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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NOVEMBEK 2. 1905. 



pink, incurved, exhibited by the E. G. 

 Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., scored 96 points 

 commercial scale. No. 1, pink, ends of 

 petals silvery white, incurved, compact 

 form, exhibited by H. W. Buckbee, Eock- 

 ford. 111., scored 88 points commercial 

 scale. No. 8, light flesh pink, exhibited 

 by H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, 111., scored 

 89 points commercial scale. No. 2, pink, 

 incurved, exhibited by H. W. Buckbee, 

 Rockford, 111., scored 88 points commer- 

 cial scale. 



New York, October 28.— Paul Daille- 

 douze, pink, exhibited by William Duck- 

 ham, Madison, N. J., scored 95 points 

 exhibition scale and 94 points commercial 

 scale. Fred H. Lemon, Sec'y. 



G>nunittees on Seedlings. 



President Duckham has announced the 

 committees to examine seedlings and 

 sports on dates as follows: November 

 4, 11, 18 and 25, 1905. 



Exhibits to receive attention from the 

 committees must in all cases be prepaid 

 to destination, and the entry fee of $2 

 should be forwarded to the secretary not 

 later than Tuesday of the week preced- 

 ing examination, or may accompany the 

 blooms. Special attention is called to the 



rule requiring that sports to receive a 

 certificate must pass three committees. 



New York — Eugene Dailledouze, chair- 

 man, care of New York Cut Flower Co., 

 Sixth avenue and Twenty-sixth street; 

 Arthur Herrington, Thomas Head. 



Philadelphia — A. B. Cartledge, chair- 

 man, 1514 Chestnut street; John West- 

 cott, Wm. K. Harris. 



Boston — E. A. Wood, chairman; Wm. 

 Nic^lson, James Wheeler. Ship to Bos- 

 ton Flower Market, care John Walsh. 



Cincinnati — R. Witterstaeter, chair- 

 man; James Allen, Wm. Jackson. Ship 

 to Jabez Elliott Flower Market, care 

 janitor. 



Chicago — J. S. Wilson, chairman; J. 

 B. Deamud and Phil Hauswirth. Ship 

 care of J. B. Deamud, 51 Wabash ave- 

 nue. 



The official scales of the C. S. A. are 

 as follows: 



Commercial. Exhibition. 



Color 20 Color 10 



Form 15 Stem 10 



Fullness 10 Foliage 10 



Stem 15 Fullness 16 



Foliage 15 Form 15 



Substance 15 Depth 16 



sue 10 Size 25 



Total 100 Total 100 



Fred H. Lemon, Sec'y. 



obtained from the top of the plant, where 

 it is fully exposed to the sun's rays and 

 where the air can freely circulate among 

 the leaves, and as it requires a keen, dis- 

 criminating eye and sound judgment, 

 this part of the work should be entrusted 

 to the most experienced help. 



The wood should be immersed in water 

 as soon as possible after being taken 

 from the plant to prevent wilting and 

 should not be allowed to stand too long 

 therein before being ' ' made ' ' and put 

 in the bench. Eibes. 



PREPARING FOR PROPAGATING. 



As the time for propagating draws 

 near every provision should be made so 

 that there may be no delay at that busy 

 season. Very rarely do we find a ho^j^^e 

 of Brides or Bridesmaids that are nbt 

 more or less of a mixture. Now there 

 is no reason why this should be so, as a 

 little care and attention during the few 

 weeks previous to propagating will effect 

 a remedy and get the young stock true 

 to name. 



During the season of propagating the 

 chances are that a small percentage of 

 the plants will not be in bloom and this 

 will make it impossible to determine the 

 variety if there is a mixture on the 

 bench, so the safest course is to go over 

 the benches every day and place a promi- 

 nent tag wherever the mixture is ob- 

 served. Were this done season after sea- 

 son there would be less complaints in re- 

 gard to mixed stock. 



It must be a disappointment to many 

 growers when, after planting a house of 

 young stock, to find when they -begin to 

 show bloom that a large percentage of 

 them are not of the variety ordered. 

 There are, no doubt, some firms who take 

 particular care to put out stock true to ! 



name, but, unfortunately, there are 

 others. 



In the selection of suitable wood for 

 propagating purposes great care should 

 be taken to have it of the proper condi- 

 tion of ripeness in order to make a 

 "good strike." The best wood can be 



A NEW PINK RAMBLER. 



The demand for rambling roses is 

 so great in these days of pergolas, ar- 

 bors, pillars, and arches of roses that 

 numbers of very fine varieties have 

 been raised and placed on the market 

 to meet it. Among rambling roses, as 

 among all other things, there is ever 

 room for something extra fine, or very 

 distinct, and on these grounds there 

 is room for the new Mrs. F. W. Flight. 

 This is a wonderful rose, says the- 

 Gardeners' Magazine, and so excep- 

 tionally robust that it succeeds in 

 places and under conditions where 

 other varieties make but a poor show. 

 But it is not simply robust in the sense 

 that it produces growths with the vigor 

 of a Crimson Rambler that finds itself 

 at home, and clothed with ample foli- 

 age. It is robust also in that it flow- 

 ers with a freedom not common even 

 among such free-flowering plants as 

 roses. Its big trusses of flowers are 

 particularly large, and well filled with 

 flcAvsers two and one-half inches across, 

 and of a delightful bright rose-pink 

 shade. The flowers are semi-double, 

 and do not fall to pieces quickly, as 

 is the case with those varieties in 

 which the doubling is less advanced. 

 Thirty such flowers on one truss of 

 bloom is of quite common occurrence, 

 that number being seen on the sprays 

 shown , during the summer by Messrs. 

 W. Cutbush & Son,, Highgate, who 

 are the distributors of this highly 

 meritorious novelty. 



The new rose is a seedling and its 

 parents are Crimson Rambler and The 

 Garland, according to the Gardeners' 

 Magazine, from which we reproduce 



New Lisfht Pink Ramblinc: Rose, Mrs. F. W. Flight 



