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The Weekly Florists' Review- 



Jdnb 22, 1905. 



ties , which .prove most satisfactory 

 ■with careful cultivation and protec- 

 tion! 



This class of roses requires a light, 

 sandy soil for best growth an4 develop- 

 menc. The hybrid teas are growing in 

 favor each year. * This is the coming 

 rose, and in the course of ten years I: 

 predict these will displace or supersede 

 the hybrid perpetuals. The large num- 

 ber of new varieties which will be in- 

 troduced within the next two years, 

 together with the varieties proving 

 hardy and already being grown here, 

 will make a list of everblooming roses. 



This rose appears to withstand our 

 severe winters as it becomes acclima- 

 ted. To my surprise, I found Madame 

 Abel Chatenay to have stooa the win- 

 ter by simply drawing the earth up 

 aroi^nd the base or<^he plants, no other 

 protection being provided. 



Moisture or wet heavy soil is not 

 suited for the hybrid tea; therefore a 

 light, sandy soil, well enriched, is de- 

 siral)le; the lighter the soil, the drier 

 and warmer. To carry these through 

 the winter the soil should be drawn up 

 around the base of the plants not later 

 than November 15. This tends to ripen 

 up ^nd harden the wood to better with- 

 stand the winter. A layer of coarse 

 bea(ih hay placed over- the surface of 

 the ground and around the plants an- 

 swers well and it does not hold the 

 water. Over this place some evergreen 

 branches to protect the plants from 

 the sun and cold winds. The cold 

 March winds and strong, bright sun 

 cau^e much injury to all roses as well 

 as to trees and shrubs. 



The Best Varieties. 



The following list of hybrid teas is 

 most desirable: Augustine Guinnoseau, 

 Caroline Testout, La France, Bessie 

 Brown, Gruss an Teplitz, Maman 

 Cochet (white), Maman Cochet (pink), 

 Mme. Abel Chatenay, Madam Joseph 

 Combet, Ferdinand Jamain, Flush 

 O'Dawn, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 

 Papa Gontier ana President Carnot. 



Hybrid tea roses require little prun- 

 ing, cutting out the weak shoots and 

 dead wood being sufficient. 



Hybridiste' Best Field. 



The long season of blooming of this 

 beautiful class of roses beginning in 

 mid-June and continuing until Novem- 

 ber, together with their beautiful col- 

 ors and fragrance, makes them much 

 in demand. A rose which will bloom 

 all summer and prove hardy with care- 

 ful protection will be the popular gar- 

 den rose. This class is being increased 

 in this country, as well as in England, 

 Ireland and Germany, the constitution 

 of these new varieties being strong, to 

 withstand our severe climate. The 

 rose hybridizers in the United States 

 are at work to improve and perfect 

 this new class of roses, a process which 

 is naturally slow; but there is much 

 work being done and in due course re- 

 sults will be known. This cannot be 

 accomplished in one year or two, as 

 with carnations; it requires at least 

 five years before the character and 

 quality of these new roses become 

 permanently fixed. The writer has one 

 plant seven years old flowering this 

 season for the first time. Patience is 

 a virtue the rose hybridist should pos- 

 sess. Oftentimes it requires two years 

 for rose seeds to germinate, while in 



some instances the seeds will germi- 

 nate in about four to six weeks. 

 . Nature is not lavish in giving us im- 

 proved varieties; therefore they cannot 

 be produced at will. Thousands are 

 raised and tested but , only a few 

 chosen. The quality and standard of 

 roses are improved and it becomes 

 mpre difficult to produce new and meri- 

 torious varieties than was the case ten 

 years ago-. All gardeners and florists 

 should intiBfest, themselves in this most 

 fascinating^ work, possess themselves 

 with patie^tce and experiment on the 

 lipes along which ^n their good judg- 

 ment they would get the best results. 



Climbing Roses. 



