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Th^ Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



n35 



two or three inches of sand or sifted 

 ashes, ashes preferable on account of 

 ashes taking heat up easily, would be 

 enough to put in bottom. Water the 

 ashes or sand thoroughly before put- 

 ting the grafted plants in, as the mois- 

 ture in the box will have to nourish the 

 plants for the first four days. 



When grafting it should be done as 

 quickly as possible. It is best to have 

 a few sharp knives handy. Make a 

 slant cut about three-quarters of an 

 inch long on the Manetti, as close to 

 the pot as is convenient to tie, make 

 the cut of your scion the same size. The 

 wood of the scion should be as near 

 the same size of the Manetti as possi- 

 ble. The best wood is the heel of a 

 flowering shoot and should be taken from 

 the healthiest stock. Have one eye on 

 the graft and trim the leaves a little. 

 When matching the cuts see that one 

 side and the bottom of the cut match 

 bark with bark. In- tying start at the 

 top of the Manetti and finish at the 

 bottom. The temperature at about 80 

 degrees has done the best with us. 



Do not open the box till the fourth 

 day, and then give slight syringing, air 

 them for about five minutes, and every 

 day a couple of minutes more till the 

 ninth day, when they should have about 

 one-eighth of an inch of air. The Man- 

 etti shoots should be taken off and 

 plants which are dry watered. After 

 the seventh day the temperature should 

 drop to 75 degrees. A little more air 

 is given each day after the ninth day. 

 After three weeks the grafts ought to 

 have grown together. Take them out 

 and put in a temperature of 62 degrees, 

 the temperature going down gradually 

 to the regular rose house heat. When the 

 plants show signs of good growth, loos- 

 en the raiBa to prevent same from 

 cutting into the wood. My reason for 

 not taking the raffia off too early is 

 that if the graft has not taken well on 

 some places it will callus better than 

 if! the rafiia is off; also, the graft will 

 not break off so easily. When planting 

 in the bench the graft wants to be cov- 

 ered. 



The benches should be washed the 

 same as cutting benches and, when dry, 

 whitewashed. The drainage in the bot- 

 tom of the bench should be covered 

 with sod or coarse manure, and the 

 benches filled about four inches deep 

 with soil. The best soil is sandy loom 

 from an old cow pasture, mixed with 

 about one-fifth of rotten manure, cow 

 manure if possible. The soil should be 

 cut over about three times before using 

 in a bench. 



Extreme care should be taken in 

 planting the roses. A hole should be 

 mad* large enough to cover the ball 

 with ease. It can then be held with 

 one hand at the exact depth and the 

 soil pressed around it with the other. 

 Do not cover the ball of the rose too 

 much. 



After planting, pound the bench with 

 a brick or tramp between the roses. 

 Water immediately after planting, just 

 around the ball, then according to the 

 growth of the roots, water the whole 

 bench. The roses should be syringed 

 every clear day. Wire stakes should be 

 put alongside each plant and wires run- 

 ning lengthwise along the bench. Our 

 principal feeding is with manure water, 

 but at different times, different manure 

 is used, as cow manure, chicken and 

 sheep manure,' a good dusting of bone 

 meal and once in a while wood ashes. 



John B. Nugent, Jr. 

 (Chief of tlie CommiBBary Department, New York FloristB' Club.) 



Mulching should never be done during 

 the dark days in winter. The blind 

 wood on Ivory and Golden Gate can be 

 cut off to some extent, as they make 

 quick growth. The temperature at night 

 is: Bride and Bridesmaid, 56 to 58 

 degrees; Ivory and Golden Gate, 54 

 to 56 degrees, and American Beauty 

 60 degrees. The temperature in day 

 can run up 10 to 15 degrees more. 



CATTLEYA X SUSANNAH. 



This new and interesting cattleya is 

 the result of crossing the two-leaved C. 

 Skinneri with C. Warneri, the aim of the 

 raiser, E. O. Orpet, South Lancaster, 

 Mass., being to increase the size of 

 bloom of the former with added flowers 

 to the spike of C. Warneri. This has 

 been accomplished for the plant as 

 shown by Mr. Orpet before the Boston 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club on Jan- 

 uary 17 was exactly intermediate, nearly 

 all the bulbs being two-leaved, with the 

 bronzy tint peculiar to C. Warneri show- 

 ing on leaves and bulbs. 



The flower spike is stout and carried 

 well above the leaves, producing at the 

 initial flowering five and six blooms to 

 the scape, the individual flowers being a 

 trifle paler than those of C. Skinneri 

 and of double the size. The color is 

 uniform throughout the flower, there be- 

 ing no accentuation of the same on the 

 tip, as might have been expected from 

 the use of Cattleya Warneri as the pollen 

 parent. 



The committee recommended the 

 award of a certificate of superior merit 

 to this excellent seedling, which we be- 

 lieve had never previously been ex- 

 hibited either here or in Europe. 



W. N. Craig. 



JOHN B. NUGENT. JR. 



The accompanying portrait is that of 

 John B. Nugent, Jr., the Beau Brummel 

 of the New York Florists' Club and one 

 of that city's leading florists, the junior 

 partner of the firm of Young & Nugent. 

 He was born on January 31, forty-six 

 years ago and is the son of New York's 

 oldest florist, John B. Nugent, Sr., who 

 is now 83 years of age. The son haa been 

 associated with the trade all his life and 

 since early boyhood has been employed in 

 handling cut flowers. For some years he 

 conducted a successful retail store and 

 was considered one of the best decora- 

 tors and cut flower workers in the city. 

 For a considerable period he was assocv 

 ated with Thomas Young, Jr., as man 

 ager in the wholesale department of his 

 business and now for some years he ha« 

 been the active member of the firm of 

 Young & Nugent, doing a large whole- 

 sale, shipping and retail business. Their 

 new store is one of the leaders on Twenty- 

 eighth street and they handle some of 

 the best stock arriving at that market. 

 The retail end is very successful, the 

 windows always attractive. 



Mr. Nugent is the chairman of the 

 house committee of the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club and so successful has he been 

 as the manager of its hospitalities that 

 his fellow members propose to hold on to 

 a good thing when they have it. He is 

 fond of all legitimate sport and is al- 

 ways a leader in the diversions of the" 

 craft. 



Saranac Lake, N. Y. — P. H. Ryan 

 will build three connected houses 22x100. 

 The order for material has been placed 

 with the King Construction Co., North 

 Tonawanda. 



