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The Florists^ Review 



March 23. 1022 



had several other notable climbers un- 

 der test, for he started before the war 

 to produce along scientific lines ever- 

 blooming climbing roses and a glance at 

 the scores shows that he has several 

 others almost as good as Mrs. George 

 C. Thomas, but under the rules of the 

 garden, awards can be made in one year 

 only to one rose by a grower, and while 

 under ordinary circumstances Captain 

 Thomas would have received other 

 awards, he can only accept honors for 

 Mrs. George C. Thomas. 



"The fact that first honors for the 

 best dwarf or bush rose go to Albert 

 Clarke, of this city, shows that Port- 

 land can produce new roses as well as 

 grow existing varieties. Mr. Clarke's 

 rose was named two years ago during 

 the Shriners' convention in Portland, 

 and while as a 1-year-old plant it pos- 

 sessed merit, it has developed into a 

 line rose, being a rich rosy carmine in 

 «olor and of most charming form, hav- 

 ing a high center and the outer petals 

 gradually opening, giving a full view of 

 the rich rose tones of the center. While 

 it is not so prolific a bloomer as some 

 other roses, it is entirely healthy, show- 

 ing last year, which was a most strik- 

 ing season, no trace of mildew in any 

 of the three tests. The plants under 

 test produced an average of sixty-two 

 blooms in the season and it is particu- 

 larly noticeable that the variety had a 



heavy blooming period in August, pro- 

 ducing more flowers in midsummer 

 than at any other time. Mr. Clarke, 

 like Mr. Thomas, had several other good 

 roses in the 1921 test, but, under the 

 rules ©f the garden, could receive 

 awards only for Imperial Potentate. 



Pink Beauty Better Indoors. 



"John Cook, of Baltimore, had en- 

 tered in the competition his new rose, 

 Pink Beauty, which is a good rose, but 

 not quite satisfactory for outdoor cul- 

 tivation. In the opinion of the judges, 

 it will make a good indoor rose. It is 

 rather heavy in petals and except under 

 an exceedingly hot sun will not open 

 as well as a rose should. In the south 

 and in other places where it is quite 

 warm at night, it will probably show up 

 well in the garden. 



' ' Captain Thomas 's rose^ Mrs. George 

 C. Thomas, is an offspring resulting 

 from crossing Climbing Caroline Test- 

 out with the climber Moonlight. It is a 

 most interesting combination, for the 

 rose evidently gets its climbing vigor 

 from both parents, while the color of 

 the blooms is a mingling of the best 

 shades in both the pollen and seed 

 parents." 



The detailed score, showing just the 

 number of points each rose scored for 

 individual qualities, is given in the 

 table on the preceding page. 



ODCN LCTTCl^y»- KEADEftd 



BULBS IN TENNESSEE. 



Many Vaxieties Grown. 



In The Review for March 9 there was 

 an article concerning Mr. Lawler's 

 planting of bulbs in Washington. 

 We feel as does Mr. Lawler concerning 

 the bulbs in this country. America 

 should do her part in growing bulbs and 

 America can do her part, as will be 

 shown in future years. 



We have grown bulbs for many years 

 and find they are successful. Our plant- 

 ing now includes the following vari- 

 eties of jonquils: 



Sir Wntkiii 1.000,000 



Ixjedsii nmabilis 25.000 



P:mperor tr'^Sl 



Empress 4o.000 



Ix-edsii Diana i^^'S^ 



Princeps loo.uw 



Besides the above list, we- have im- 

 ported a few bulbs of extra fancy va- 

 rieties this year, which we find are pro- 

 ducing wonderful foliage and give 

 promise of handsome flowers. The list 

 includes King Alfred, Glory of Sassen- 

 heim, Tresserve and Glory of Leiden. 



We are growing tulips and hyacinths 

 in large quantities, but as to their suc- 

 cess with us, we are yet to determine. 

 However, last fall we put out over 

 20,000 tulips of Darwin, cottage and 

 breeder species. We have also put out 

 ,^ about 2,.'500 hyacinths for bedding pur- 

 poses. 



Others Tried. 



We have not, however, stopped with 

 narcissi, hyacinths and tulips in the line 

 of bulbous stock. Last year, after 



' some trouble, we succeeded in getting 

 60,000 Spanish irises from Holland. 

 This stock was of the best Holland- 

 grown and is giving promise of a suc- 

 cessful crop of blooms. 



