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The Florists^ Review 



23 



WHEN TO PLANT BOSES. 



When is the proper time to plant roses 

 to make them bloom in the winter t I 

 have been advised to wait until January 

 and set out 1-year-old roots so that I 

 would get roses next fall. What age 

 of roots should I plant f 



Are own-root or grafted roses best for 

 forcing t E. D. — Ga. 



For fall and winter blooming, rose 

 growers plant in May and June, using 

 young plants from 3-inch pots mostly. 

 Plants benched in January should give 

 abundant bloom during the summer 

 months. Both own-root and grafted 

 plants are benched, with the grafted 

 stock in the majority. Most varieties 

 prodifce a quicker and stronger growth 

 when grafted on Manetti, but a few 

 varieties do not seem to do as well on 

 Manetti as on their own roots. 



A. F. J. B. 



AI.KAIJ ON ROSE BOOTS. 



I am sending you a rose plant under 

 separate cover and wish to ask if you 

 can tell me what the trouble is and 

 how to get rid of it. Our roses are 

 growing wonderfully and this is the 

 only one affected, although last year 

 we had several benches which acted 

 this way. Do you think using young 

 grafted stock will overcome this? We 

 use only rain water from the roofs of 

 our greenhouses for these plants. 



S.— S. D. 



The rose plant sent showed strong, 

 vigorous growth. Though a little soft, 

 the young foliage was of good size and 

 healthy color. But the mature leaves 

 were brown on the edge and partly 

 shriveled. This condition has been 

 noted several times where plants were 

 growing in soil containing a consider- 

 able amount of alkali or where the 

 water used in watering the plants had 

 alkali in it. In such cases, usually the 

 plants on the south edge and any extra 

 strong plant in the bench will show this 

 effect first. If this should prove to be 

 the case with these roses, I should sug- 

 gest giving them an extra heavy water- 

 ing occasionaly, as this will help to 

 prevent the roots from absorbing the 

 alkali contained in either the soil or 

 the water. Of course, if only rain 

 water is used in watering these plants, 

 there should be no danger of alkali in 

 the water unless the rain water is 

 stored in cement reservoirs in the 

 ground, which might allow surface 

 water to seep through and mix. If my 



black. From the appearance of the 

 plants, it looks as though tliey had re- 

 ceived a heavy feeding of either fresh 

 manure or a fertilizer containing a large 

 percentage of ammonia while the plants 

 were on the dry side. This will cause 

 the roots to take up the feed too 

 quickly. The shoots will then drop their 

 leaves and turn black. If this was the 

 case, remove the manure and thoroughly 

 wash the soil to save the plants which 

 are yet alive. W. J. K. 



diagnosis of this case is correct, I do 

 not think the use of grafted stock 

 would overcome the trouble, but it 

 might be well worth while to give 

 grafted stock a trial. W. J. K. 



OLD MABEOHAL NIEL BOSE. 



I have a Marechal Niel rose about 

 15 years old. Until two years ago 

 it bloomed fairly well; since then it 

 has stopped blooming. I keep it at 60 

 degrees in winter. Please give me the 

 reason for this change. P. & S. — O. 



FBESH MANUBE OB AlOilONIA. 



I am sending by express two rose 

 plants, one White Killarney and one 

 Columbia. They are both diseased and 

 we do not know what is the cause. They 

 show good color, but after a while turn 

 yellow and drop their foliage, and the 

 buds begin to decay. The new shoots 

 are fine for a while and then they also 

 begin to decay. Will you let me know 

 what this disease is? We were troubled 

 with this last year and finally it disap- 

 peared. The roots seem to be in good 

 shape and there do not appear to be any 

 worms. F. A. F. C— O. 



The plants received showed good 

 growth and must have been in good 

 growing condition before they turned 



Probably your rose is ' ' running out. ' ' 

 Cut it back hard and run up some new, 

 strong canes early next season. A tem- 

 perature of 60 degrees in winter is far 

 too high; 40 degrees would be better, 

 gradually advancing the temperature 

 as the plants start new growth. When 

 the temperature is kept as high as 60 

 degrees there is no chance for the plant 

 to have any rest. This rose is not 

 usually a long-lived one under glass and 

 it might be' well to start a new plant. 

 C. W. 



Mankato, Minn. — Neil Neilsen, Inc., 

 does a general florists' business. It is 

 a family affair, the officers being as fol- 

 lows: President, Neil Neilsen; vice- 

 president and secretary, Ernest W. Neil- 

 sen; treasurer, Christ Neilsen. Business 

 is going ahead steadily. 



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"Could not wish for better," ob- 

 served Walter Dunning, of the Kosen- 

 dale Flower Shop, Schenectady, N. Y. 

 "We were compelled to slop taking ad- 

 vance orders after Friday noon for 

 Christmas delivery. In the face of this, 

 the rush continued over the Snndyy fol- 

 lowing. Plants vied with cut flowers, 

 and although we had, to use a stock 

 market phrase, 'taken a plunge,' the 

 result proved the wisdom of so doing. 

 Telegraph orders showed a decided in- 

 crease, the credit for mucli of which we 

 ascribe to our advertisement in the Pink 

 Part of The Review." Proprietor 

 Henry E. Eberhardt, with his energetic 

 wife, is taking a well earned rest, fol- 

 lowing a strenuous season that has con- 

 tinued busy since it openad. 



• • • • 



John C. Hatcher reports excellent 

 business at both Schenectady, N. Y., and 

 Amsterdam, N. Y., stores, taxing tlie 

 Hoffmans greenhouses to capacity. The 

 death of Mrs. Hatcher, as recorded in a 

 recent issue of The Review, cast a gloom 

 over the establishment at the festive 

 season. Mr. Hatcher, who is a veteran 

 in the trade, was called upon to help 

 out during the rush. 



• • • • 



Julius W. Eger, of Schenectady, N. Y., 

 opines that before long an illuminated 

 sign bearing the famous slogan, "Say 

 It with Flowers," will grace the most 

 conspicuous place in the Electric Citv. 



where it may be seen by the thousands 

 who pass through on the New York Cen- 

 tral main line. 



• • • • 



Manager Grupc, of the floral depart- 

 ment of the Carl Co., Schenectady, 

 N. Y., mentioned that, although closing 

 early on Christmas eve to conform with 

 the custom of his establishment, he was 

 rushed with orders coming in from the 

 greenhouses and everyone appeared well 



pleased. 



• • • • 



The Mohawk Greenhouse Co.. Schenec- 

 tady, N. Y., featured Boston ferns and 

 by so doing brought a crowd to the 

 store. Sales of flowering plants quickly 

 took first place, temporarily, as being 

 more seasonable. Manager Matthews 

 remarked that Schenectadians surely 

 appreciated good stock. 



• • • • 



Speaking of nephrolepis, it was no- 

 ticed that W. W. Hannell, of Watervliet, 

 N. Y., furnished some of the finest 

 specimens of N. Harrisii ever seen in 

 Schenectady, N. Y. His Erica melan- 

 thera, cyclamens and poinsettias were 

 also of the highest quality. 



• • • • 



Fred Goldring, Slingerlands, N. Y., re- 

 ports having cleaned out completely all 

 salable stock some days in advance of 

 Christmas. 



• • • • 



William C. Gloeckner, Albany, N. Y., 

 declared that "to be a pessimist in 



