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January 26, 1905. 



The Weekly FIcMists' Review^ 



54J 



gravel or stone is not plentiful, drain 

 tile can probably be secured quite rea- 

 sonably and ought to answer the pur- 

 pose equally as well as gtones and 

 gravel. 



Of course, if a man thinks that his 

 grandchildren two generations hence 

 will be satisfied with, any form of bed 

 which happens to be the fashion of the 

 present day, he may construct any of 

 the elaborate forms, using cement or 

 brick, or any of the patented what- 

 nots; but the one described " will be 

 used generallv by the grower whose 

 capital for the increase of his glass 

 area must be taken from the profits of 

 his business. 



Trend Toward Solid Beds. 



The trend 'at the present time seems 

 to be toward ^ so-called solid beds, as 

 nearly all the large ranges, at least in 

 the east, which have been constructed 

 recently are equipped with solid beds. 

 One of the most striking instances of 

 this reversion from raised benches to 

 solid beds is found in the cases of those 

 Beauty growers who a few years ago 

 set out young plants on benches, and 

 who are now growing their Beauties in 

 beds as long as three, and in some cases 

 four, years without replanting. While, 

 as a rule, they do not claim any great 

 increase in the yearly average of qual- 

 ity, they do get a longer cutting season, 

 in addition to the saving in young 

 plants, soil and cost of planting. 



One of the chief objections to grow- 

 in^g plants more than one year on 

 benches is the difficulty of properly dry. 

 ing them off on account of the danger 

 of the soil becoming too dry and kill- 

 ing the roots completely. The solid 

 bed, it may be remarked in this con- 

 nection, maintains a more even condi- 

 tion of moisture and temperature, both 

 summer and winter, than a bench, and 

 consequently lessens the chances of in- 

 jury to the plants from neglect or in- 

 competence on the part of the work- 

 man. 



Wlhile plants on a bench can be car- 

 ried over successfully by the experi- 

 enced grower, the beginner will find 

 that his chances of failure are consider- 

 ably lessened if he makes his first at- 

 tempt in solid beds. 



Union Must Be Buried. 



The subsequent treatment of the 

 grafted plants does not differ radically 

 from that of own-root roses except in 

 a few particulars. The one thing which 

 is absolutely necessary, and which must 

 be done to secure the best results with 

 grafted roses, is to plant them so that 

 the whole of the union of graft and 

 scion will always be from one-half to 

 one inch below the surface of the soil. 

 This is imperative, not Only that the 

 plants may make roots from the union, 

 but also for other reasons which do 

 not seem to be so easily explained; be- 

 cause, aside from this question of roots, 

 it seems to be a fact that the Manetti 

 union needs to be surrounded with that 

 condition of air and moisture which is 

 found best in soil. 



Moreover, the cells that form the 

 callus at the union have a tendency to 

 dry up when exposed to the sun and 

 air, and consequently are not able to 

 perform properly their funoftiooi^ of 

 transmitting the sap from stock to 

 scion. For this reason, also, I believe 

 that young grafted plants which have 





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One- Year-Old Grafted Plant of Bridesmaid Rose. 



(A typical example of tbe way in which a g-rafted plant sends out its roots. The upper are entirely 

 own roots, the middle are on ttie union, the lower are entirely Manetti.) 



been allowed to become pot-bound and 

 thoroughly hardened, have received a 

 check from which they will never fully 

 recover. 



I shall repeat, then, if conditions are 

 such that the grafted plants cannot be 

 given full justice by placing the union 

 below the soil, then by all means do 

 not attempt to grow them, but use own- 

 root plants in preference. 



(To be continued ) 



Boulder, Colo. — C. F. Fawcett is suf- 

 fering from blood poisoning as a result 

 of a puncture of the skin by a ro8» 

 thorn. 



BoCKFORD, III. — Owing to other inter- 

 ests H. O. Hinkley will give up the re- 

 tail end after this winter but will con- 

 tinue the greenhouses. 



Neenah, Wis. — Louis Otto reports 

 business good. Last season he built an 

 additional house 28x60 for carnations 

 and one 10x50 for violets, also patting 

 in a big steel boiler, so that he has 

 plenty of heat. 



PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY. 



(Copyright 1904, by Florists' Publishing Co.) 



Frequent inquiry as to the correct pro- 

 nunciation of plant names has led us 

 to compile the following list of names, 

 selecting those in most common use in 

 the trade, and including botanical terms 

 most frequently met with in articles upon 

 plant culture. 



In our list we have used the following 

 KEY TO PRONUNCIATION, 

 a as In fat e as in met 6 as in note 



a as In fate e as in mete o as in move 



a as in far e as In her 6 as in nor 



a as in fall i as in pin u as in tub 



a as In fare 1 as in pine u as in mut« 



& as in Persia o as in not ii as in puU 



The syllables to be accented are marked 

 thus '. 



(C0NTIN17KD mOU LAST WKEK.) 



P 



PsBoma— (pe-6'ni-&) . 



Palm — (pam). 



PalmacesB — (pal-ma'se-e) . 



Panax— (pa'naks). "^ , 



Pancratium — (pan-kra'shi-um) . 



Pandanus — (pan-da'nus). j 