We have on hand, too, a large supply 

 of cannas of all the best varieties, 

 which include: City of Portland, Hun- 

 garia, Gigantca, King Humbert, Presi- 

 dent, Richard Wallace, Wyoming, Fire- 

 bird, Eureka, Austria, etc. 



Among our most successful crops, I 

 believe, are peonies, of which we now 

 have 125,000 good plants of the best 

 cut flower varieties. Among them are: 

 President Taft, Baroness Schroeder, 

 Sarah Bernhardt, La Rosiere, Mons. Jules 

 Elie, Asa Gray, Avalanche, Marie Stu- 

 art, Meissonicr, Golden Harvest, etc. 

 Besides this list of commercial vari- 

 eties, we have some of tlie finest type, 

 such as Lieutenant Hobson, Altar Can- 

 dles, Carl Rosenfield, Archie Brand, La 

 France, Adolphe Rousseau, Lady Alex- 

 ander Duff, Soulange and many others. 

 Last year our peonies yielded us many 

 thousand handsome blooms, which found 

 a ready market. Our cutting season 

 extended over a period of six weeks, 

 beginning about April 15. Our peonies 

 are more than twelve inches high and 

 are beginning to show buds. 



Cartwright Floral Co. 



these pits, they start on a flat piece of 

 land or on the side of a hill and make 

 a bank anywhere from twenty to forty 

 feet deep. The first marl we get is 

 called gray marl and it will run from 

 five to twenty feet deep. Then the 

 green marl is struck, which is consid- 

 ered to be the best grade. This will run 

 anywhere from twenty to 150 feet deep, 

 but the green marl is taken out in what 

 we call pits. A pit is 8x8x24 feet. 



Marl has been dug in New Jersey for 

 300 years and used as a filler for fer- 

 tilizer and as a grass and manure cover. 

 It was never satisfactory as a fer- 

 tilizer. In Sewell we have pits from 

 which millions of tons have been re- 

 moved and spread over New Jersey and 

 Pennsylvania, but this has not been' 

 done in the last fifteen years. 



In 1919 I did the drilling for the 

 United States geological survey to lo- 

 cate marl deposits. An analysis of the 

 contents of these deposits showed that 

 this marl contained from six and one- 

 half to nine per cent potash. When the 

 pits were in operation a ton of gray 

 marl sold in the pits for 20 cents per 

 ton. A ton of green or blue marl, as it 

 was known, sold for 40 cents in the 

 pits. These pits are all grown over by 

 forests, except the bottom ones, and 

 they are lakes which make fine fishing 

 ponds. Anyone wishing any of this marl 

 can get all he wants for the digging of 

 it. From a geological standpoint I can 

 tell you just how marl was deposited 

 and its formation. J. L. North. 



GERANIUM POISONING. 



Perhaps some brother florist has had 

 experience with geranium poisoning and 

 can lend a helping hand to one having 

 such affliction now. I can work with 

 geraniums with perfect safety during 

 the winter months, but as soon as the 

 stronger sunlight of spring comes these 

 plants cause a poisoning of the skin 

 which is, indeed, irritating. The poi- 

 soning does not break out in pimples, 

 as is usually the case with other kinds 

 of skin infection, but remains under the 

 skin and shows a bright red. 



F. Holland. 



MARL AS A FERTILIZER. 



In regard to marl as a fertilizer I will 

 say that I live in the largest marl belt 

 in the United States. We have what 

 they call marl pits. In opening one of 



PLANT IS NOT YUCCA. 



Can you tell me what the trouble is 

 with the yucca, a leaf of which is en- 

 closed with this inquiry? This is a 

 plant I have growing in my residence 

 and it has seemed to do better there 

 than it did when it was kept in our 

 greenhouses with a miscellaneous stock 

 of pot plants. Lately it has become af- 

 fected as shown. I should like to know 

 what it is and how to clean it up. 



R. S.— 111. 



The leaf is from Pandanus utilis, com- 

 monly called the screw pine, and not 

 from a yucca. The appearance of the 

 leaf forwarded suggests some burning, 

 wliich may be caused by keeping the 

 plant in a sunny window, in which there 

 may be a square of defective glass. I 

 suggest that you give the plant a little 

 shade from direct sunlight, and also give 

 it a little weak stimulant like diluted 

 cow or sheep manure once in ten days to 

 encourage the growth of new leaves. 



C. W. 



Cincinnati, O. — J. A. Peterson started 

 St. Patrick's day on a trip through the 

 south to Florida. He expects to return 

 for the Indianapolis show. 



