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The Florists' Review 



21 



out and repot. I prefer to use three 

 bulbs to an 8-inch pot rather than one 

 in smaller sized receptacles. Remove 

 all small corms or bulblets. These can 

 be planted several in a pot, or in flats, 

 to produce additional flowering bulbs 

 another year. A minimum temperature 

 of 50 to 55 degrees in winter suits 

 callas. They need a generous soil and 

 lots of water also. Once well potbound, 

 top-dress every ten to fourteen days 

 with fine bone. The roots eat this up 

 grK^dily. Keep the plants outdoors for 

 some time after repotting. C. W. 



ROSE INDEPENDENCE DAY. 



Will wonders never cease! Here is a 

 British firm naming a novelty for the 

 day we celebrate and, curiously, it re- 

 ceived its first public recogn^ion, a cer- 

 tificate of merit by the Nawonal Rose 

 Society of Great Britain, Ji^y 4, 1919. 



Rose Independence Day was' raised by 

 Bees, Ltd., Liverpool. It is a small 

 hybrid tea, the result of a cross between 

 Mme. Edouard Herriot and Souvenir de 

 Gustave Prat. It is offered in England 

 as a rose of special value for garden 

 cultivation, but it may have a future in 

 America as a corsage rose grown under 

 glass. It is of free, vigorous, bushy 

 growth, producing a profusion of small, 

 shapely blooms of a rich orange-tinted 

 yellow, the unopened, pointed buds be- 

 ing stained with red. The foliage is 

 small and glossy and provides an at- 

 tractive setting for the flowers. The 

 originators, who have a stock of some 

 thousands of plants, assert that it is 

 perpetual-flowering and that the foliage 

 is mildew-proof. 



Subsequent to receiving a certificate 

 of merit, July 4, 1919, Rose Indepen- 

 dence Day received the National Rose 

 Society's gold medal September 9, 1919. 



PUTTINO OLD SOSES OUTDOORS. 



Usually old, forced hybrid tea roses 

 are thrown out on the rubbish heap. 

 Too few growers realize what splendid 

 results may be had from heading this 

 stock well back and planting it out- 

 doors. 



An object lesson could be had if 

 Roger Williams park. Providence, were 

 visited and the remarkable blocks of 

 these roses in the nursery as well as in 

 beds in the rose garden proper were 

 seen. All carry a wealth of superb 

 flowers, superior in size and color to 

 the same varieties under glass, and any- 

 one who could see such sorts as Ophelia, 

 Radiance, Mrs. Taft, Indiana, G. C. 

 Waud, Edw. Mawley, Lady Ashtown, A. 

 R. Goodwin, Mrs. Cornwallis West, 

 Oynthia Ford, Mrs. A. R. Waddell, Mme. 

 Jules Grolez and others would be 

 amazed at their vigor and luxuriance. 

 '"Superintendent Fred C. Green has a re- 

 !uarkable collection of hybrid per- 

 I'Ctuals, polyanthas and ramblers in ad- 

 iition to the hybrid teas. W. N. C. 



CUIiTXTBE OF CAIJ.AS. 



We have a batch of calla lilies in 10- 

 nch pots, four or five bulbs to the pot, 

 hat are about through blooming. We 



believe that it would be better to divide 

 these up, putting one bulb to about a 

 6-inch pot. Is this J;he right thing to 

 do? If so, when should they be 

 divided? Also, please give us general 

 directions for the drying off and sum- 

 mer care of these bulbs. We do not 

 anticipate selling any bulbs, but want 

 to carry them over for next winter's 

 blooms. We have never tried callas 

 before and any information you can 

 give us in regard to their culture will 

 be much appreciated. E. T. T. — Ky. 



Lay the pots on their sides outdoors 

 in an open, sunny spot for six or eight 

 weeks. Early in September shake them 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS. 



Burt's Flower Shop, Jackson, Mich., 

 reports unusual business in all lines. 

 Summer dullness has settled down and 

 vacations are in order. 



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Clara Brown & Co., Jackson, Mich., 

 had an exceptional call for wedding 

 flowers throughout June, winding up a 

 satisfactory season. 



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J. Blessing, a pioneer in the business, 

 having the oldest flower shop in Jack- 

 son, Mich., feels that with all the 

 changes in style and methods, good for- 

 tune has followed him. 



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The Wauseon Floral Co., Wauseon, 

 O., is winding up the best season yet. 



Rcce Independence Day. 



