JUL! 9, 1914. 



The Rorists^ Review 



13 



believe, and think the graft should go 

 below the soil. Would you advise that 

 ^e replant them with the graft below 

 the soil! If so, when should we dry 

 thcni down and reset themt They are 

 in solid benches, in two feet of soil. 

 Should we prune them at the time of 

 resetting! We wish to carry them over 

 another season. L. G. S. & F. C. 



Ill planting grafted rose plants they 

 should always be set with the graft be- 

 low the ground, to prevent the plants 

 from being broken off at the graft 

 through the necessarily heavy syringing, 

 and also to give the plants a chance to 

 make roots above the graft, which helps 

 the plants materially, especially in win- 

 ter, when the Manetti is not as active 

 as the roots of cultivated roses. That 

 fact may partly account for your roses 

 not doing so well during the winter. 



If the plants have not made a large 

 growth during the year and if they 

 havf plenty of head room, they can eas- 

 ily be run over another year without 

 resting, by cleaning off the top of the 

 bed and then giving the bed a top- 

 dressing of bone meal at the rate of 

 about twenty-five pounds to 100 square 

 feet of bench, and on top of this about 

 three inches of good compost contain- 

 ing at least one-third manure, prefera- 

 bly cattle manure. If the sides of the 

 beds are of boards and are not high 

 enough to take this top-dressing, a 1x2 

 strip ran be nailed along the top edge 

 of the board to give the necessary 

 height. By this treatment the graft 

 will be covered without disturbing the 

 plants and they will make new roots 

 and should make a good growth during 

 the summer and fall. This i.hould keep 

 the plants in good shape through the 

 winter, besides giving a good cut right 

 along without losing the time which 

 would he lost by resting the plants and 

 checking them through replanting. No 

 pruning will be necessary, as the roses 

 mentioned make practically no blind 

 wood and therefore they receive all the 

 pruning they require through cutting 

 the flowers. W. J. K. 



CONTRIBUTE TO TEST GARDENS. 



In addition to the excellent rose gar- 

 'len at Elizabeth park, Hartford, Conn., 

 and the new testing grounds being 

 established at Washington, D. C, the 

 "■ose plots at Ithaca, N. Y., on the 

 grounds of Cornell University, are of 

 importance to the trade and are being 

 stanchly supported by nurserymen. Pos- 

 P^J .'{,000 rose plants, said Robert 

 ^yie ],resident of the Conard & Jones 

 for' tf^* Grove, Pa., in his address he- 

 re tlie nurserymen's convention at 

 leveland, were planted out at Ithaca 

 frnrn'?J^°^ and came as contributions 

 "•" the following concerns: 



tt',"'^R& Atkins. Rutherford. N. J. 

 W'l *"? Co. Rochester. N. Y. 

 Drep, it •'*'"^'' C:o., West Grove. Pa. 

 Ellt:,; "^"'y A.. Rlverton, N. J. 

 f & l'" % * Barry, Rochester, N. Y. 



Hof>u J iS- '^- Tarrytown, N. Y. 

 Krei- pj""- * Thomas Co., West Chester, Pa. 

 Edward, Baltimore. Md. 



Stark TirAL "« * ^- Geneva. N. Y. 

 "i«. Ni„^ ^^- Nurseries & Orchards Co., Lonlsl- 



'***f'^- * Harrison, Painesvllle, 0. 



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A BIO 6Ri)EE POri* OLASS. 



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Partial View of Farm of the Alvin Cape Jessamine & Floral G)., Alvin, Tex. 



the market out of the greenhouse trade. 

 The W. B. Davis Co., of Terre Haute, 

 Ind., wants 10,000 boxes of 16x24 d. s. 

 a. for its new establishment. Mr. Davis 

 has asked quotations from all the 

 sources of supply with which he is ac- 

 quainted and, as indicating the state of 

 the market, it is interesting that at 

 last report he had found only one con- 

 cern that was prepared to quote on the 

 whole order for immediate shipment; 

 all the rest want deliveries to run along 

 into the new fire. 



WEATHER HURTS JASMINE CROP. 



In spite of the apparently excellent 

 prospects in May for the cape jasmine 

 crop at Alvin, Tex., at the .end of the 

 season the returns proved to be not up 

 to expectations. How good these pros- 

 pects were may be seen from the accom- 

 panying illustration, which shows part 

 of the field of cape jasmines at the 

 farm of the Alvin Cape Jessamine & 

 Floral Co. In this field were 400,000 

 buds; in this part of the field, also, is 

 shown the foreman of the packing crew, 

 on whose shoulders rests the major part 

 of the responsibility of the buds reach- 

 ing the customers in good shape. 



For the poor season the weather is 

 blamed; W. L. Heller, manager of the 

 Alvin Cape Jessamine & Floral Co., ex- 

 presses the idea with the statement that 

 the growers were "weather trapped." 

 About May 1 the crop appeared to be a 

 few days late, but during the next 

 twelve days the weather was so favor- 

 able that the growers commenced to 

 look for a heavy shipping season. Just 

 when some of the buds seemed ready 

 for shipment, May 13 or 14, cold 

 weather, accompanied , by rain and 

 wind, set in for the week following. 



As long as this weather continued 

 the growers knew there would be but 

 little picking, but as soon as sunshine 

 appeared, the buds were certain to 

 break rapidly. Every mail brought 

 large orders for buds for immediate 

 shipment, which could be filled only 

 at the whims of the weather. Sunshine 

 meant buds; no sunshine; no buds. 



The buds matured late and the first 

 days of June were heavy shipping 

 days, but the total crops fell short of 

 previous records. The Alvin Cape 



Jessamine & Floral Co., for instance, 

 failed to harvest its total crop by at 

 least 350,000 buds, it is stated. Next 

 year the growers hope to have wea,ther 

 a little more dependable and crops a 

 little more regular. 



THE LABELS ON INSECTICIDES. 



The federal insecticide act has been 

 amended by the adoption of a regula- 

 tion abolishing the use of serial num- 

 bers on insecticides and fungicides and 

 also prohibiting the use of the legend, 

 ' ' Guaranteed by [name of guarantor] 

 under the insecticide act of 1910," or 

 similar phrases, on the labels of the 

 packages. The reason given for thus 

 amending the act is that such legend 

 and serial number have proved mislead- 

 ing, inducing the public to believe that 

 the articles to which they relate have 

 been examined and approved by the 

 government. The amendment provides 

 that any manufacturer or jobber who 

 wishes to guarantee his goods, so as to 

 protect the dealer from prosecution, 

 may attach a guaranty to the bill of 

 sale or other schedule, since "the pro- 

 tection of the dealer and not a guaranty 

 to the consumer was the original pur- 

 pose of the legend." 



The new regulation is to become ef- 

 fective on and after May 1, 1916. In 

 the case of products packed and labeled 

 in accordance with the insecticide act 

 and in conformance with the rules and 

 regulations, prior to May 1, 1916, the 

 amendment will become effective on 

 and after November 1, 1916. Manufac- 

 turers, however, need not wait until 

 May 1, 1916, to change their labels, but 

 are free to make them conform to the 

 new regulation at any time. 



FERTILIZER FOR SNAPDRAGON. 



Which would be the best fertilizer 

 for snapdragon, liquid manure or sheep 

 manure raked inf Is nitrate of soda or 

 any of the commercial fertilizers as 

 good! C. D. J. 



Both are useful^ but X'have had bet- 

 ter results with liquid manure. If you 

 use sheep manure, mix it with twice its 

 bulk of somewhat moist, screened loam. 

 Nitrate of soda I would not use at all. 

 Fine bone is good. C. W. 



