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JDLT 29, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



15 



one, beginning when jou start to rest 

 them and cutting a little from each 

 plant every day, so that they are prac- 

 tically cut back enough by the time 

 you are ready to start them into 

 growth again. The breaks do not start 

 all at once under this treatment, which 

 is easier on the plants and insures a 

 steadier cut of blooms. 



On solid beds the Killarneys will 

 keep on throwing good flowers during 

 the whole period of rest. The small 

 grower, who has to depend on one 

 house for both summer and winter cuts, 

 will find this plan a great benefit. 



Before starting to rest the plants, 

 it is well to dig up any that are sick 

 and replace them with young, healthy 

 stock at starting up time. L. 



BEAUTIES FBOM OUTSIDE WOOD. 



Will you kindly inform me when and 

 how to propagate American Beauty 

 roses outdoors during the growing sea- 

 son! B. W. S.— Kan. 



I must confess that I do not know 

 a satisfactory way to grow American 

 Beauty roses from outside wood. Our 

 system of growing here, -in northwest- 

 ern Mississippi, is to use outside stock 

 plants for growing our scions and put 

 them in hotbeds, but some varieties of 

 hybrid teas and some hybrid perpetuals 

 we have never successfully grown. I 

 have for twenty years been trying to 

 grow American Beauties from outside 

 wood, but the results have never been 

 satisfactory. In this climate Ameri- 

 can Beauty is not a satisfactory rose. 

 It is subject to black-spot, mildew and 

 apparently every disease known to the 

 rose. While other varieties, more or 

 less difficult to handle, do well when 

 given proper attention, I do not be- 

 lieve there is a place in America where 

 American Beauties can be handled satis- 

 factorily from outside wood. Of course, 

 I may be mistaken, but I have never 

 seen a place where it was done to ad- 

 vantage. My ndvice would be to plant 

 out Manetti stocks, eying them thor- 

 oughly before planting out, and bud 

 low if you want best results. There are 

 few sections of the country where the 

 American Beauty does well on its own 

 roots. 



If you want stocks for forcing, it 

 seems to me fi would be better to pur- 

 chase from those who make a specialty 

 of growing them. One of the greatest 

 causes of failure in the nursery and 

 florists' business is trying to grow 

 something that can not be done well. 

 The sooner the growers decide to con- 

 fine themselves to things that they can 

 grow to advantage, and to let other 

 growers in more favored sections grow 

 the other things, the better it will be 

 all around. S. W. Crowell. 



AMERICAN KOSE SOCIETY. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Bose Society met at the 

 office of President S. S. Pennock, in 

 Philadelphia, July 20. 



The appointment of Emil Buettner, 

 Park Eidge, HI., and John H. Dunlop, 

 Richmond Hill, Ontario, as judges for 

 the rose exhibits at the Cleveland 

 flower show, to be held November 10 

 to 15, was confirmed. Robert Scott & 

 Son, Sharon Hill, Pa., offer a special 

 prize of $25 at this show. 



The Hartford rose garden committee, 

 consisting of John F. Huss, Wallace R. 



The Gentleman In the Center is C. C. Trepel, New York's Largest Buyer. 



(At Mr. Trepel's left stand Thomas Martin, of Traendly & Schenck, and Louis Schmutz, Jr. 

 At Mr. Trepel's ri^lit are J. Austin Shaw and Mrs. Schmutz.) 



Pierson and Alex. Cumming, Jr., re- 

 rpoTt: 



June 25 the new roses in the test 

 garden at Elizabeth park, Hartford, 

 Conn., were examined and awards made 

 as follows: 



Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa., Climbing 

 American Pillar, awarded silver medal; scored 85 

 points; highly recommended as pillar rose. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.. Klllarney 

 Queen, hybrid tea, awarded silver medal; scored 



85 points; recommended as a grand bedding rose. 

 Hoopes Bros. & Thomas, West Chester, Pa., 



Purity, hybrid Wlchurlana, awarded silver medal; 

 scored 87 points; a splendid grower that is recom- 

 mended for every collection and garden. 



Hoopes Bros. & Thomas, West Chester, Pa., 

 Climbing American Beauty, awarded silver 

 medal; scored 87 points; a grand, .profuse bloomer, 

 deserving to be recommended for every garden. 



Hugh Dickson, Ltd., Belfast, Ireland, Lady 

 Plrrle, hybrid tea, awarded silver medal; scored 



86 points; recommended as a splendid bedding 

 rose. 



Edward Kress, Baltimore, Md., registered as 

 Defiance, hybrid tea, scored 85 points; highly 

 recommended as a most excellent bedding rose. 



There have been added a number of 

 new varieties of American origin this 

 spring which will be watched with 

 great interest, and more are promised 

 for the planting in the coming fall. 

 Much interest has been especially de- 

 voted to this test garden by the lovers 

 of roses, and the garden has been un- 

 usually well visited this season. 



The Waban Rose Conservatories pre- 

 sented for registration two new roses, 

 as follows: 



Mrs. Bayard Thayer, a sport from Mrs. Charles 

 Russell; Hower is large and full; color outside 

 of petals deep rose, inside clear silver pink: 

 foliage large and very dark green, perfectly flat: 

 has no tendency to curl, as is sometimes the case 

 with Mrs. Charles Russell. 



Mrs. Moorfleld Storey, a seedling. Gen. Mac- 

 Arthur X Joe Hill; a large, full rose with heavv. 

 dark foliage; color shell pink, deeper towards the 

 center, tip of petals deep rose. 



These were directed to be accepted 



and published in accordance with the 

 rules of the American Rose Society. 



It was voted to hold a meeting at 

 Cleveland during the fall show. 



Benj. Hammond, Sec'y. 



SNAPDRAOONS. 



Are snapdragons from cuttings as 

 good for cut flowers as plants from 

 seed, for inside blooming! 



F. & S.— Ohio. 



I presume differences of opinion exist 

 on this point. My own experience has 

 been that seedlings possess greater 

 vigor than cuttings, are more disease- 

 proof and bloom more freely and over 

 a longer season. This is not saying 

 that cuttings will not give splendid 

 results, of course. Do not buy any but 

 the best snapdragon seed. It is impor- 

 tant that it come from a first-class 

 source, or you may have a bad mixture 

 of colors. I have found that by buying 

 seed from a first-class house a small 

 proportion only of the seedlings were 

 not tru€ to name. C. W. 



Houston, Tex. — John J. Boyle, man- 

 ager of the Forestdale Flower Shop, of 

 which Gustavo Radetzki is proprietor, 

 has gone to Guatemala, accompanied by 

 Mrs. Boyle, to secure orchids to add 

 to his already extensive collection. 



St. Paul, Minn.— Paul Hrainecker has 

 sold his interest in the Capital City 

 Floral Co. to his partner, Theo. J. Gun- 

 narson, who will operate both the 

 greenhouses, at 1156 Pacific street and 

 the store at 291 East Seventh street. 



