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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 3, 1906. 



west, especially in Oklahoma and Texas. 

 These are the localities in which the 

 most rapid business advance has been 

 made in all linos in the past few years 

 and the greenhouse men are just begin- 

 ning to reap the rewards which always 

 come as soon as a community has become 

 settled down after the stress of pioneer 

 work. When wealth comes the florist 

 always gets Ms share. 



Very much greenhouse building is go- 

 ing on in the southwest. Most of the 

 establishments are small as yet, but sure 

 to expand rapidly. One of the places 

 ■which will serve as a model is that of 

 J. J. Nussbaumer, at San Angelo, Tex. 

 In this issue are reproductions of photo- 

 graphs showing three views of his houses. 

 One picture shows a view from the 

 street, another the interior and one of 

 the houses devoted to carnations, with 



space under the gutter and at the ends 

 occupied by baskets of Sprengeri and 

 odd lots of miscellaneous stock. The 

 third picture shows a few of the frames 

 along the rear of the houses, which add 

 not a little to the capacity of the estab- 

 lishment, for it is possible to bring 

 along here much stock and have it ready 

 to go on the benches in good shape when 

 space is available after a busy season 

 like Easter. 



Mr. Nussbaumer finds it pays him well 

 to keep his place in spick and span order. 

 Neatness is his watchword and his place 

 will compare favorably with any of its 

 size in older communities. Mr. Nuss- 

 baumer is a native of Illinois and knew 

 the business as followed north before he 

 removed to Texas. He feels that de- 

 velopment has only just begun in the 

 business in his locality. 



EXCHANGE OF ROSE STOCK. 



Eef erring to C. L. "Washburn's pro- 

 posal to exchange rose plants with grow- 

 ers in other parts of the country, with 

 a view to studying the effect upon con- 

 stitution and productiveness, A. Faren- 

 wald. Hillside, Pa., writes Mr. Washburn 

 in part as follows: 



"Your suggestion about changing 

 plants with growers wide apart is good. 

 Without doubt it will have a good in- 

 fluence on the vigor of our rose plants. 



"Since I started for myself I have 

 been in the habit of buying all my 

 plants each year. That is for eight 

 years now, mostly Beauties and Liber- 

 ties, and my success with them I believe 

 is partly due to this change. 



"I do not myself propagate, at least 

 not enough to replant all my benches. 

 If I happen to have a bad corner on a 

 bench somewhere, I have used it for 

 such a purpose, but most of my stock is 

 bought. 



' ' Liberties in the past have done re- 

 markably with me, so well that I have 

 planted nearly all that sort. I have this 

 year only one house of Beauties, but 

 Eichmond seems to have taken a strong 

 hold on the buyer, and I am about to 

 put up some glass to hold 10,000 plants. 



" If I were growing Brides or kindred 

 varieties, I would gladly exchange stock 

 with you, but my Liberties and Beauties 

 I will leave in this year, so I will have 

 nothing but Eichmond in young plants, 

 and of them I have your stock and they 

 are doing splendidly, beating all others 

 I bought from around here, and they 

 will without doubt continue fine." 



ANTS ON ROSES. 



I would like to learn how to destroy 

 black ants. They ar» making ravages in 

 my carnation and rose beds in the green- 

 house. I have a bed of American Beauty 

 roses, but the ants seem to get the best 

 of them; they stick on the rose buds 

 and eat them all up. I looked all through 

 the house, but could find no ants' nest. 

 Please tell me some way to get rid of 

 them. A. D. 



Black ants, though frequently numer- 

 ous in rose and carnation houses, seldom 

 cause much damage. In this case they 

 seem to have acquired some very bad 

 habits and should be banished at once. 



Their nests are usually in the crevices 

 of the walls and are difficult to find and 

 reach by any destructive agent. 



Corrosive sublimate and sweet oil 

 mixed and used as a paint along the 

 edges of the sideboards, on the walls and 

 anywhere the ants are in the habit of 

 traveling will banish them. A liberal 

 use of kerosene emulsion, gasoline or 

 turpentine will also cause them to va- 

 cate. ElBES. 



