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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



DKrEMBEB 6, 1906. 



V. 



NEW RED HYBRID TEA ROSES. 



One of the most promising of tlies^c is 

 (Jriiss an Sangerhausen. This was raised 

 in the establishment of that eminent 

 rosarian. Dr. Miiller, at Weingarten, in 

 Wurtemburg, and was placed in ('(nn- 

 merce in 1904. From its behavior in my 

 garden this season, says a writer in the 

 (lardeners*^ Magazbie, it promises to sus- 

 tain the already /good reputation borne 

 by the other productions of this raiser. 

 Though classed as a hybrid tea, its habit 

 and extremely tloriferous character would 

 lead one to suspect that it is a close 

 relative of the Chinas, and this appears 

 quite probable. The flowers are most 

 (leliciously scented, and their coloring — 

 a pure retldish scarlet, without a sus- 

 picion of carmine or amaranth — far 

 surpasses both that of Lady Battersea or 

 Liberty in effect. The long, pointed 

 buds are held on stiff, upright stalks, and 

 open into perfectly shaped blossoms of 

 moderate size. Not the least distinctive 

 feature is the luxuriant foliage, which is 

 a dark purplish green, and a fine con- 

 trast to the vivid hue of the flowers. It 

 seems quite probable that when it has 

 recovered from the effects of over-proj)a- 

 gation it will develop more vigor. 



POTTING THE CUTTINGS. 



As soon as the cuttings have obtained 

 roots half an inch in length they should 

 be potted without delay. If the cuttings 

 are allowed to stand in the cutting bench 

 after they are ready for potting the roots 

 begin to run in search of food and, 

 finding nothing but water, they soon 

 mature and become useless for the sup- 

 port of the young plant. When the 

 roots attain such a large size they are 

 always more or less destroyed in the 

 t)peration of potting. 



The soil for potting should be passed 

 through a screen of half-inch mesh, so 

 that the young rootlets may have a close 

 bed of soil around them. The quality 

 of soil to be used is of the utmost 

 importance. It should be a good, fri- 

 able loam with a little clay mixture, if 

 possible, and with no fresh manure in it. 

 The soil left over at planting time, if it 

 has been properly cared for since, is in 

 just tlie right condition for young stock. 



Two-inch standard pots are large 

 enough for a first potting. These pots 

 should be clean outside and inside, es- 

 pecially inside, so that at repotting time 

 the balls may be turne<l out without 

 breaking. The roots should be so placed 

 that when the soil is firmed around the 

 j)lant they will be about one-third of the 



distance down the pot. The j)ot should 

 not be filled flush, as this woxdd leave 

 no room for water. 



The young stock should be tlioroughly 

 watered as soon as possible after pot- 

 ting. This operation usually requires to 

 be repeated several times before the soil 

 can l)e made uniforndy moist and care 

 should be taken not to reduce the soil 

 to the condition of mud. 



The plants should be moved into the 

 house as soon as convenient and not be 

 allowed to stand around the potting 

 shed, wdiere there always is more or less 

 draught. Select a bench which is both 

 light and airy and place a bed of ashes 

 or some such material on the bottom to 

 act as drainage. 



Shade from bright sun for a few, days, 

 until root action has commenced, when 

 they should be exposed to the full rays 

 of the sun. 



("are in watering, so that the soil may 

 never become dry, and using the syringe 

 freely twice a day during bright weather, 

 keeping a steady night temperature of 

 56 degrees, with ordinary rose tempera- 

 ture during the day, will give them a 

 sturdy and vigorous habit. RiBES. 



Deutsche Gartner Zeitung, Erfurt, pub- 

 lishes a large illustration of the climb- 

 ing rose Rubin, originated by J. C. 

 Schmidt, Erfurt, Germany, and intro- 

 duced in 1899. This climbing rose, which 

 is very vigorous, is especially recom- 

 mended for decorating pillars, as well 

 as for quickly covering arbors. It is 

 simply an improved variety of Crimson 

 Rambler, with which it has much simi- 

 larity; its flowers are a little larger and 

 of a brighter red. These are the princi- 

 pal characteristics which distinguish it 

 from Crimson Rambler. 



"This rose is the variety which was 

 exhibited as a novelty in 1905, in the 

 rose division of the French National Hor- 

 ticultural Society, by Cayoux & Lederc, 

 seedsmen, Paris, under the erroneous 

 name of Ruby. 



' ' Why change further the already 

 badly mixed nomenclature of roses? The 

 first name of this sort is the one which 

 should be retained for this climbing rose, 

 whose purchase and planting are to be 

 particularly recommended in high and 

 cold regions because of its haromess. ' ' 



ROSE RUBIN, OR RUBY? 



Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y., 

 furnishes the following translation from 

 the Journal des Roses: 



"In its issue for August 25, 1906, the 



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ASPARAGUS FALCATUS. 



For florists 's work, mo"t cidtivators 

 find it more advantageous to plant out on 

 staging, instead of on beds formed on 

 the floor of the forcing house, some small 

 amount of heat in the beds being ob- 

 tained from two or three hot- water pipes 

 underneath. With this method of cul- 

 tivation the growth, both sprays and 

 trailing shoots, will be of a lighter green 

 tint than from plants in low beds, this 

 tint being preferred by purchasers. Seed- 

 ling plants, raised in the late spring 

 months, which may be bought in the au- 

 tumn at a cheap price, and potted in 

 small pots, in which they are wintered, 

 are to be preferred to divided stools, as 

 the growth of the seedlings is very vig- 

 onms the next year. — Horticultural Ad- 

 vertiser. 



We have been very well pleased with 

 the paper. — B. C. Morris Floral Co., 

 Salt Lake City, Utah. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM CERAMIC. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a photograph made at the establishment 

 of Chal. Peterson, Eaat Liverpool, O., 

 and shows the type of flower of the va- 

 riety Mr. Peterson says is his best money 

 maker. It is a yellow sport of Queen, 

 straw color, like the old Philadelphia, 

 but with a glossy ?ippearance, not the 

 dry, hard, dull yellow so common to the 

 flower. Mr. Peterson says it is the best 

 keeper and best seller of all the mid- 

 season mums he ever has grown. The 

 lower -petals do not droop against the 

 stem and become unsightly, as in some 

 otherwise good sorts. The foliage is 

 heavy, growing well up to within four 

 inches of the flower. Mr. Peterson grows 

 two and three flowers to the plant and 

 gets stems three to four feet long. This 

 season he cut his first flower October 27 



and the last November 24. Every flower 

 was salable. He has named the variety 

 Ceramic. 



BEST EXHIBITION SCRTS. 



A Retrospect. 



Now that the shows are over, one can 

 size up the results and revise the list 

 of best Varieties to grow for exhibition 

 purposes. "That there would be some 

 changes was to be expected, and as usual 

 some of the older ones fell by the way- 

 side. In the list I append, it will be 

 noticed that only two of the older varie- 

 ties appear. They are Colonel Appleton 

 and Merza. These two seem to have a 

 perennial lease of vigor and are hard to 

 beat in their color. Between Beatrice 

 May and Miss Clay Frick, Merza will not 

 be needed after this year, perhaps, but 



