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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



NOVEMBBB 1, 1900. 



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NITRATE OF SODA. 



In watering roses with nitrate of soda, 

 what amount should be used to the bar- 

 rel? The soda is in the form of crystals. 



J. H. 



Nitrate of soda, being a concentrated 

 form of food, and quick in its action, 

 should be used sparingly, and especially 

 in a first application it should be made 

 weak. 



This class of food should never be 

 given to weak or ailing plants, as it will 

 only aggravate the trouble. Even strong 

 and robust plants require to be educated 

 to its use. For a first application, one 

 pound to one barrel of water will be 

 quite suflBcient. 



Keep a close watch on results, and if 

 these are favorable, the strength of the 

 dose can be gradually increased. Choose 

 bright weather when applying this food. 



Rises. 



red-color, and that it is more intensive 

 than Gruss an Teplitz, while it does not 

 burn under strong sunshine." 



ROSE CHARLOTTE KLEMM. 



This handsome new rose which will 

 shortly be introduced to commerce by 

 Hoyer & Klemm, of Dresden-Gruna, is 

 the result of a cross between the hybrid 

 perpetual, Alfred Colomb, and the Ben- 

 gal rose, Cramoisi Superieur, the latter 

 being the pollen bearer, Robert Turke, 

 of Mussen, remarks in the Eosen Zeit- 

 ung: "I can say frpm personal obser- 

 vation that no other variety of rose is 

 in existence having such a fiery red 

 color, and it exceeds in a remarkable de- 

 gree all rivals of a similar tint. Planted 

 as dwarf bushes or standards in groups, 

 the color is predominant. The blossom 

 is of a fairly large size, moderately 



A NEW ASPLENIUM. 



Asplenium nidus-avis laceratum is a 

 quite distinct new fern, for which a 

 first class certificate was awarded to J. 

 Hill & Sons, of Lower Edmonton, Eng- 

 land, by the Royal Horticultural Society. 

 It is an importation from Brazil, and 

 probably either a new species or a nat- 

 ural hybrid rather than a variety of 

 Asplenium nidus-avis. From that species 

 it differs markedly, not merely in the 

 division of the fronds into pinnate seg- 

 ments, but in the fact that while A. 

 nidus-^is has its fronds winged from 

 the base, the lamina: of the frond com- 

 mencing close to the central caudex, the 

 importation has a long naked stalk with 

 the lamina commencing abruptly some 

 seven or eight inches or more from the 

 ground, thus resembling Asplenium 

 lueidum and most of the other asplenia 

 and also Scolopendrium vulgare. At a 

 distance, indeed, it strongly resembles a 

 robust form of the last-named species, 

 but is of much stouter make and more 

 rigid habit. It is welcomed as a most 

 promising market variety. 



SOME ENGLISH NEV PLANTS. 



At the Royal Horticultural Gardens at 

 Wisley an extensive trial of dahlias has 

 taken place, and it appears that in 

 hardly any of the new varieties has any 

 improvement been made in the habit of 

 the plants, judging from a garden and 

 cut flower point of view. The flowers 

 are still more or less hidden with foliage. 



Asplenium Nidus-Avic Laceratum. 



double, mostly one bloom to each stalk 

 or shoot ; it has good foliage and growth, 

 and in unfavorable autumn weather is 

 free from mildew. In Germany the plant 

 withstands the severity , of the winter 

 whe9 slightjy protected. The plant flow- 

 , efs ; early aqd onwards till the frost 

 .pa^ke^i^p end of flowering. -It is valu- 

 ably as a yaxiety for grouping and for 

 late cuttitog. Under glass it scarcely 

 lej^vesvP'^ flowering." A colored illus- 

 .r-'t?»^49 •accompanies the description of 

 r'Mie;:rose wHiefc Peter Lambert sti-tes 

 ^'f^ls to reproduce the peculiar fiery 



and the stalks are in nearly all cases 

 much too slender, hardly being strong 

 enough to support the weight of the 

 bloom. These draw"backs our expert 

 hybridists seem somewhat stuck at. The 

 following are varieties "which obtained 

 suflScierit awards to mark them, officially, 

 as of the highest possible value at pres- 

 ent obtained, in any variety for garden 

 de<M)ration and cutting: A. D. Stoop, 

 crimson rose, described as holding the 

 flowers above the foliage better than any 

 other variety; Mont Blanc, pure white; 

