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'Sepxbmbdr 19, 1007. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



BABY DOROTHY ROSE. 



The accompanying illustration is re- 

 produced from a photograph supplied by 

 Hugh Low & Co. of a plant of the rose 

 which was originally named Maman Le- 

 vavasseur, but which has been renamed, 

 with the originator's consent, Baby Dor- 

 othy, a much better appellation. 



The rose is a Baby Eambler of Doro- 

 thy Perkins color, which is a sufficient 

 guarantee of its value to the trade. The 

 rose is being offered in Europe this sea- 

 son, and doubtless will have wide dis- 

 semination in this country. It is adapt- 

 ed either to bedding or forcing and will 

 be of inestimable value in the making of 

 the now popular basket and hamper ar- 

 rangements of blooming plants for 

 Christmas and Easter. 



ROSES FOR DESIGN VORK. 



Are there any roses, suitable to use in 

 design work, that will bloom well in 

 pots in a night temperature of 55 de- 

 grees? I. E. L. 



Both Bride and Bridesmaid roses will 

 bloom in pots at the temperature given, 

 though not so freely as they would do 

 in benches. Some other varieties, such 

 as Kaiserin, make a stronger growth in 

 pots, but do not flower so freely or so 

 constantly as the two given above. In 

 them you have a pink and a white that 

 are hard to beat for design work. 



Wm. Scott. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The bulletin of the American Kose So- 

 ciety, with the proceedings of the year, 

 embracing the able papers of Theodore 

 Wirth, E. G. Hill and M. H. Walsh, is 

 now in press. Besides these papers, the 

 bulletin gives a good account of the dis- 

 cussions which ensued, in which some of 

 the ablest men took part, including W. C. 

 Barry, W. H. Elliott, John Cook, William 

 A. Manda, Adolph Farenwald, E. G. Hill 

 and P. O'Mara. 



The certificates to be sent to life mem- 

 bers and the certificates for exhibitors of 

 new roses will soon be mailed. 



The Chicago people are already astir 

 with promise of everything that can be 

 asked for to boom roses in every shape at 

 the next meeting, and the western people 

 say to the eastern folk, "Join us with 

 both hands." 



Benj. Hammond, Secretary. 



"If your business is not worth adver- 

 tising, advertise it for sale." 



HYDRANGEAS IN TUBS. 



Please advise me as to the best treat- 

 ment for hydrangeas in tubs after they 

 have finished blooming. Shall I cut off 

 the blooms that have passed? Which are 

 the next year's blooms on the stems? 

 How shall I treat the hydrangeas in tubs 

 so as to have them in good shape for next 

 year? L. S. 



Hydrangeas which have done blooming 

 should have the flower heads removed 

 without delay. It is too late now to get 



supply to hydrangeas from this time, in 

 order to fully ripen the wood. Give them 

 all possible sunshine and keep just moist 

 enough to prevent wilting. Do not allow 

 the plants to sustain anything like a hard 

 freeze. Two or 3 degrees below freezing 

 will not hurt plants with matured wood, 

 but plants exposed to a temperature of 

 20 degrees above zero are usually ruined, 

 so far as flowering is concerned, for a 

 season. 



A cellar or shed, moderately light and 

 dry and just clear of frost, makes an 

 ideal winter storage place for these 

 plants. A little frost will not harm them. 

 Keep them fairly dry at the root all win- 

 ter and ventilate whenever weather con» 

 ditions permit. C. W. 



WINTERING BAY TREES. 



We have some large bay trees to winter 

 in the greenhouse this season. What tem- 

 perature is best, and do they require any 

 special treatment in the way of watering, 

 etc.? G.L. W. 



The sweet bay, Laurus nobilis, is quite 

 a hardy plant. We have seen many fine 

 specimens growing outdoors in Great 

 Britain which were never protected and 



New Rose Baby Dorothy. 



any growths from the stems which have 

 carried the flower heads. You must de- 

 pend chiefly on the shoots made this sea- 

 son which have not bloomed. When start- 

 ing the plants in the spring, shorten back 

 the previous year's wood to two or three 

 pairs of eyes and do at that time any 

 necessary top-dressing or re-tubbing. 

 It is best to gradually reduce the water 



which were exposed to occasional temper- 

 atures of 15 to 20 degrees below freezing. 

 In America we of course cannot winter 

 them without protection. TTiey do not 

 need the heat of a greenhouse. If you 

 have a well-lighted shed or cellar which 

 just excludes frost, they will come 

 through nicely and light freezing will not 

 harm them. Do not allow them to be- 



