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July 7, 1904. 



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the most pertinent criticisms that is made 

 on a loosely arranged design is that the 

 form of the piece is not distinctly pre- 

 served. But it is possible to construct 

 a well-defined piece and still work in 

 plenty of art. Construct first, trim last. 

 In the harp herewith presented the rose 

 clusters seem to cling to rather than form 

 the piece, and that is their sole mission 

 here. 



Other color combinations for this same 

 piece might be something like the fol- 

 lowing: Perle roses and bronze pansies 

 shaded into dark brown, dark at the 

 base and lighter on the top. Marguerites 

 would be just as appropriate, and even 

 more so with the yellow and brown; 

 Bridesmaid or La France roses with dark 

 purple pansies; silvered strings with vio- 

 let and white. Gertrude Bi>air. 



NEW DAHLIAS. 



Among the notable novelties of the 

 year 1904 are the set of dahlias of H. 



Hornsveld, of Baam, Holland, which were 

 awarded a first-class certificate of merit 

 by the Dutch Horticultural Society. These 

 very large-flowering single or semi-double 

 varieties have extra long stems and are 

 therefore a valuable acquisition for those 

 who grow dahlias for cut flower work. 

 The four varieties which were certificated 

 are: 



Queen Wilhelmina, pure white, very 

 large flowers, borne on extra long stems, 

 far above the foliage; Ihike Henry, of 

 a soft red color, on stems like the pre- 

 ceding; G. Baron de Grancy, cream white, 

 half double flower of excellent form, the 

 inner petals bent a little inward; Glory 

 of Baarn, soft rose with pink reverse, a 

 magnificent variety and very free flower- 

 ing. 



These varieties will be exhibited at 

 the Dusseldorf international exhibition 

 this summer and will afterward be dis- 

 tributed to the trade by H. Copijn & 

 Son, of Groenekan, Utrecht, Holland. 



CARRIEEMDVER STOCK. 



We have some fine Bridesmaid and 

 Bride roses at the present time, grown 

 in our greenhouses the second year. We 

 gave the roses a rest of four weeks, 

 cutting them back to about ona foot 

 and started in earnest, and forced them 

 out the first week in June. The eye* 

 broke out nicely, about one-third of them 

 having a thin, yellow look. We removed 

 the old soil, but not deep enough to dis- 

 turb the roses in the least, and filled 

 same up again with good fresh soil. 

 Kindly advise what you think of the 

 situation? Do you think they will turn 

 out better next month, or would you sug- 

 gest putting them out and replanting 

 them? Kindly advise the best and rao^t 

 profitable way to do. C. E. S. 



This method of culture, as I have 

 often pointed out, requires a greater 

 amount of skill, attention and labor than 

 young stock requires and, unless carried 

 out by an expert, the results arc seldom 

 satisfactory. Some few experts who have 

 adopted this method have had wonder- 

 fully good results, but the majority of 

 growers are content as yet to experi- 

 ment along these lines on a very limited 

 scale. 



These roses were apparently treated 

 all right up to a certain point, where 

 they were forced out the first week of 

 June. By reducing the stock to a semi- 

 dormant condition, forcing, which should 

 never under any conditions be applied to 



a rose, was where the mistake was made. 



After the first good watering was 

 given, water should have been applied 

 very sparingly; in fact, little more than 

 a syringing twice a day during bright 

 weather being necessary until root ac- 

 tion was again well established, a fact 

 which would be indicated by the appear- 

 ance of well developed leaves of a good 

 texture and color and young wood of a 

 firm and stocky character. Then water- 

 ing could be gradually resumed and full 

 ventilation be given. 



The indications are that they have 

 been subjected to too high temperature 

 and have been given too much water be- 

 fore they were in a fit state to use it. 

 It is possible that with judicious care 

 in watering and ventilating they may 

 do better next month, but where root 

 action has been destroyed as has evident- 

 ly been the case and aa the season is 

 well along the prospects for success 

 would be greater if the house were re- 

 planted with young healthy stock. 



