor- 



iiiiiiit slock grafted indoors in \vinter 



., ■ be stored in moist soil or sand until 



■,, time comes for planting them out. 



<.eiierally one must gr.ift like on like, 



i>it tiiore are exceptions, for wo are 



i: '1 limited to the same species or even 



u'l'inis. Some! jdants are increased in 



'. igor by tlie nse of a stronger-growing 



I'ccies or variety for a stock, and the 



"nerse may ha])pen. 



Own-root and Grafted Roses. 



No better illustration of tlie effect of 

 .^tork on scion could bo given tlian the 

 iiisc. Most roses could be easily got on 

 their own roots by cuttings or layers. 

 Tea and hybrid tea roses grafted or 

 I'udded on th(> !Manetti attain more 

 ^ Igor than when on their own roots and 

 tliis is the universal practice now. Hoses 

 U'vafted or budded on the English brier, 

 ^vliich has a distinct ]ieriod of winter 

 icst, do not force so well as when on 

 tlie Manetti, which grows more or less 

 all the time. On tlic contrary, roses 

 on the brier are better for outdoor 

 planting. 



The Taradise apple stock is used for 

 ■Iwarfing apples. For dwarfing jiears a 

 'lifferent genus, cydonia, is used. Al- 

 'liough the apjile and pear belong to the 

 same genus, tiiey cannot be successfully 

 L^rafted on each other. 



The hawthorn evidently has an un- 

 usually aflinity with several memltcrs 

 'd' the pomifera or apple group. Pears, 

 ' otoneasters and mespilus can be graft- 

 '•d on it, all different genera. From a 

 ■^hoot near the union between the haw 

 Mioni and the mespilus has arisen wiiat 

 is known as a graft iiybrid, named cra- 

 ■a'goniespilus, intermeilinto in charac- 

 ter lietween the two ])arents. Cytisus 

 lan be grafted on caragana, lilacs on 

 privet, and there are otiier anomalous 

 '•ases. 



Stocks for Fruit Trees. 



I'lums ni.ay lie grafted on peadies, and 

 ])ea(dies on plums. For liglit soils and in 

 the south, ))eacli stock is jireferred. For 

 heavier soils and in tiie north, plum 

 stock is preferred. Phiropean peaclies 

 and ]dums may be grafted on the native 

 Prunus americana sto<dv. 



The scions of dwarf stocks should be 

 kept aViove ground. When planted, tliere 



Charles E. Schackermann Enters an Order 3eside His Buss. 



is a (diance that tlic annual layers of 

 growth may overlap and, eventually 

 reacliing the ground and rooting, may 

 put thi! plant on its own roots and tlie 

 dwarfing may be lost. This happened on 

 an estate not far from Boston, wlicre the 

 tillers, dwarfs or supposed to be, got 

 on their own roots and their \aluc as 

 such was lost. Attaining iinnnal size, 

 they crowded the permanent trees and 

 had to be cut out prematurely. 

 [To be Coiitiiiuoil. 1 



SCHACKERMANN AND HIS CAR. 



Here is a brand-new jiliotograpli of 

 • 'liarlcs E. Schacki'rmann and iiis mt\ - 

 ii'C car, carrying the W(dl l^iiowii Kic<' 

 keystone. You can not see whose IIowcm- 

 "ihop it is, Imt it might be niix' of the 

 liundrcds at wliich Mr. Schjn kiTiiiann is 

 a regular visitor. 



HAIL AT GREENCASTLE, IND. 



A hail storm stnudc ( lircncastle, liid., 

 .luly 1'.], and destroyed l.ti.'ii) fe(>t of' 

 glass on the range of Julm i;it(d c^c Smi. 

 Damage to stock was e-tim:iti'd at .*!', 

 1)00. A field of 0,000 caniatiou plants 

 was ruined. Farm crops alM> wi're b.-nl 

 ly damaged. 



Tiie storm lasted half an hmir, during 

 wliicli hailstones like the judNcrliial 

 ones, "as large as hens' eggs,'' wnc 

 picked up. Tliis was tlic first hail storm 

 that ever had visitdl the ilittd ran:;-.'. 



Eitel & Son report that tlicy li;nl a 

 good season and their other stoidc lu(ik> 

 good. 



ADVERTISING ILLINOIS MEET. 



As a means of interesting the ama- 

 t'Hirs in the flower show to 1m^ h^!d in 

 connection with the fall meeting of the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association at 

 lialesburg November (> and 7. 1. Tj. I'ills- 

 imry, ])resident of the association, and 

 11. F. Drury, both of Galesburg, are 

 -iviiig chrysanthemum ]ilants to the 

 iliildriMi of that city. I'remiums will ln' 

 awarded for the best ])lants grown by 

 the boys and girls and each one mnkiiig 

 an exhibit will be given a free ti(d<et 

 I'or the sliow. 



With the ])rintetl announcement of 

 tliis opportunity for the (Jalesbiirg aina 

 teiii's are instructions for growing 



clirysant lieuiuiii ]ilants. Mr. Pillsl.iry 

 sa,\s that this method is used -"a ith the 

 i<lea of "starting tiie l;ili ridiing for 

 the big flower show.'' Py giving jdaiits 

 t. the children it is expected ili;it a 

 great many jieople of {i;e city will he- 

 eoine intercste<l in the show and nieet- 

 i II g. 



Mr. Pillsbury also asks that all tlie 

 ilorists of the state remember the dates, 

 prepare to exhibit some stotdv at the 

 show and arrange to attend, as the of- 

 ficers want to make the (Jalesburg meet- 

 ing the largest in tl-e history of the 

 association. 



FALL SHOW AT DES MOINES. 



.\]ipro\iniately .*2,.j(hi are to be 

 awarded to winning exhibitors in the 

 autumn flower sluiw uf the Iowa florists, 

 wlii(di will be held at Des ^Moines, Xo- 

 \etiiber 7 to 10. It is e\pecte«l that the 

 pi-eniiums will attract entries not only 

 I'roiu Iowa florists, but also from 

 ilorists of the iieighlMirin^- states, 

 the eighty-five classes comprising 

 twenty classes t'or cut mums, thirteen 

 tor roses and ten f"or carnations, in ad- 

 dition to those for tlowering and fo- 

 liage ]daiits, decorative work and mirs- 

 er\- stock. 



A number of special (dasses now ludng 

 planned will be contained in the sched- 

 uli', which will be read,\' for distrilni- 

 fiou August 1. i"ojiies may In- had bv 

 addressing .1. S. WiNoii, show man- 

 ager, I>es Moines, la. 



BRIEF ANSWERS. 



f. ('. M., Ky. The soil looks ^nod. 

 For analysis of it, send a samide to 

 the State Kxperiiiieiit Station at l,(»\- 

 iii'^ton, \\v. 



.1. .1., 111. — Xoiw^ of th(^ catalogiu'S 

 lists ''Tree Irrigator'' liles. Perhaps 

 a reader will gixc the address of tlie 

 inanuf'actiirer. 



Washington, D. C. — The senate has 

 passed a bill ]iro\i(ling for the enl.arg- 

 ing of the l'nitt>d States Botanic (Jar- 

 den by adding to its yu'esent are.a Fast 

 and West Seaton jiarks, which lie im- 

 mediat<dy west of the garden. The ac- 

 tion was taken withdut d(d.ate. 



