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1068 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 30, 1906. 



would come in nicely, but very few are 

 to be had, also pelargoniums in the 

 spring. London people make much use 

 of these with very pretty results. 



"I run two small greenhouses and 

 have made a successful experiment in 

 late planting of tuberous begonias, so as 

 to have them in good bloom under glass 

 in October, after all outdoors is frozen 



and before cyclamen, primroses, Lor- 

 raine, etc., are ready. The buying public 

 does not care to have flowers like carna- 

 tions that are on the market twelve 

 months in the year. Violets have been 

 overdone. I am sure the growers can 

 think of some stock with which they can 

 more profitably fill their houses in the 

 future." G. K. 



SEASONABLE NOTES. 



With the advent orf spring, when we 

 may explect long periods of sunshine, vqe 

 can indulge more freely in ventilation an5 

 as the. spring growth has now made its 

 appearance it is absolutely necessary to 

 give air freely in order to keep the 

 foliage from becoming soft and to en- 

 courage the setting of buds. 



By judicious ventilation we may also 

 in a great measure prevent the ravages 

 of mUdew, which from now on during 

 the remainder of the season is one of 

 our most persistent enemies and, as less 

 firing will be required from day to day, 

 our means of curtailing its inroads are 

 lessened. Intelligent use of the venti- 

 lators .will help us materially in our 

 fight. 



The essential elements in the 

 soil being now partly exhausted, we 

 must resort to some method of 

 supplying food to our stock, as the 

 heavy growths demand a constant sup- 

 ply in order to perfectly develop both 

 foliage and bud. A light, rich mulch 

 should now be applied, as this fills the 

 double purpose of supplying food and 

 protecting the tender feeding roots, 

 which have approached the surface, from 

 being injured by the intense sunshine. 



When the mulching is partly exhausted 

 liquid feeding should be applied, especial- 

 ly where the plants are strong and 

 healthy, as they are fully capable of 

 digesting this class of food, which is 

 more immediate in its results than mulch- 

 ing. It has also the advantage that it 

 can be applied to the crop at the proper 

 time and at the required strength to suit 

 the case. 



As the weather gets warmer our old 

 enemy, red spider, will begin to get busy 

 if not looked after sharply, but as we can 

 now use water more freely we can 

 by the exercise of a little energy and 

 careful observation keep them in check. 

 Thrips and green fly will also multiply 

 rapidly if left undisturbed for even a 

 short period and it is well to have them 

 in strict subjection before the warm 

 weather really commences, when fumiga- 

 tion becomes more difi&cult and injurious 

 to the plants. 



As the busy season of Easter ap- 

 proaches, when work accumulates so 

 rapidly and every hour is fully occupied, 

 these duties must not be neglected, as we 

 must remember that our customers will 

 require their wants supplied after the 

 hurry and bustle of Easter are past and 

 that they will then be no less critical as 

 to quality and it is a hard matter to keep 

 the quality up to the standard after that 

 period, even under the best of treatment. 



Young grafted stock should be care- 

 fully looked after, so that no injury may 

 happen to the union by the tying material 

 becoming too tight and cutting into the 

 bark, as this is liable to happen when 

 growth is strong. It is also well to keep 

 all suckers removed before they become 

 strong, as they are much easier kept in 

 check if taken at that stage and do less 

 injury, both to stock and scion. 



BiBES. 



ROSES FOR NEXT SPRING SALES. 



What is the cheapest method of prop- 

 agating and wintering Crimson Bamb- 

 ler. Baby Bambler and bedding roses 

 for spring sales 1906 f J. P. K. 



It's not quite clear to me whether you 

 want these plants for forcing in spring 

 of 1906 or only to sell to customers for 

 their gardens. It is late now to prop- 

 agate. Eamblers are propagated from 

 the half-ripened wood in October and 

 kept cool all winter. They also root 

 freely in February from blind shoots of 

 the plants you are forcing. These young 

 plants, put in the open ground in May, 

 will be strong plants in the fall. If for 

 planting out the following spring they 

 are better left in the open ground. They 

 may kill down to within a few inchefl of 

 the ground, but are none the worse for 

 that, as you would cut them down when 

 transplanting. 



