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ThcWcckly Florists' Review. 



August 31, 1905. 



Islos. The list of over 200 varieties 

 which Dr. Hoflfraann recommends as the 

 choicest kinds is also supplemented by 

 Mr, Weathers with a large number of 

 other varieties which, he says, have been 

 found dependable in England. His addi- 

 tions include Debutante and Dorothy 

 Perkins. 



The author set himself the task of 

 dealing in a clear, concise and compre- 

 hensive manner with all matters relat- 

 ing to the rose, which are likely to be 

 found of interest to the amateur rose 

 grower and the beginner at the work, 

 also the recording of such general in- 

 formation as would make the volume one 

 of reference for the skilled and experi- 

 enced grower. Various c-liapters cover 

 classification gf varieties, soil, propaga- 

 tion, garden culture, pruning, grafting, 

 forcing, seedling raising, etc., the whole 

 fully indexed. The translation is literal 

 in order that the author's views may be 

 set forth as closely as possible. Of course 

 the practice is German, but in the preface 

 it is recorded that "the English grower 

 will be able to note the principal differ- 

 ences between some Continental methods 

 of cultivation and those generally prac- 

 ticed in the United Kingdom, and he may 

 even think it worth while to adopt some 

 of them oiicasionally. ' ' 



The volume is handsomely printed and 

 twenty color-plates add much to its 

 beauty. These show a number of clmr- 

 acteristic and popular kinds of roses, as 

 Bosa canina, Souv. de la Malraaison, Mme. 

 Victor A^'erdier, Marechal Niel, Crimson 

 Rambler, Kaiserin, Gruss an Teplitz, 

 Frau Karl Druschki, etc., from original 

 paintings, reproduced in an art printery 



A USEFUL PLANT. 



I am sending a piece of a plant of 

 which I would like^to know the name. It 

 is used aa-.a border plant. W. F. D. 



The small piece of plant enclosed is 

 Santolina incana. It is used for an edg- 

 ing and for lines in carpet bedding. You 

 can clip it to almost any shape, hence 

 its usefulness for the above purposes. 

 It is almost hardy in the eastern states. 

 With a little protection of snow it 

 often survives the winter. A good plan 

 is to lift a few old plants in October 

 and put in a cool house at New Year's. 

 Cut them down a few inches and you 

 will get any amount of soft cuttings, 

 wliidi root readily. To make nice little 

 branching plants for flower gardening 

 there is no place so good as a mild hot- 

 1k d for the santolina in May. W. S. 



' TWO NOVELTIES. 



I send you herewith two photographs 

 of this year's novelties in pot plants 

 grown at Stertzing's floral establish- 

 ment, Maplewood, St. Louis county, 

 Mo. The two tall plants in one picture 

 represent the much praised Nicotiana 

 Sandera\ Tliis plant has certainly not 

 j)roven its merits in St. liouis and has 

 (lisapjiointed the growers. It is two to 

 thr(H» feet tall and where it is planted 

 out it branches very profusely, making 

 a large bush covered with flowers, 

 whi<h measure from three-(iuarters of 

 an incli to one inch in diameter. But 

 through the hot part of the day all the 

 flowers shrivel up, which gives the 

 plant a very bad aspect. The color. 



Impatiens Holstii, a Good House Plant. 



at Stuttgart. The work is one which 

 should find a handy shelf in any library 

 of gardening literature. 



ROCKFORD, III. — Work is being ruslietl 

 on H. W. liuckbee 's big new range. The 

 glazing w'}]] Hoon be completed. 



too, is not as good as could be desire<l, 

 varying from 'a pale purplish-pink to a 

 good crimson-red. This variety seems 

 to be insufficiently fixed, judging from 

 the variation in the color between the 

 different specimens. This plant is not 

 to be reco'nmpnde<l for small vards and 



to use with tender bedding plants, but 

 will do to fill in between tall, hardy pe- 

 rennials or flowering shrubs in borders. 

 The second picture is an ' everbloom- 

 ing balsam. The botanical name is Im- 

 patiens Holstii. It is a good improve- 

 ment over the well known Impatiens Sul- 

 tani. It has a similar growth but dif- 

 fers in the flower peduncle, which bears 

 two to three flowers, instead of one 

 as in I. Sultani. The color is a great 

 deal better, being a rich, brilliant ver- 

 milion-red. This plant will prove itself 

 a valuable acquisition for the florist who 

 lias a call for good house plants, for 

 which j)urpo8e this plant is to be recom- 

 mended, being most satisfactory in 

 apartments. The picture shows a seed- 

 ling from the month of March. T. G. 



BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. 



Bv B. T. Galloway, Chiek ok Bitukait. 



[An abstract of an Illustrated address deliv- 

 ered before the Society of American Florists 

 at Washington, August 16, 1905.] 



The work, of the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry covers many different lines, horti- 

 culture in its broadest sense being one 

 of the most important. I -cannot, of 

 course, in an address of this kind hope to 

 cover more than tlie main features of our 

 horticultural work. I shall, however, en- 

 deavor to review briefly some of the 

 more important problems upon which we 

 are now engaged, or have in the recent 

 past been engaged, problems which will 

 appeal to you as practical men interested 

 in commercial greenhouse and allied 

 work. 



Before entering in a general way upon 

 the subject it may not be out of place to 

 call your attention briefly to the progress 

 which is being made in floricultural and 

 horticultural work in this country. Sev- 

 eral years ago it was my pleasure to pre- 

 sent at a meeting of this society a paper 

 in which I gave in detail statistics show- 

 ing the growth and development of the 

 floricultural interests in the United 

 States. Since the presentation of that 

 paper we have had very prosperous years, 

 and prosperity has adaed to the business 

 of the men who grow crops under glass. 

 There have been many improvements in 

 devices, noteworthy additions to our 

 knowledge of greenhouse construction, 

 and noteworthy changes which on the 

 whole have led to the betterment of the 

 profession. I think it may be truly said, 

 furthermore, that there have been quite 

 marked changes in the general attitude 

 of the public respecting the aims and the 

 objects, as well as the work, of such an 

 organization as the Society of American 

 Florists. So far as the work relating to 

 the growing of crops under glass is con- 

 cerned, I think it may be safely stated 

 that the development within the past five 

 years has been greater than in any simi- 

 lar period in the history of this society, 

 or perhaps in the history of the country. 



It is very difficult ro collect reliable 

 statistics bearing upon floriculture. We 

 have made attempts to do this from time 

 to time and while we believe reasonable 

 success has accompanied our efforts there 

 is always necessarily a considerable ele- 

 ment of doubt, especially when it comes 

 to the proper segregation of the crops 

 grown. There are, however, a few statis- 

 tical facts in reference to prices which 

 might not be out of place at this time 

 and which are based on reliable figures, 

 that is, figures which are available in the 

 trade journals and which, when studied, 

 show a number of things of interest. 



I would like to call your attention -first 

 to some figures in reference to the varia- 