RiBES. 



PLANTING BEAUTY. 



In my notes in the Review of June 16, 

 when advising the early or rather June 

 planting of Beauties, I had before me 

 copies of the records of Beauty rrops 

 for some years back, ihese records were 

 taken from houses planted as early as 

 April and as late as the end of July and 

 at intermediate dates and the balance 

 has in all cases been in favor of June 

 planted stock. Keeping in touch with 

 some of the largest and best Beauty 

 growers in the country, and occasionally 

 feeling their pulse, I have found that 

 this is the prevailing idea and one which 

 is largely acted upon. 



In the Review of Juna 23 "Phil" 



points out that by keeping to this 

 method we are apt to get into a rut, 

 a fact which I cheerfully admit, but 

 when this same rut leads to success we do 

 not need to care how deep it is. He 

 instances one of our best and largest 

 growers as having left that rut and suc- 

 cessfully made one for himself. No doubt 

 there are a great many thinfjs t> be 

 learned in Beauty growing and, person- 

 ally, I am glad to hear of any new de- 

 parture which has proved a success, 

 only this with me, as with many others, 

 is no new departure. 



Granted that during the spring months 

 this late planted stock produces large 

 crops of most excellent quality, by the 

 time the plants are ready to do this they 

 are handicapped so far in number of 

 blooms cut, when compared with tlie 

 earlier planted stock which has been do- 

 ing yeoman's duty during November, De- 

 cember and January, when prices also 

 are at the best, that, all else being equal, 

 they cannot, as my records prove, pro- 

 duce nearly so many dollars by the end 

 of the season. Moreover, if the earlier 

 planted stock be handled as skillfully 

 as their younger congeners they are cap- 

 able of producing as good crops during 

 the early summer months. . 



One of our principal reasons for June 

 planting is that the young stock, in the 

 freer possibilities of the bench, are less 

 liable to receive a check than if allowed 

 to remain in the pots during the hot 

 days of June. 



As "Phil" correctly surmises, my ex- 

 perience of late years has been in the 

 middle west, where we were accustomed 

 to excessive heat during June (these con- 

 ditions are materially altered during the 

 past three years) and consequently my 

 notes would naturally be more likely to 

 suit conditions there, but as I have now 

 joined the ranks of eastern growers my 

 opinions are liable to considerable mod- 

 ifications, and as my stock will this year 

 be all of late July planting I will have 

 ample opportunity to test this tneory. 

 Having no early planted stock with 

 which to make comparison, I -will still 

 have to rely on past experience, which 

 proves that in all but a few cases the 

 June planted stock is the most reliable 

 and as compared with stock planted in 

 July the most remunerative. 



RiBES. 



NEWPORT, R. L 



The Newport Horticultural Society 

 held a very successful rose show on June 

 21 and 22. The display of roses to 

 fill a space of six feet by three feet 

 was an excellent one. The first prize, a 

 silver cup, went to E. T. Gerry, Arthur 

 GriflSn, gardener, for a very artistically 

 arranged stand, his Mme. Gabriel Luizet 

 being very fine. There were five other 

 entries in this class. Mr. Griffin secured 

 a silver medal for a table of nicely 

 flowered plants of the new everblooming 

 rambler, Mme. Norbert Levavasseur. He 

 also received a number of other prizes 

 in the classes for table centerpieces and 

 foliage plants. 



Most of the rose classes were well 

 contested. Gardenias, which are prime 

 favorites in Newport, were also well 

 shown. First prize for the best corsage 

 bouquet from assistant gardeners went 

 to one containing gardenias. Vegetables 

 were well shown and some good fruit was 

 staged. In Mr. Griffin's winning collec- 

 tion of strawberries, the English varie- 

 ties, Laxton's Noble and Royal Sovereign, 

 were extra good. • John Ash, gardener to 



