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The Florists^ Review 



May 21, 1914. 



because a good florist is usually a maii 

 with a gooU fortune as well. 



A combination of the two. reasons is 

 accountable for the fine appearance of 

 the home of Carl Hirgch, at Hillsdale, 

 Mich., which is shown in the illustra- 

 tion. Mr, Hirsch is the proprietor of 

 the Hillsdale Floral Co., which does a 

 good, steady business, with a glass area 

 of considerably over 30,000 square feet. 

 In addition, Mr. Ilirsch has charge of 



all the gardening of the Lake Shore & 

 Michigan Southern railroad between 

 Chicago, 111., and Toledo, O. This in 

 itself is no small responsibility, as this 

 railroad has some beautiful stretches 

 along its route, in which the concern 

 takes a special pride. The man who 

 has this responsibility and a good-sized 

 greenhouse establishment as well can 

 quite afford a home before which the 

 sight-seeing automobiles slow down. 



BETTER REPLANT THE BENCHES. 



1 grow roses in solid benches and 

 wish to replant some places where the 

 old ])lants died or where the present 

 plants are not strong or desirable. 

 When would be the best time to })ut 

 in the young plants and what size of 

 plants would be most suitable? When 

 and how sliould 1 dry off the benches 

 to let the plants rest for next winter's 

 crop? How can 1 dry off the benches 

 and keep tlie young stock coming for 

 next winter.' The varieties are Killar- 

 ney. Bride, Bridesmaid, Richmond and 

 Sunburst. Tliev are 2 and 3 years old. 



J. L. V. 



RAISING SEEDLING ROSES. 



Will you kindly tell me the methods 

 used commercially in handling rose 

 seed outdoors; also the length of time 

 generally required to flower seedlings 

 from the time of germination? I am 

 located in the northwestern part of 

 Washington state. H. E. J. 



The seeds, when gathered, should be 

 stratified in moist sand or fermented 

 in tubs or boxes with a little water, 

 and kept warm, later being placed in 



It would not be good policy to plant 

 young plants between the old ones, as 

 the old plants would shade the younger 

 ones and i)revent them from making 

 gjood growth. The best way to treat 

 these roses would be to hold off the 

 water for a couple of weeks to partly 

 rest the plants; then take up all the 

 plants in one bench and replace the 

 soil witli good, fresh compost, consist- 

 ing of three parts good clayey loam and 

 one part manure, with a good sprink- 

 ling of bone meal. Take out all good 

 plants in the next bench and plant 

 them in the new soil, adding enough 

 of those taken from the first bench 

 to fill all the space. Empty the second 

 bench and treat it in the same way 

 as the first, and so on until all the 

 plants that are worth keeping are re- 

 planted. The space left over can then 

 be planted with young stock. 



When replanting the old stock, be 

 sure that the plants are thoroughly wa- 

 tered, so that the soil is well packed 

 around the roots. To do this, the 

 benches will have to be gone over at 

 least three or four times, or until the 

 ■water stands on top. If this is done, 

 there is little danger of losing any 

 plants through transplanting them. If 

 this work is done sometime in June, 

 the plants will have time to give a 

 pood crop of flowers in September and 

 October, bringing in the second crop 

 about Christmas. W. ,T. K. 



sand. - The seeds in your climate could 

 be sown outdoors the same fall they are 

 gathered. Dig the seedling bed deeply 

 and add some well decayed manure to 

 it. Pulverize the surface thoroughly 

 before sowing. Be sure to select a 

 well drained piece of land for the 

 seed bed. 



As to the time it will take to ger- 

 minate the seed, some varieties may 

 start in six weeks, others in six months, 

 some not for eighteen months or two 

 years. It is agreed that seed gathered 

 as soon as properly ripened will ger- . 

 minate more evenly and more quickly 

 than such as was left on the plants 

 until late in the season. Your seed 

 beds should be-mulched with partly de- 

 cayed leaves, pine needles or soime 

 other material, to keep the ground 

 moist and keep down weeds. I would 

 suggest that you do not give up hopes 

 of seedlings appearing for two years, 

 and the late comers may turn out to be 

 the best. Owing to the long period 

 which elapses before germination, the 

 majority of growers prefer to sow in 

 flats or coldframes, which are always 

 kept moist. This is undoubtedly pref- 

 erable to open-air culture for choice 

 crosses. 



Seedlings can go into nursery rows 

 the year after they germinate. Many 

 should flower the year following, and 

 all thy second year. C. W. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Committee Meeting. 



At the executive committee meeting of 

 the American Rose Society, held in New 

 York city on Monday, May 11, a reso- 

 lution was passed that the American 

 Rose Society would meet in Hartford, 

 Conn., June 19, 1914, at the Hartford 

 Union Station, for the purpose of going 

 over the Hartford rose garden, and as 

 many of the members of the Rose So- 

 ciety as could attend were requested 

 to be present on that day. The day 

 that was spent there last year was a 

 source of much pleasure and interest. 



So far, no objections have been re- 

 ceived as to the names of the two roses 

 which recently were registered, and 

 notices of the registration of which 

 were sent out. They are Thora, from 

 George Burton, and Defiance, from Ed- 

 ward Kress. 



The Syracuse Rose Society, with 216 

 members, has joined the American Rose 

 Society as an affiliated association. 



The special prizes offered for the 

 spring show have been received and 

 turned over to the treasurer of the New 

 York flower show committee. 



Benjamin Hammond, Sec 'y. 



A Florida Florist Fisherman. 



FISHING FLORIST OF FLORIDA. 



Sometimes, when business is dull and 

 the weather is right, F. A. Knull, of 

 the Knull Floral Co., at Tampa, Fla., 

 goes fishing. He is as good a hand at 

 making the fish rise as he is at selling 

 flowers, and the smile on his face shows 

 his satisfaction with the <ratch he made 

 just before the photograph reproduced 

 herewith was taken. The part of the 

 catch shown in the illustration gives an 

 indication of the size of trout a good 

 fisherman can land at Tampa. 



South Norwalk, Conn. — George Psy- 

 chos has opened a flower and fruit store 

 at 2 South Main street. .He will receive 

 daily shipments of stock from New 

 York. 



