June 20, 1907. 



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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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CARE OF EARLY STOCK. 



During the busy season of planting, 

 those houses which were planted early 

 must not be neglected, as they frequent- 

 ly are. Beyond the usual watering, ven- 

 tilating and syringing, they are fre- 

 quently left to themselves during the 

 rush. Cultivating should be practiced 

 regularly, especially during the hot 

 weather, in order to keep them growing. 

 Staking and training should also be 

 attended to. Every branch and stem 

 should be trained into place, so that they 

 may not scramble over the bench, al- 

 lowing plenty of room among the foliage 

 for free circulation of air. If this work 

 is neglected, the eyes are apt to break 

 weak and cause a thicket of blind wood, 

 which makes a shelter for red spider, 

 and under such conditions it is almost 

 impossible to reach them with the 

 syringe. 



Beauties which have made some growth 

 in the bench should be gone carefully 

 over and where necessary they should 

 be shortened back to encourage the low- 

 er eyes to break. 



As spider and blaick spot usually be- 

 gin their depredations on the leaves at 

 the base of the stem, it is sometimes 

 good policy, where the plants are strong 

 enough to bear it, to strip off these 

 leaves high enough up so that none of 

 them may touch the soil. Every leaf 

 showing signs of black spot should be 

 picked off and destroyed. 



Grafted stock should be supported 

 just as soon as planted, so as to secure 

 the scion against injury by being shaken 

 during syringing, and any grafted stock 

 which has begun to make growth should 

 have a going over weekly to see that 

 the tying material is not cutting into 

 the bark and also to remove the suckers 

 which are certain to show up, and which, 

 if neglected, will rob the scion of its 

 sustenance. Ribes. 



HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES. 



All the extra labor devoted to out- 

 door roses from the time growth has 

 started perceptibly until the opening of 

 the buds will yield a substantial return 

 in quality and size of blooms. 



If the soil in which roses are planted 

 is fairly well drained it is aJmost im- 

 possible to give the plants too much water 

 when growth is vigorous; on the other 

 hand, roses never give satisfactory results 

 when planted in wet, undrained soil. 



Hellebore powder is about the safest 

 thing to use on roses outdoors as a 

 preventive of insects, etc., and its use 

 should be frequently resorted to. Only 



by removing dispensable buds can we 

 reasonably expect to have large, choice 

 flowers. The buds intended to be re- 

 moved should not be left on the plants 

 after their disposition has been decided 

 upon. 



Some mulch roses with manure, leav- 

 ing the manure on the surface of the 

 soil. That method is not only unsight- 

 ly in practice, but it is questionable if it 

 answers the purpose for which it is in- 

 tended as well as if it were covered to 

 the depth of two or three inches with 

 good, clean soil. Roses, like most 

 other plants, like a thorough cultivation 



Tbe Kdltor Is pleased 

 when a Reader 

 presents his ideas 

 on any subject treated in 



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As experience is the best 

 teacher, so do we 

 learn fastest by an 

 exchange of experiences. 

 Many valuable points 

 are broucht out 

 by discussion. 



Good pentnanshtp, sp>ellin^ and gram- 

 mar, tboufch desirable, are not neces- 

 sary. Write as you would talk when 

 doin? your best. 



WE SHALL, BK GLAD 

 TO HKAR FROM TOU. 



of the surface soil, which it is possible 

 to give when soil is on the surface, but 

 impossible when a thick coat of manure 

 forms the surface covering. 



The afternoon and through the even- 

 ing is the time when outdoor roses should 

 be watered to derive the greatest benefit 

 therefrom. R. R, 



HEELED-IN ROSES. 



I have several hundred roses heeled in. 

 Will they be good for next year by 

 planting them in deep, rich soil? How 

 soon would you cut them back, so that 

 they would make a good, strong growth 

 for next year? The roses are Crimson 

 Rambler, Gruss an Teplitz, Ulrich Brun- 

 ner, VicK's Caprice, Jacqueminot, Clio, 

 "White Maman Cochet, Maman Cochet, 

 Kaiserin and Hermosa. All are two- 



year-old field grown stock and have 

 made long growth with bud, and heeled 

 in at that. Would you at once cut them 

 all back hard, or just a little at a time? 

 I am planting them deep. The soil is 

 twenty-six inches deep, with one-third 

 of rotted cow manure and the balance 

 rich, heavy loam from the field. 



J. T. 



It is getting late to head back roses 

 such as you name. If, however, you 

 have them heeled in, I would advise cut- 

 ting them back at once. Prune the 

 Ramblers, Brunners, Clios, Vick's Ca- 

 price and Jacqueminots hard, the 

 Cochets knd others a little less severely. 

 Plant deeply, tramp the ground firm, 

 give a soaking of water if the weather 

 is dry and throw a mulching of fine 

 earth over it afterwards. They should 

 succeed well in such soil as you have, 

 but it is unfortunate you left the plant- 

 ing till so late. C. W. 



NEW IRISH ROSES. 



As seasons pass, Alex. Dickson & Sons, 

 who have sent out a number of sorts 

 which have proved of value in America, 

 including Liberty in 1900 and Killarney 

 in 1898, steadily swell the list of their 

 novelties. This year it contains no less 

 than eight sorts. The firm supplies the 

 following descriptions : 



Colonel R. S. WDliamson (H. T.)— 

 The blooms are large, full, perfectly 

 formed, with high-pointed center; the 

 petals are round, smooth and possessed 

 of great substance; color satiny white, 

 with deep blush center; lovely. The 

 flowers, which are produced in great 

 profusion, are carried upon erect and 

 rigid footstalks. The growth is vigorous 

 and upright, with handsome deep green 

 foliage; altogether a first-rate rose for 

 any purpose. 



Dorothy Page Roberts (H. T.)— This 

 is a beautiful and novel variety, of ro- 

 bust and erect growth, and free, with 

 continuous blooming character. It is not 

 suflSciently full for exhibition purposes, 

 but is an ideal decorative or garden rose. 

 The combination of colors is novel, dis- 

 tinct and beautiful, being a lovely shade 

 of coppery pink, suffused with apricot 

 yellow, more especially at the base of 

 the petals, which are large. 



Elizabeth Barnes (H. T.)— In this 

 rose we have produced a combination of 

 colors hitherto unknown. Dr. Huey, the 

 eminent American authority on roses, 

 when visiting our nurseries in 1906, ex- 

 pressed the opinion that this was the 

 most beautiful and charming of our 

 introductions, and his ideal of the high- 

 est type of rose beauty. The shades of 

 color may be described as satiny sal- 

 mon rose, with a fawn center, suffused 

 with yellow; outside of petals deep rosy 

 red, shaded with copper and yellow. 

 The flowers are large, full, with pointed 

 center, perfectly formed and possessing 

 a delightful fragrance. 



Harry :^rk (H. T.)— Of robust 

 growth, with free branching habit, flow- 

 ering freely and continuously. The 

 blooms are large, full, with large, smooth 

 petals of great substance; the form is 

 perfect; the buds are long; color deep 

 sulphur yellow, passing to a lighter shade 

 at edges of petals; much the best of its 

 color. 



Lady Helen Vincent (H. T.)— A dis- 

 tinct variety, of robust growth and free 

 flowering character. The blooms are 



