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The Florists' Review 



25 



SEPTEMBER MOBN. 



It is safe to say that a large propor- 

 tion of tlie readers, on noticing the 

 title of this article, thought at once of 

 the already rather well known new 

 rose, September Morn, and not of the 

 much exhibited, much discussed picture 

 which bears the same name. Or, if the 

 thoughts strayed at first to the picture, 

 they immediately jumped from the pic- 

 ture to the rose, with ^ that unbeatable 

 nimbleness of which thoughts are capa- 

 ble. As applied to the rose, the name 

 seems to be a catchy one and it is also 

 appropriate. Not being an art critic, 

 the writer does not presume to say 

 whether the name fits the famous pic- 

 ture or not, but it apparently does fit 

 the rose. All the poets, you know, 

 from Milton down, have spoken of the 

 * ' rosy morn, "or the * ' rosy d&^n. ' ' 

 And the color of ihis , rose, according 

 to the raiser's descriptioUj is "an ex- 

 quisite shadeof light flesh pink on the 

 outer petals,, shading to pure rose pink 

 in the center, with a faint touch of 

 deep golden' yellow at the "base of the 

 petals." Arieri't those shades and tints 

 of pink suflBciently like the hues of 

 morn — of runriset 



The rose is shown in the illustration, 

 to such extent as a: rose can be shown 

 in black and white. It was originated 

 by Henry W. Turner, of Montebello, 

 Gal., who has made this bold statement 

 about it: "We confidently prophesy 

 that it will fill the same place for the 

 rose growers that Enchantress did for 

 the carnation growers." Then he pro- 

 ceeds to show on what grounds he bases 

 his confidence. If he does not over- 

 estimate the rose's merits, he has rea- 

 son for his great expectations. C. H. 

 Totty, of Madison, N. J., and S. J. 

 Reuter & Son, of Westerly, R. I., are 

 aiding Mr. Turner in the dissemination 

 of the rose. 



MARECHAI* NIEL NOT FLOWERING 



I have some Marechal Niel roses 

 which have been growing in one of m\' 

 houses for three years, without bloom- 

 ing. The roses are planted in a raised 

 concrete box a foot deep, at the back 

 wall in a rose house, with good drain- 

 age and with heating-pipes underneath. 

 The plants are perfectly healthy, with 

 strong roots and heavy growth. I gave 

 them a good drying in July and Au- 

 gust, but have got only a few flowers. 

 I have dried them oflf again in the last 

 six weeks and the canes are now almost 

 without leaves, but are health}^ and have 

 good buds. How can I make them 

 flower, or must I give It up? I be- 



lieve a temperature of u8 degrees is 

 too high for this rose when it rests. 



T. N. 



they have, that they will favor us 

 with their experience. Rosa canina, B. 

 Banksiae, R. Manetti and R. Carolina 

 are the stocks which have proved most 

 useful. G. W. 



GREEN FLY ON ROSES. 



Will you please tell me what will 

 kill the green fly on my greenhouse 

 roses? The plants are only a little 

 larger than when I put them in the 

 benches. The green bugs seem to work 

 on the under side of the leaves or on 

 the tender growth. I have sprayed with 

 tobacco solution, sprayed with water 

 containing a few drops of peppermint 

 oil and smoked with nicotine papers, 

 but all without success. E. E. K. 



I think the principal cause of your 

 lack of success is that mentioned at the 

 end of your query, viz., too high a 

 temperature. You cannot successfully 

 force this rose unless you give it a rest 

 with a low temperature for at least a 

 few weeks. This may not be practi- 

 cable if you are growing other tender 

 plants with it, but if you could let the 

 house freeze for even a week or two, 

 it would greatly improve the prospect 

 for flowers. G. W. 



CHEROKEE ROSE AS A STOCK. 



I intend putting out from 7,000 to 

 10,000 rose stocks in February, to bud 

 vn in September. The Gherokee, white, 

 is common in this part of Texas and 

 grows like a house afire. It was intro- 

 duced from the southeastern states 

 years ago. Gan I not use this for bud- 

 ding on? F. A. D. 



I ha^ never used the Gherokee rose 

 ns a s^MJIlL,. Perhaps some Review read- 

 ers mdy nave done so and I hope, if 



Any of the nicotine solutions or pa- 

 pers on the market will kill green fly 

 if properly applied. The directions 

 that accompany these preparations gen- 

 erally provide for a strong enough dose 

 to have the desired effect. 



If the houses are heated by steam, 

 the nicotine solution can be painted on 

 the center pipe in the evening after the 

 ventilators are closed, at the rate of 

 an ounce to 4,000 cubic feet of air 

 space, for the usual forty per cent solu- 

 tion. Then, if the plants get a good 

 syringing the next day, the pest will 

 usually be cleaned out for the time, 

 but sometimes it is advisable to re- 

 peat the operation the following night. 

 After that, an application once in one 

 or two weeks should keep the place 

 clean. 



If the houses are heated by hot wa- 

 ter, the extract may be evaporated on 

 small alcohol stoves that are manufac- 

 tured for this purpose, or the fumigat- 

 ing can be done with nicotine papers. 

 If these are used according to the di- 

 rections accompanying them, they 

 should give the same results. W. J. K. 



H. W. Turner's New Rose, September Mom. 



