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February 9, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



65 ( 



strong and healthy the second growth in 

 that shift will be certain to bs of a 

 weaker nature and should consequently 

 be avoided. 



During potting operations keep the 

 potting shed free from draughts and do 

 not allow the plants to stand around 

 longer than is absolutely necessary, as 

 the tender foliage and wood are very 

 impatient of sudden, fluctuations of tem- 

 perature and draughts. After repotting 

 make certain that the freshly added soil 

 is thoroughly moistened throughout. This 

 is best done by going over the pots with 

 the sprinkler, lightly and frequently in- 

 stead of giving them a soaking, which 

 is apt to make the soil muddy, a condi- 

 tion which should always be avoided. 



It is also important that the material 

 on which the pots are to be placed should 

 be clean, fresh and porous, in order to 

 have good drainage, and for this purpose 

 there is nothing better than screened 

 ashes, which can always ba had, and so 

 long as they are fresh few worms will 

 trouble the young plants. 



Green fly and spider should never be 

 allowed to get a foothold among young 

 stock, as it is diflScult to oust them and 

 the effect of their presence is very weak- 

 €ning. 



A temperature of 56 degrees at night, 

 with a day temperature of 65 to 70 de- 

 grees with free ventilation, will keep the 

 young stock healthy and stocky and, 

 while the growth may not be very rank, 

 they will be in good condition for May or 

 June planting. Ribes. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The American Rose Society has issued 

 the schedule of premiums offered for 

 the annual meeting to be held at Boston 

 in connection with the spring exhibi- 

 tion of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. The ^how opens at noon on 

 Thursday, March 23, and holds over 

 Sunday. The exhibits from a distance 

 are to be sent to J. K. M. L. Farquhar. 



The scale of points to be used in judg- 

 ing is as follows: 



Points. Competitive. Novelties. 



S'«> 15 10 



*>>lor 20 2i> 



Jt**™ 20 ir, 



i'orm jn j«; 



•^i'll^tance m lo 



J^"*** 15 15 



rrnfrrance 5 



Distinctiveness — ■ lo 



•notals 100 100 



There are thirty-one classes in Divi- 

 sion A, each for twenty-five blooms of 

 one variety, in which the first premium 

 is $10 and the second $5, except on 

 Beauties and Queen of Edgely, where 

 the second is $7. 



Division B provides the same classes 

 for twelve cijj; blooms, competition being 

 open to growers having not more than 

 40,000 feet of glass. Premiums are $5 

 and $3. Division C provides the same 

 Jlasses, open only to private gardeners 

 and amateurs, with premiums of $5 

 and $a. Division D provides twenty- 

 three classes for hybrid perpetuals, 

 twelve cut blooms, with premiums of 

 $10 and $5, competition open to all. 

 Division E provides the same classes 

 open only to private gardeners. 



Benjamin Dorrance offers a silver cup 

 valued at $100 for the best display of 

 cut blooms of roses, competition open 

 only to growers outside a radius of 150 

 miles from Boston. 



John B. Nugent, Jr., offers premiums 

 for the best undis-seminated red rose and 

 the best undisseminated pink rose. 



Scbizophragma Hydrangeoides. 



Alexander Montgomery offers a pre- 

 mium for the best American seedling in- 

 troduced in or since 1901. 



Siebrecht & Sons offer a premium for 

 fifty blooms of Killarney grown within 

 250 miles of Boston. 



John Breitmeyer's Sons offer $100 in 

 three premiums for fifty blooms of La 

 Detroit, 



John N. May offers $50 for the best 

 display of roses in a space of fifty square 

 feet. 



ilip executive committee offers a cash 

 prize in addition to the Lord & Burn- 

 ham trophy for the best fifty blooms of 

 American Beauties, and provides a sec- 

 ond premium of $28. 



Premiums of $20 and $15 are pro- 

 'ided for any variety not mentioned in 

 the schedule. 



There are premiums for six blooms of 

 any variety introduced in or since 1901 

 and a silver cup valued at $25 for the 

 best rose of American origin not ret in 

 coinmerce., 



E. A. Clark offers a silver cup to 

 private gardeners for twenty-five blooms 

 H. P. roses. 



There are a silver cup and several lib- 

 eral cash premiums for displays of roses 

 in pots. 



The American Rose Societv's gold 

 medal will be awarded to the best new 

 rose not yet disseminated, providing it 

 scores ninety-five points or more. The 

 silver medal will be awarded under the 



same conditions for a novelty scoring 

 not less than eighty-rive points. 



Th Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety and the Boston Gardeners' and 

 Florists' club will co-operate in making 

 this the best exhibition ever held by the 

 American Rose Society. All growers 

 should arrange to participate. Copies of 

 the schedule may be obtained by ad- 

 dressing Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y, 11 Ham- 

 ilton Place, Boston. 



SCmZOPHRAGMA HYDRANGE- 



OIDEa 



The illustration represents a very fin^ 

 specimen ^f this beautiful hardy climbfr 

 in the grounds of the A. W. Blake es- 

 tate, Brookline, Mass. Probably this 

 plant is better known as the climbing 

 liydrangea and is frequently called Hy- 

 drangea scandens. While supposed! v 

 only hardy as far north as New York 

 city, quite a number of excellent speci- 

 mens are to be met with in Massachu- 

 setts. 



It is difficult of propagation, although 

 it can be raised from seeds, layers or 

 well ripened cuttings in August. When 

 first planted it usually makes very slow 

 growth, but once it gets established in 

 a suitable exposure it makes surprising 

 headway. For covering walls or trunks 

 of living trees nothing better can be 

 found. Its flowering period is in late 

 June or early July, but even without 