If you intend to force Eamblers next 

 year, then buy some strong one-year-old 

 pljftits at once and put them in 6-inch 

 pots. Cut them low down, start cool and 

 grow them under glass until August. 

 By that time they should have made four 

 or five canes, five or six feet long. These 

 plants force with ease the following win- 

 ter. 



By bedding roses we must assume is 

 meant the teas, hybrid teas and Bour- 

 bons. That great and splendid class of 

 roses called hybrid remontant or hybrid 

 perpetual are not really perpetual, al- 



though under good cultivation some va- 

 rieties do send up a sprinkling of flowers 

 throughout the fall. Our finest teas are 

 also not satisfactory outdoors. While a 

 few of the teas, all the hybrid teas and 

 Bpurbons are the roses for summer 

 blooming, Maman Cochet and its white 

 form are pure teas and great summer 

 roses. President Carnot and La France 

 are hybrid teas. Hermosa and Mrs. De- 

 Graw are Bourbons. I have only se- 

 lected these few as types of their class. 

 They are propagated from September on 

 until frost arrives, from the wood made 

 during summer, just as you do the tea 

 roses m winter. If old plants are start- 

 ed in February you can propagate from 

 youngs growths as late as May. You 

 doubtless know that tender, succulent 

 growth of roses will jiot root and it must 

 have attained a certain firmness. 



Plants rooted in October, if wintered 

 cool and shifted and started to grow in 

 March, will make acceptable bedding 

 roses in May, yet most people want a 

 good-sized plant and if young plants are 

 put into the open ground in May, lifted 

 and potted in early November and win- 

 tered in a very cool house, or even in a 

 cold frame, they will be fine plants for 

 bedding in the following spring. The 

 man who has this style of plants can al- 

 ways command a good price for them. 



W. S. 



HAHDY GARDEN ROSES. 



[A pai>er by M. H. Walsb, read before the 

 American Rose Society at Boston, March 24, 

 1905.] 



A great deal has been written by em- 

 inent rosarians and poets often have 

 sung the praises of the most beautiful 

 of flowers, the queen of them all, the 

 rose. This flower is pre-eminently en- 

 titled to this honor for the many pur- 

 poses for which it is valued from the 

 cradle to the grave. 



It is cheering to note the awakening 

 of a new and live interest which is be- 

 ing manifested by amateurs and others 

 in the growing of hardy garden roses. 

 The incresed demand for these plants for 

 the past five years is sufficient proof. 



About twenty years ago the National 

 Eose Society of England was organized, 

 the aim and object of this society being 

 to promote and encourage the culture of 

 the rose and to disseminate practical in- 

 formation for the proper growth and cul- 

 tivation of this flower. It is through the 

 untiring efforts and the influence of this 

 organization that the rose is so generally 

 grown by the amateur and the cottager 

 as well as by the wealthy class. 



The American Eose Society is or- 

 ganized on practically the same principle, 

 the aim and object being to promote a 

 greater interest in the growing of the 

 rose and to educate in its culture those 

 who love the flower and desire to grow 

 it. 



The American Eose Society includes 

 in its membership men, the greater part 

 of whose lives have been devoted large- 

 ly to the growing of roses, and who by 

 their wide eij>enence are well qualifled 

 to give the information so many people 

 desire in relation to rose culture. The 

 amateur rose growers especially are seek- 

 ing and anxious to receive such direc- 

 tions. 



There are several essentials in the 

 growing of roses. The first is the soil; 

 this would apply in a general way. A 

 large number who buy roses know noth- 

 ing about what soil is best suited for 

 these plants. This I know from my ex- 



