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Febbuaky 22, 1906. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



917 



This should be pulverized fine enough 

 to make it easy to pack around the 

 bulb. 



Some growers still use drainage, even 

 in half-inch shifts, but where a fairly 

 porous soil is used there is no necessity 

 for this. The addition of soil to the 

 pot is so small that there is ample evap- 

 oration without it. Where large shifts 

 are used, such as from 2^4 -inch to 3%- 

 inch or larger, it is always safest to 

 use drainage. However, this is a ques- 

 tion that the student can best deter- 

 mine for himself by experimenting. 



Potting too deeply is frequently the 

 cause of checking growth and should 

 be guarded against, the original ball re- 

 quiring to be placed just deep enough 

 in the pot so that there will be left 

 ample room for watering. 



Eepotted stock should have the soil 

 uniformly moistened before being 

 placed on the bench. This is particu- 

 larly true of Beauties, the young wood 

 and foliage of which suffer severely 

 from any neglect of this nature. 



Pressure of other work should be no 

 excuse for postponing repotting of rose 

 stock, as any delay, particularly in 

 bright weather, will cause a check from 

 which they do not recover for a long 

 time, if ever. Eibes. 



MISS KATE MOULTON. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a very excellent photograph of a pot of 

 John Monson's new pink rose. Miss 

 Kate Moulton, which is now being exhib- 

 ited at florists' club meetings by the 

 Minneapolis Floral Co. The photograph 

 is one of the best which has reached the 

 Eeview office in a long time and gives 

 a better idea of the character of the 

 flower than any heretofore published. 

 The rose has been known to the florists 

 of the Twin Cities for a number of sea- 

 sons and has made a distinctly favorable 

 impression. It was shown for the first 

 time to the general public at the World 's 

 Pair fiower show at St. Louis in 1904 

 and at the Chicago show in 1905 it was 

 one of the most attractive features. Now 

 the various florists* clubs are haviiig an 

 opportunity to pass upon it. Mr. Monson 

 reports that he is receiving many in- 

 quiries for stock of Miss Kate Moulton 

 and that many large growers are visiting 

 his place to see the stock growing. The 

 variety promises to be very generally 

 planted for trial next season. 



A ROLL OF CARPET. 



In the Keview of February 15, W. 

 D. states that he intends to make a de- 

 sign next spring, representing a roll of 

 carpet and asks lor information on con- 

 structing the frame, etc. In replying to 

 him, W. S. says he does not understand 

 what is meant. It seems to me the only 

 thing lie means is that he wants to make 

 a bed representing a roll of carpet, that 

 is, a roll with a piece of carpet extended 

 as it is shown by salesmen in carpet 

 stores. W. S. gives quite definite infor- 

 mation as to making a bed represent- 

 ing a carpet laid out in a room and his 

 selection of plants is all that could be 

 desired. 



To make a design representing a roll 

 of carpet, mark out on the lawn a bed 

 of size best suited to your requirements; 

 4^x9 feet is a good size. Put it in 

 good shape for planting. Get a piece 

 of common poultry netting four feet 

 wide and long enough to make a cylin- 

 der two feet across. This cylinder is 



Rose Miss Kate Moulton. 



the rolled part and is placed at one end 

 of the bed. Enas of the proper size 

 should be cut from the same kind of 

 netting and wired into place. 



Choose your pattern, the simpler the 

 better, and work it out in the bed, start- 

 ing at one end and going to within 

 about three feet of the other end. Have 

 a basket of wet sphagnum at hand. 

 Place the cylinder across the end of the 

 bed and drive a couple of stakes through 

 the bottom to keep it from rolling. The 

 seam in the cylinder should be on top 

 and left unfastened until planting is 

 nearly finished. Through this opening 

 line the bottom with moss and up about 

 three inches on the sides and ends, in- 

 side. 



Fill with soil to the same height, 

 knock out your plants and put them 

 through the netting into place. Put an- 

 other rim of moss around, and more soil 

 and plants. Here is where you get in 

 your fine work, as the pattern must be 

 worked out on the cylinder to match the 

 flat portion of your bed or carpet. When 

 about half full, put through the center 

 of the cylinder what may be called a 

 core, of sphagnum, about five inches in 

 diameter but do not run it clear to the 

 ends. Place three pieces of old 1-inch 

 pipe so that when the roll is complete, 

 the bottom of the pipes will be in the 

 core and the top just hidden by the 

 plants on top of the roll, which can be 

 kept moist better by pouring water 

 down tbe pipes than by watering out- 

 side alone. 



Now, I do not know that I have made 

 it clear how to make and fill this cylin- 



uer, but with this starter I am sure that 

 any one accustomed to bedding out can 

 figure out a way. 



Properly arranged bedding of flower- 

 ing plants and natural effects in peren- 

 nials and shrubbery are desirable. 



While the ordinary mortal publicly 

 delights in ' ' Vogner, " " Batovan ' ' and 

 Mozart, he has, perhaps privately, a well- 

 developed regard for Charles K. Harris 

 and ragtime. 



As an example of what can be done 

 by skillful planting, and as a novelty, 

 sometlimg that everybody will stop to 

 look at, and that will be talked about 

 long after it has disappeared, put in an 

 occasional carpet bed. When the writer 

 has made the balance of his million and 

 does not need advertising, then and then 

 only, will he cut out entirely, the "rag- 

 time" bed. C. H. G. 



In a recent issue of the Review W. 

 D. asks for information about planting 

 a bed to represent a roll of cari>et. W. 

 S. says he is not quite clear about what 

 W. D. wants, but he gives a very good 

 list of the plants suitable for planting 

 such a bed. 



Well, I worked in a place for some 

 time where a bed was planted on the 

 lawn in front of the big house to repre- 

 sent a roll of carpet. 1 would call it a 

 stair carpet. The lawn sloped from the 

 house to the street and a bed about 

 three feet wide and twenty-five to thirty 

 feet long was cut out in the grass, the 

 sod being removed entirely. The bed 

 was dug and made ready for planting 

 just as any other bed and at the top 