Within the past ten years there has 

 been introduced what may be called a 

 new race of climbing decorative roses 

 for the garden. These are being grown 

 by many at the present time in various 

 forms, giving muc^ pleasure and satis- 

 faction as hardy climbing or trailing 

 roses. These hybrids are the result of 

 hybridizing, using the Japanese varie- 

 ties as parents. These are valuable ac- 

 quisitions to the already long list of 

 varieties being grown at the present 

 time. These new varieties produce a 

 most artistic effect. When in bloom the 

 contrast with foliage and flower, 

 together with the delicious fragrance, 

 place them easily in the front rank. 

 These flower about the first week in 

 July, prolonging the rose season in the 

 garden fully .four to five weeks. Some 

 varieties flower a second time from 

 September to frost. These may be used 

 to great advantage grown as ground 

 roses for covering banks, rockeries, etc. 

 They grow most rapidly in ordinary 



garden soil well enriched. These re- 

 quire light pruning, merely cutting the 

 tips of the shoots. 



The following named are considered 

 among the best in this class: Carissima, 

 Debutante, Farquhar, Gaiety, Hiawa- 

 tha, Lady Gay, La Fiamma, Philadel- 

 phia Rambler, Manda's Triumph, Dor- 

 othy Perkins and Wedding Bells. 

 These roses may be used for edging 

 for beds by pegging down and they are 

 very effective with their mass of 

 blooms. 



Increasing Popularity. 



Never in the history of this country 

 has the rose been in such demand as at 

 the present time. The popular interest 

 and awakening in the garden rose is the 

 best proof of the high esteem it com- 

 mands as the queen of the garden. A 

 most hopeful and encouraging sign of 

 the times is the increased interest for 

 garden roses, the work being done in 

 making and planting new beds; the in- 

 quiries for the best garden roses and 

 the new varieties and the increased de- 

 mand for the Rambler class, and the 

 increased intelligence by the amateur 

 class in matters relating to rose grow- 

 ing. 



It is evident the rose takes first and 

 the prominent place in the garden and 

 will maintain its title and position 

 while flowers are grown. There is no 

 flower that appeals to one so strongly 

 as the fragrant rose. 



May the developing and perfecting 

 of the rose continue and may each year 

 bring forth new tvpes of American 

 roses which will adorn the rose gar- 

 dens of all who grow this beautiful 

 flower. 



STOCK TOO LATE. 



I have about 1,000 carnation plants in 

 2^ -inch pots, taken from the propagat- 

 ing bench June 1. They are too small to 

 plant out and too late. Can I grow them 

 inside? Have a very big, light house 

 and plenty of room. Please give me 

 the culture. C. E, S, 



I would not advise you to plant such 

 late struck cuttings with any hope for a 

 paying crop next winter. It would be a 

 waste of room, as they would give you 

 at best a very light crop of blooms dur- 

 ing the winter and in the spring you 

 always have plenty anyway. It does not 

 pay to plant anything but good, strong 

 plants, either in the field or in the house 

 for blooming. 



Sometimes we propagate as late as we 

 can of a very scarce and valuable variety 

 (usually seedlings), but merely with a 

 view to getting cuttings the next winter, 

 but even then it is doubtful if it really 

 pays, as the plants are seldom as strong 

 as they should be and more liable to fall 

 a prey to disease. 



I would advise you not to use those 

 plants, but if you are short of plants, 

 visit the nearest wholesale place and 



buy what you need for planting 

 when it is time. It will be dollars in 

 your pocket. A. F. J. Baur. 



CARNATION NOTES.-EAST. 



Topping. 



Upon the attention given to topping 

 will depend the future shape of the plant 

 and it goes without saying that those 

 evenlj'-branched or symmetrical in shape 

 give the best returns. Varieties differ 

 somewhat in natural habit of growth, 

 some making finely shaped specimens 

 with comparatively little attention, while 

 others, unless closely watched, become 

 sprawly and hard to manage. No hard 

 and fast rule can be laid down when and 

 how often to top, so much depends on 

 weather conditions, so the plan of set- 

 ting apart a certain day each week to 

 go over the plants is not to be recom- 

 mended. 



The careful grower will have his eye 

 on practically every plant, at least every 

 other day. Not that he will examine each 

 plant minutely, but a rapid glance along 

 the rows will show where attention is 

 needed today and likely to be wanted 

 tomorrow. 



'^ Breaking back" was the term once 

 used tor define this operation, and the 