BEST FORCING ROSES. 



What are the best six or eight roses 

 when grafted for florists' forcing pur- 

 poses? J. & P. 



This inquiry is not sufficiently explicit, 

 as it is not stated whether the roses are 

 to be forced on the benches for cut 

 flowers or in pots for spring sales. As- 

 suming that forcing on benches is in- 

 tended, then the commonly grown varie- 

 ties are Bride, Bridesmaid, Liberty, 

 Eichmond, Chatenay, Golden Gate and 

 American Beauty. To this list might 

 be added KiUarney, Wellesley and one 

 or two others not so generally grown. 

 Of these many growers advocate the use 

 of grafted plants in the case of Bride, j 



Bridesmaid and Liberty, while Eich- 

 mond, Killarney and others are occasion- 

 ally seen on Manetti stocks. E. H. 



RICHMOND. 



Those growers who found themselves 

 with surpluses of young stock of Eich- 

 mond rose report that since the recent 

 cut in prices the sale of stock has be- 

 come very brisk. Prices are now at 

 about the bottom and likely to go up 

 again very soon. Every rose grower Tsho 

 had not already tried Eichmond are 

 now buying and the moderate price will 

 have served the purpose of giving a 

 good rose a wider distribution than 

 would have otherwise been possible for 

 it, and a more general distribution than 

 probably any other rose ever received in 

 its second year.' 



Not all the growers who hold young 

 stock of Eichmond have been willing to 

 cut the price in two. There is one lot 

 in particular, of 20,000 plants, which is 

 being held in anticipation that after the 

 bargain sales are over there will be a 

 steady demand at more profitable prices. 



GASSER'S KAISERIN. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a photograph taken at the establishment 

 of the J. M. Gasser Co., of Cleveland, 

 O. The greenhouses are located at Eocky 

 Eiver, and the one shown is a 300-foot 

 house of Kaiserin. ^hese were planted 

 early last February, using dormant 

 plants. They were started into growth 

 the latter part of February and the en- 

 tire house broke simultaneously. The 

 photograph was taken April 17, at which 

 time the plants were just beginning to 

 give a crop which for quantity and qual- 

 ity will exceed anything in the previous 

 experience of the Gasser establishment, 

 where good crops are a rule and where 

 quality is usually of the best. Not only 

 are the buds large and perfect, but the 

 foliage on the plants is a matter for 

 congratulation with the grower. 



The Gasser Co. is one of the most pro- 

 gressive firms in a state which is rapidly 

 becoming one of the most important in 

 our trade. Ohio shows a very great in- 

 crease in the extent of greenhouse glass, 

 in the money invested, in the business 

 transacted, and in all matters relating to 

 the expansion of our industry. The 

 Gasser Co. is not in any particular be- 

 hind those newer to the business. Their 

 plant is modern in every respect and 

 nothing is left undone which would in 

 any way facilitate the economical pro- 

 duction of the best grade of stock. At 

 the store in Cleveland both retail and 

 wholesale trade is done, the latter end 

 of the business having recently increased 

 very materially. 



PRUNING RAMBLER ROSES. 



No rival class of roses has achieved 

 anything like the popularity of the climb- 

 ing, hardy multifloras, commonly known 

 as ramblers. Crimson Eambler is every- 

 where highly prized, and the beautiful 

 new Philadelphia Eambler will soon 

 bloom in thousands of homes throughout 

 the land. Wherever seen it is admired 

 for the brilliancy and lasting quality of 

 its countless perfect blossoms. Coming 

 ten days before Crimson Eambler, it does 

 not compete with that treasure, but is 

 appreciated for its own special merits. 

 There are yellow, white and pink-flow- 

 ered ramblers, but though useful where 

 variety of effect is sought, they are 

 scarcely all that can be desired in sub- 

 stance and finish of blossom. 



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