 Pink Pearl, mauve; Prjnce of Yellows, 



yellow; Reggie, magenta; "West Hall 

 Scarlet, scarlet. 



At the autumn exhibition of the Na- 

 tional Rose Society, lately held in Lon- 

 don, it was abundantly seen that, for 

 this year, at least, the best autumn roses 

 come from Ireland and the one or two 

 big rose growers in Ireland showed prob- 

 ably the finest blooms ever seen for the 

 time of year. The only two varieties 

 which gained gold medals came from 

 that country, Alex Dickson winning them 

 with a grand exhibit of Dorothy P. Rob- 

 ert, H. T., a lovely thing, of a rose 

 color, shaded apricot; and also with the 

 Mrs, S. Clark, H. T., a lovely pink shade, 

 its chief characteristip being the very 

 double habit. 



Several lot.s of the much talked of 

 perpetual bearing strawberry are being 

 picked this autumn, and are of useful 

 quality. It appears that quite a crop, 

 almost amounting to commercial value, 

 can be obtained, if this section is treated 

 as an autumn fruiting sort, and not as a 

 perpetual bearer. In the ordinary way 

 they commence to bloom at the same time 

 as the ordinary summer varieties, and 

 then when the fruit is really wanted in 

 September, the plants are getting ex- 

 hausted. If all flowers and runners are 

 kept carefully picked off for the first two 

 months after they commence to appear, 

 and the plant encouraged by liberal cul- 

 tivation, a fine crop of large, well formed 

 fruit may be obtained during September 

 and October, 



H, B. May, of Edmonton, has intro- 

 duced a fine asplenium, called nidus-avis 

 laceratum. The fronds are two feet long 

 and a much deeper and harder green 

 than is usual with asplepiums. The va- 

 riety is likely to become a fine pot plant 

 and market variety, a great point being 

 its extreme hardness of texture. 



F. Stredwick & Son, St, Leopards, are 

 taking a leading place as raisers of 

 dahlias. The following varieties coming 

 from them are likely to become standard 

 varieties: Hyacinth, bronze, pink tips, 

 unusually distinct color; Sunshine, red, 

 lighter towards the outside petal, good 

 form; Ruby Grinstead, the latest type 

 of cactxis, having incurved petals, color 

 yellow, shaded rose; Meteor, white spot- 

 ted purple and crimson, A variety named 

 Portia, a true pompon, comes from C, 

 Turner, This is likely to become a 

 standard florists' variety and will prob- 

 ably be grown in large quantities for 

 cutting. 



In chrysanthemums a sort called White 

 Countess attracts notice as likely to be- 

 come a valuable, early market variety. 

 It is pure white. The same may be said 

 of a yellow named Mercedes. They both 

 originate in one of our large market 

 nurseries and will be extensively grown 

 for early market work. Another variety 

 from the same nursery, called Mrs. Ar- 

 thur Beech, is deep orange, reverse side 

 of petals old gold. These three, in my 

 opinion, are the greatest improvement 

 in the early, flowering section that the 

 market trade has had for a long time, 

 and they are three colors. that are want- 

 ed more than any others. They are in- 

 troduced by Joseph Lowe & Co., of Ux- 

 bridge, Middlesex. J. B. 



Cedar Rapids, Ia. — Camburn Bros, 

 intend to build one or more greenhouses 

 50x250 next season. 



Springfield, III. — A. C. Brown has a 

 seedling carnation which he has named 

 after Governor Deneen. He will show it 

 at Chicago. 



