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The Florists^ Review 



Fbbbdaby 4, 1011. 



given them a good mulch of rotted 

 cow manure, with some ashes and sheep 

 manure. We have also let the beds 

 dry out some and have then given them 

 a good soaking. We have had only 

 about six bright days since November 

 26. A. D. M. 



SHAWYER GOING BLIND. 



I would appreciate any information 

 regarding the general treatment of 

 Shawyer roses, to prevent them from 

 going blind during the winter months. 

 I have one 300-foot house planted with 

 Shawyer roses. Two beds are planted 

 with own-root stock and two with 

 grafted stock. The plants were healthy 

 when planted last June and made 

 remarkable growth, giving us a heavy 

 cut until the first part of December. 

 From then on the plants made healthy 

 growth and were practically free from 

 mildew, but only a small proportion 

 of the breaks set buds, the rest of thtoi 

 going blind. 



This stock was carefully handled. 

 The plants received liquid manure 

 every other week and had one light 

 feeding of pulverized sheep manure, 

 applied about November 1. The plants 

 are growing on raised beds " and are 

 at this date in a healthy Vondition, 

 still throwing large quantities of blind 

 wood^ even though the breaks are 

 heavy. Milady roses growing in the 

 next connected house are giving excel- 

 lent results, though they were handled 

 in exactly the same way as Shawyer. 



W. J. T. 



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ten inches in the spring, the same as 

 I would do to other outdoor rosesi I 

 shall appreciate any information on 

 this. H. M. 



We had a similar experience with 

 Shawyer in one house last year, which 

 came almost all blind, while another 

 house planted at the same time and un- 

 der the same conditions gave us a 

 wonderful crop. Kightly or wrongly, 

 we blamed the temperature. The warm 

 house was the one that ran blind, while 

 the cooler house, where the tempera- 

 ture was not running higher than 53 

 to 55 degrees, gave us magnificent 

 blooms. From our knowledge of the 

 variety, I would say that the more you 

 punish the plants the more blooms they 

 will produce. If W. J. T. will cut the 

 blind wood down, I think he will find 

 the succeeding breaks will all produce 

 flowers; at least, they did with us. It 

 is not necessary, of course, to cut all 

 the blind wood off the plant at the 

 same time, but just remove a little 

 every few days, so that the plant can 

 adjust itself as it does when a crop 

 of flowers is being cut, and you will 

 find no harm will result. 



Charles H. Totty. 



Rosa rugosa, if cut back hard like 

 the hybrid perpetual roses, will make 

 strong growths but will not flower at 

 all. It needs only a little pruning. 

 Simply remove any dead or dying wood 

 and take the ends from the long canes, 

 r do not know which wild roses you 

 refer to, but these also need light prun- 

 ing. I would merely cut away any 

 dead and apparently useless wood from 

 them. C. W. 



BEAUTY ROSE PLANTS DYING. 



I am sending by mail, in separate 

 cover, two shoots from some Beauty 

 plants with which we are having trou- 

 ble. PleasiB tell me, if you can, what 

 causes them to turn yellow as they 

 are doing! They are planted in 

 benches containing good sod soil. Some 

 of the plants are fine, strong growers, 

 while others gradually turn yellow, the 

 leaves wither and then the plants die. 



There are three lines of 2-inch pipe 

 under each bench. We keep a temper- 

 ature of 56 to 62 degrees at night and 

 about 70 degrees in the daytime. We 

 have not fed the plants with liquid 

 manurev since November 20, but have 



When roses are planted in benches, 

 it sometimes happens that some plants 

 start growth faster than others that 

 are planted next to them. In that case 

 the larger plants will take up the mois- 

 ture as they receive it, while the ' 

 smaller plants, receiving practically the 

 same amount, will stay continually wet. 

 The soil around such plants will be- 

 come sour and the roots of these plants 

 will die. In such cases it is good policy 

 to allow the whole bench to dry out 

 thoroughly, only giving the larger 

 plants just enough water to keep them 

 from suffering. After the whole bench 

 is entirely dry, so that, if packed 

 solid, it will start to crack, then go 

 over it four to six times from both 

 sides of the bench and soak it so that 

 the water will pour through the bot- 

 tom. This will wash out any impurities 

 contained in the soil, and after such 

 treatment the soil should dry out fairly 

 evenly. If found necessary, this opera- 

 tion may be repeated until all the 

 plants start to make healthy growth. 

 By this treatment it is impossible to 

 overwater a plant, as the soil, when 

 allowed to dry out well, will only ab- 

 sorb a small quantity of water and will 

 dry out again more quickly than if 

 given a small quantity of water at a 

 time. 



The temperature for Beauties should 

 bo kept as hear as possible to 58 to 60 

 degrees at night, 63 to 65 degrees on 

 cloudy days and 70 degrees on clear 

 days. W. J. K. 



BRUNS' NEW STORE. 



As the establishment of H. N. Bruns, 

 at 3040 West Madison street, which is 

 shown in the accompanying illustra- 

 tion, was completed nearly a year ago, 

 the term "new" is applied more with 

 reference to its appearance than to its 



PRUNING ROSA RUGOSA. 



Please tell me how to treat a bed of 

 Rosa rugosa and a b.ed of dwarf wild 

 loses, planted in July, 1912. Should 

 these be cut back to within eight or 



Interior of H. N. Bruos' Retail Store, Chicago. 



