Dbcbmbbk 11, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



41 



HOME-aEOWN MANETTI STOCKS, 



We have a quantity of Irish Manetti 

 growing on our place. The plants are 

 four feet or more in height. Would 

 there be any demand for plants grown 

 from these and what is the method of 

 getting stock plants in shape suitable 

 for grafting purposes? B. F. C. — Ga. 



The tops of the Manetti in question, 

 made into cuttings eight or ten inches 

 long and placed in the ground in late 

 winter or early spring, should make 

 suitable stocks for grafting the follow- 

 ing November. It is best to remove the 

 eyes from the cuttings, except the upper 

 two or three; this is the method prac- 

 ticed by the growers in Europe. A not 

 too rich soil, preferably a sandy loam, 

 is best suited for the purpose; a too 

 rich soil causes too much growth. 



There will be no question about the 

 demand for Manetti at fair prices for 

 the next few years. Drought and war- 

 time disarrangement of help have 

 caused the price of Manetti to mount 

 unprecedentedly this year, but Manetti 

 will always bring a good price. 



E. G. Hill. 



HAEDY CLIMBINa BOSEa 



What climbing roses are hardy in the 

 vicinity of Chicago and New York, 

 especially among the rambler type, as 

 Tausendschoen? Are the Banksise ab- 

 solutely hardyf 



This may seem a simple question to 

 you, but as our experiences have been 

 mostly in California, where all roses 

 are hardy, we wish to be certain in 

 regard to the matter. I. J. — Cal. 



There is a considerable difference be- 

 tween the climatic conditions of New 

 York and Chicago. In the vicinity of 

 New York and along the Atlantic sea- 

 board a great many roses can be grown 

 that will not do well around Chicago. 

 This we believe to be due to dry sum- 

 mers, drier atmosphere and lack of 

 moisture in Chicago as compared with 

 the eastern states. The middle west 

 also sometimes has severe winters, ac- 

 companied by piercing winds and little 

 snow, which is not good for outdoor 

 roses. But most of the rambler roses 

 are hardy and do well around Chicago 

 when given special attention in the form 

 of pinching back the strongest growths 

 duri»g the early summer and mulching 

 the beds well so as to protect the roots 

 from the extreme heat. This pinching 

 back of the shoots throws the plants 



back into bush shape rather than con- 

 duces to climbing form, but when well 

 cared for they make a splendid showing. 

 The dwarf ramblers and polyantha va- 

 rieties are satisfactory around both Chi- 

 cago and New York if protected with 

 covering during the winter and given 

 early attention in the spring, being un- 

 covered before they have made any new 

 growth and the dead wood cut out. But 

 it would be folly to expect to see climb- 

 ing roses around either Chicago or New 

 York to compare with those of Cali- 

 fornia or the other Pacific coast states. 

 Once in a while we have seasons when 

 the roses around Chicago and New York 

 compare favorably with those of more 

 fortunate localities, but we cannot count 

 on this for every season. 



The variety Tausendschoen will stand 

 our winters with slight protection; much 

 of the wood will freeze back, but when 

 cared for will make fine bushes. The 



Banksise roses will not stand the winters 

 north of Philadelphia. 



All the types of Wichuraiana, the Dor- 

 othy Perkins type, including American 

 Pillar, Dr. Van Fleet and Silver Moon, 

 are perfectly hardy in the vicinity of 

 New York city. 



ROSES FOB SPBINO HOLIDAYS. 



When should tree roses with hybrid 

 tea heads be started in a carnation tem- 

 perature to have them in bloom for Eas- 

 ter and for Memorial day? 



E. A. E.— 111. 



For Easter start your roses ten weeks 

 in advance of that date. In a tem- 

 perature of 60 degrees a shorter perioC 

 is needed. For Memorial day keep the 

 plants as near dormant as possible in a 

 cold pit or cellar and move under glass 

 early in April. As soon as the Easter 

 stock is out of the way, give them the 

 space that stock has occupied. C. W. 



PINCHING FOB BIO CEOPS. 



Will you please tell me when to 

 pinch Killarney and Ophelia roses for 

 Christmas blooming? How many days 

 do you calculate for the Easter pinch t 

 When is the best time to give them 

 feed, when you pinch them or after 

 they make their break or when they 

 start to set bud? L, V.— Ohio. 



Pinch Killarney and Ophelia about 

 October 22 for a Christmas crop and 

 about seven weeks before to have a 

 crop for Easter. Feed after the break 

 and after they set buds. W. J. K. 



CHEYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Work of the Committees. 



The examining committees of the C. 

 S. A. have submitted reports on new 

 varieties as follows: 



At Chicago, November 15, Frank Wilcox, Jr., 

 golden bronze, pompon, submitted by Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., scored as follows: 

 Color, 36; form, 19; stem and foliage, 18; full- 

 ness. 19; total, 92. 



At Chicago. December 1, Sunbeam, yellow, 

 Japanese incurved, submitted by Elmer D. Smith 

 & Co., Adrian, Mich., scored as follows on the 

 commercial scale: Color. 18; form, 14; fullness, 

 8; stem, 14; foliage, 13; substance, 13; size, 8; 

 total, 88. 



Chas. W. Johnson, See'y. 



THBIPS CHIEF TEOUBLE. 



We would much appreciate it if you 

 could give us any idoa of what is the 

 trouble with our mums this season and 

 how it might have been avoided. We 

 are sending a few roots showing a pe- 

 culiar growth which affected many of 

 the plants. There was also a mite 

 which infested the leaves of many of 

 them, as you will see. 



The soil was a light, sandy bottom- 

 land soil, taken from the edge of a 

 friend's grain field and but a few feet 

 from the river's edge. This was com- 

 posted with one-half as many loads of 

 mixed fresh and half-rotted manure 



(both cow and horse) about August 15, 

 1918. October 15 this was all cut down 

 and piled over, and it was shoveled over 

 again December 24. The first week in 

 June we put about an inch of thorough- 

 ly rotted manure into the benches; this 

 we finely pulverized and on it we put 

 the soil, about five or six inches deep. 

 Early in the spring we engaged our 

 mum plants to be shipped out of 2V^- 

 inch pots June 15. June 30 we received 

 a check from the grower, saying that he 

 couldn't furnish them. 



We then got busy and picked up, 

 wherever we could find them, sufficient 

 to fill our benches. Some were ap- 

 parently splendid plants, others were 

 weak and spindling and still others 

 were hard and woody. Many were cov- 

 ered with livestock of various kinds 

 and descriptions. Practically all were 

 dipped in a strong nicotine solution as 

 they were set. This cleared them of 

 everything but this mite. He grows 

 fat on nicotine and really seems to en- 

 joy hydrocyanic acid gas. 



While some of the plants did fairly 

 well, there are some that are no larger 

 today than when set. All were given a 

 thorough soaking as soon as set and 

 then left to get fairly dry and again 

 soaked. This course was followed the 

 entire season, with the top of the soil 



