Februabx 18. 1915. 



The Florists' Revkiv^ 



15 



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BLACK SPOT ON BOSES. 



Our rose gardens were last year badly 

 affected with black spot, which half 

 stripped the foliage from our Killarney, 

 Cochet, Sunburst, Marshall P. Wilder 

 and Mrs. John Laing. Chateau de 

 Clos Vougeot and Wm. E. Smith were 

 not 80 bad. The hybrid teas are now 

 covered for the winter, so we cannot 

 give them a dormant spray without un- 

 covering, which might be dangerous at 

 this season. Can you recommend any 

 soil treatment or spraying that will 

 overcame this trouble, as we want to 

 plant about 500 new roses in the same 

 garden this spring? Last October I 

 had trenches made two feet deep for 

 the new roses to be planted this spring.* 

 We put two inches of coal cinders on 

 the bottom, then two inches of tobacco 

 stems and filled in With good soil, mix- 

 in^^in some bone m^Sil:" ^.pn tidp we put '_ 

 ;ft'fiwlck*'^^Ijft;f cattle -niaiiur^ i^oniVj^h 

 Kaflsas dity ' stock yards, wjl^^imit 

 be turned under before plammgill' 1 

 there anything else that will help? 



B. W. L 



less affected than most varieties with 

 any of the ills that rose plants are 

 heir to. 



I consider Shawyer a better pink for 

 summer work than My Maryland, 

 though either will do well if conditions 

 are favorable. Shawyer throws a crop 

 quickly, is most persistent in holding 

 its color and is a marvelous rose in 

 every way.. It has one fault in some 

 sections; it is subject to mildew. It 

 has never bothered us in that way here, 

 but I cannot say whether it would 

 bother E. E. M. in Oklahoma. Mary- 

 land, while practically mildew-proof, is 

 a slow-growing rose and will not pro- 

 duce nearly as long stems as will Shaw- 

 yer. 



Cecile Brunner is a dainty midsum- 

 mer rose. If E. E. M. is not acquainted 

 with it, I would say it is too small for 

 any but the most delicate work. It is 

 as good a small rose as any in that 

 type. These roses are not disbudded, 

 but -are grown in light, graceful sprays. 



,Chas. H. Tottv. 



AMEBICAK BOSE SOCIETY. 



The exhibition of the American Rose 

 Society, March 18 to 21, is being taken 

 well in hand by the Boston horticul- 

 tural interests, with the determination 

 to provide an exhibition of the high- 

 est class. 



The society has already received 

 twenty special prizes, besides the regu- 

 lars. A special prize a little different 

 from anything that has been offered 

 before is made by the Glenfrew Farm, 

 Sewickley, Pa., for the best dozen roses 

 grown by an amateur. There may be 

 two varieties. Commercial rose grow- 

 ers may not compete, as it is solely for 

 amateurs — a silver cup valued at $20. 

 This prize is given to encourage lovers 

 of roses, as the 'English society has been 

 doing for years^ 



Free tickets to the show will be 

 issued to all members. 



Benjamin Hammond, Sec'y. 



IT IS A SANTOLINA. 



We are enclosing a specimen of a 

 border plant which we picked up last 

 fall. Can you tell us the name of the 

 plant and how it is propagated? It 

 grew about eight to ten inches high. 

 F. C. F. B. 



Santolina ChamaBcyparissus incana is 

 the name of the specimen forwarded. 

 It is a useful bedding plant, being 

 often used in carpeting designs, as its 

 silver foliage is quite effective. When 

 used in this work it needs frequent 

 clipping or pinching. It also makes a 

 neat individual shrubbery plant. The 

 soft shoots root with the greatest ease 

 at any time in a warm propagating 

 bench. C. W. 



You do not state what kind of plants 

 you are using — probably stock propa- 

 gated under glass and set out from 3- 

 inch and 4-inch pots. These plants lack 

 the vigor of grafted stock which has 

 been grown in the open air and are al- 

 ways more susceptible to attacks of 

 blight. If you use greenhouse prop- 

 agated roses, select grafted in pref- 

 erence to own-root ones, but the out- 

 door stock is far and away the best 

 and hardiest. I would give the stems 

 a spraying with Bordeaux mixture or 

 lime-sulphur when uncovered. Also, 

 spray occasionally through the grow- 

 ing season with Bordeaux or Fungine. 

 Your soil preparation is, good, but the 

 manure would be better incorporated 

 with the soil the fall before planting. 

 C. W. 



BOSES FOB SUMMEB FOBCINa. 



Which is the better red rose for sum- 

 mer forcing indoors, Rhea Eeid or 

 Prince d.'Arenbergt Or is there a bet- 

 ter one than either of these? Which is 

 the better pink rose for summer forcing, 

 Maryland or Shawyer? Is Cecile Brun- 

 ner a summer bloomer? E. E, M. 



SHRAPN 



Prince d'Arenberg is a much better 

 rose for summer, or for winter either, 

 than Ehea Eeid. A new rose that has 

 established a wonderful reputation for 

 itself as a summer rose is Francis Scott 

 Key. It is as large and seems to be 



London, England. — Word has come 

 from the front in Belgium of many 

 troops being billeted in abandoned 

 greenhouses, which make excellent win- 

 ter quarters, as usually they can be 

 heated. 



London, England. — It is said the 

 growers of cucumbers under glass have 

 been harder hit by the war than any 

 other members of the trade, especially 

 as large quantities of cucumbers have 

 been exported to Germany during the 

 winter and this trade now is cut off. 

 Prices in January were less than half 

 those of last year. 



Ghent, Belgium. — Some of the grow- 

 ers here are making great effort to 

 keep business going. Louis Van' Houtte 

 has just sent out an English catalogue, 

 of begonias, gloxinias, etc., in which it 

 is stated that his address during the 

 war will be "Sas of Ghent, Holland, to 

 be called for." bhipments are being 

 made by canal to Eotterdam. 



Paris, France. — A sign of improving 

 times is that the Societe Nationale 

 d 'Horticulture de France has resumed 

 its work, which had been suspended 

 from August to December. The first 

 meeting was held January 14, when 

 there was a large attendance. There 

 will now be meetings on the second 

 Thursday of each month. 



Orleans, France. — It is the general 

 report at the nurseries, both here and 

 at Anglers, that continental business is 

 almost nil and British orders light, but 

 that American trade has been as good 

 as ever, in some cases rather ahead of 

 other years. 



Dresden, Saxony. — Otto Bartsch, flo- 

 rist, 37 years ojf age', has written to a 

 relative in America: "You may be sur- 

 prised that I have not yet been called 

 to the colors. As far as business here 

 is concerned, we have no cause for com- 

 plaint; even our Christmas trade was 

 good. Now, after the holidays, it will 

 no doubt let up some, since there will 

 be no large balls and weddings fox a 

 time. Well, that is not going to hurt 

 us, for otherwise we have noticed no 

 effects of the war in Dresden. If it 

 were not for the occasional appearance 

 of the wounded and a visit to the hos- 

 pital, our auto filled with roses in our 

 largest vases, we would scarcely know 

 there was such a thing as war in the 

 land. You ought to see thte'- floral 

 splendors of our military hospital — a 

 veritable paradise of bloom — and great 

 is the delight of the soldiers at the 

 spectacle. We are in receipt of many 

 cards from the trenches asking us to 

 send flowers rather than cigars and 

 chocolate to the front, and you may be 

 sure we do our utmost." 



