Fbbbdary 26, 1920 



The Rorists^ Review 



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give the roses the needed space. Avoid 

 cold drafts, which will cause mildew 

 to start. Careful ventilation will pre- 

 vent this. When the pots are well filled 

 with roots, you can supply liquid manure 

 twice a week until the flowers show 

 color. If the plants are somewhat ad- 

 vanced for the date needed, place them 

 in a cooler, but not drafty, house to re- 

 tard them. C. W. 



AMBSICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Beglstratlon of New Variety. 



The following rose has been offered 

 for registration and accepted by the 

 rose registration committee of the 

 American Eose Society. Unless objec- 

 tions are received by the secretary 

 within three weeks of this publication, 

 the registration will become permanent. 



Name, Silver Star; class, hybrid Wichuralana; 

 parentage, Silver Moon x Marie Van Houtte. 

 Description — Habit of growth, bushy, but with 

 a climbing tendency; foliage, similar to Silver 

 Moon; vigorous, hardy and disease resistant: 

 flower, large, semi-double, cream white wltli a 

 mass of golden yellow stamens, quite fragrant: 

 bud, pointed, yellow; twenty-two petals; an 

 everbloomlng rose with excellent lasting qual- 

 ities; flowers until October. 



Introducer: Frederick R. M. Undritz. 



E. A. White, Sec'y. 



SEED OF BOSA MULTIFLORA. 



Would it be better to sow seed of 

 Rosa multiflora japonica in the fall, 

 without a mulch, so the frost would 

 help germination f E. M. — N. J. 



The seeds do better if washed out 

 and sown at once. They are then 

 pretty sure to germinate the first sea- 

 son. If carried over winter dry, they 

 may not start until the second year. 

 Freezing is believed to advance germ- 

 ination. Mulching is only necessary to 

 prevent heaving of the soil. Field mice 

 love rose seeds; therefore be sure your 

 seeds are secure from their attacks. 

 For this reason it is safer to sow in flats 

 in a coldframe or cold greenhouse than 

 outdoors, 0. W. 



BOSES FOB MEMORIAL DAT. 



I should like to know the name of 

 several roses, monthly and ramblers, 

 that are suitable for pot culture to sell 

 Memorial day, with the color of each. 

 Sliould I get 1-year-old or 2-year-old 

 plants, and grafted or own-root? When 

 should these plants be potted so as to 

 have them in bloom for Memorial day? 

 Is it too late to obtain plants for the 

 coming Memorial day? Also, please 

 give me some cultural directions as to 

 the temperature and method of taking 

 eare of them. G. S. F.— Pa. 



There is still ample time in which to 

 purchase and pot up dormant field- 

 grown roses for Memorial day trade. 

 Nurserymen specializing in these inva- 

 riably dig up and pack their stock in 

 storage sheds over winter. Plants 2 

 years old will be best and while, as a 



rule, grafted stock has somewhat more 

 vigor than own-root stock, good success 

 can be had with the latter. A few good 

 ramblers are: Tausendschoen, deep pink, 

 one of the best; Dorothy Perkins, shell 

 pink; Hiawatha, single crimson; Ameri- 

 can Pillar, rosy pink, single. A few 

 good dwarf or polyantha varieties, or 

 baby ramblers, are: Orleans, red; 

 Mme. Norbert Levavasseur, the crim- 

 son baby rambler; Mrs. Cutbush, pink; 

 Erna Teschendorff, bright red; Yvonne 

 Eabier, double white. 



Pot these as soon as received. Cut 

 out the dead and weak wood, also the 

 ends of the longer canes to make them 

 break more evenly. Place three short 

 stakes in each pot and bend the shoots 

 around them. Place in a cold green- 

 house and keep as near dormant as you 

 can until the end of March; then give 

 the plants 50 degrees at night, increas- 

 ing to 60 degrees as the growth ad- 

 vances. As your Easter stock goes out 

 of the way early this year, you can then 



RAMBUSR ROSES FOR EASTER. 



I have some ramblers, Dorothy Per- 

 kins and Excelsa, which I wish to force 

 for Easter. They were received No- 

 vember 17, 1918, and put into 8-inch 

 pots, pruned to eighteen inches and put 

 in a cold pit, and January 1, 1920, they 

 were showing buds nicely. January 4 

 I put them in a greenhouse with a night 

 temperature of 55 degfrees. They are 

 growing well. Should they be staked? 

 Shall I pull off all ground suckers and 

 how much growth should be left? 



B. C. P.— Va. 



A temperature of 55 to 60 degrees at 

 might should bring your roses in for 

 Easter. If you cut them back to eight- 

 een inches, it would be best to use two 

 or three stakes and wind the canes 

 around them. This will make them 

 break better than if staked upright. It 

 would have been better not to cut the 

 canes back so hard. In regard to the 

 shoots starting from the base, they will 

 do your plants no harm, but the num- 

 ber can be reduced to four or five of 

 the best. In the case of any unsold 

 plants, you will then have something to 

 fall back on which will make a fine 

 plant a year later. C. W. 



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BARR FOR DIVERSIFIED CROPS. 



"When Edward Reid, of Philadel- 

 phia, gave a talk recently at a meet- 

 ing of the Lancaster County Florists' 

 Club," observed B. F. Barr, of B. F. 

 Barr & Co., Lancaster, Pa., "among the 

 many good hits made from the stand- 

 point of a wholesaler was the advantage 

 in growing diversified crops, so that 

 both grower and wholesaler may have 

 a more continuous stock, instead of the 

 irregular supply as at present. We see 

 the wisdom of this, even from the view- 

 point of a retailer, most strikingly this 

 winter and intend planning next season 

 to follow along the lines advocated by 

 Mr. Reid. Instead of growing so many 

 chrysanthemums, which usually come in 

 crops, we may put in snapdragons, myo- 

 sotis, calendulas, wallflowers and the 

 like, which, if planted after the early 

 mums are gone, would be flowering dur- 

 ing the months of January and Feb- 

 ruary, when roses and carnations are 

 usually off crop following the Christmas 

 cut. ' ' 



A fine lot of Buddleia asiatica was 

 noted, grown in temperatures of 40 and 

 50 degrees. A continuous crop is ob- 

 tained, highly valuable at this time. 



Mr. Barr called attention to the bulb 

 forcing pit and remarked that the chief 

 reason, in his mind, why so small an as- 

 sortment of flowering stock had been 

 grown was the fact that hitherto Dutch 



bulbs have been preferred because they 

 were easy to grow and reasonable in 

 price, but he feels assured the annuals 

 mentioned above will cut a large figure 

 in the future. 



Carnations showed the effect of the 

 long cloudy period by flopping over the 

 first bright day, but will soon recover. 

 This condition is general throughout the 

 carnation belt in this vicinity and heavy 

 cuts will soon be made. Roses are cut 

 back for Easter. Sweet peas are look- 

 ing fine. 



The nursery department is busy prop- 

 agating stock and drawing plans in the 

 office, showing where much will be 

 planted next spring. Captain Murphy, 

 recently discharged from the army, has 

 charge of this work. 



Mr. Barr observed that he was barred 

 from living on the farm for the present. 

 The rush of business and an opportunity 

 to have the homestead remodeled were 

 given as the reasons. W. M. 



PLANTS AT PETERSON'S. 



J. A. Peterson, of J. A. Peterson & 

 Sons, Cincinnati, O., was going through 

 a batch of orders received for cyclamen 

 seed and observed that the total amount- 

 ed to 1,000,000 seeds, equal to thirty 

 pounds' weight. It marks a record for 

 the season of 1920 and speaks volumes 

 touching the increasing popularity of 



