The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



October 10, 1907. 



THE SEASON FOR CUTTING. 



Some Early Varieties. 



Cutting is iiQw on in real earnest in 

 most establishments, and prices so far 

 are fairly satisfactory. Monrovia holds 

 the j)alm as the early yellow. It is this 

 year the most profitable thing I have 

 grown and at this date, October 5, is 

 all sold and t^ie 8pa<-e is being utilized 

 for another purpose. There is practi- 

 cally no waste with Monrovia, as every 

 plant produces perfect buds and flowers. 



Miss Mary CJodfrey, as a yellow to fol- 

 low Monrovia, will be largely grown. 

 The C. S. A. gave a certificate for 

 this variety last year on October 18, and 

 its behavior this year shows that this 

 certificate was richly deserved. It is 

 now fully developed and its splendid 

 color and excellent stem and foliage 

 make it more profitable than any other 

 yellow yet ready for shipping, aside from 

 Monrovia. 



Two other yellows, Irst year 's novel- 

 ties, are now ready to cut, but they are 

 not in the same class with Mary God- 

 frey. Comoleta is fully open, but it has 

 no size and has to improve immensely to 

 be grown again. The fault may be due 

 to my culture, but it has not been treat- 

 ed differently from the other kinds and 

 I would be pleased to hear how it has 

 behaved in other sections. Sergeant 

 Ijcvy, the other early yellow, is good 

 • enough in foliage and stem, but the 

 flower is not full enough and the shape 

 is very j»oor. not to mention the fact 

 that with me it burned badly, an unusual 

 fault in a yellow variety. 



Director Gerard is cut and gone. It 

 is a fine variety. It shows too much of 

 the bronze to be called yellow, but it is 

 large, finely formed and bound to sell so 

 early in the season. 



Lady Hopetoun, which I have cut for 

 some years by October G, is only just 

 showing color and will have to hustle to 

 be up in shape for the late October 

 shows. 



Of the other earlies, Pacific and Polly 

 Rose are being shipped into the market 

 in fine shape and they are very popular 

 this year. There is no white to touch 

 Polly Rose for the first week in October. 



It is a trifle early to see yet how the 

 general line of exhibition stock will be. 

 but some kinds are opening rapidly. 



Mrs. J. A. Miller, the finest thing in 

 its color that we have, is finishing grand- 

 ly, as usual. The stem and foliage of 

 this variety are not equaled in any other 

 sort, and a deep yellow sport that has 

 appeared gives hopes of a sterling nov- 

 elty for next year. 



Mrs. George Heaume could be cut in 

 a week if one so desired, and though the 

 color, a salmon bronze, is against it 

 as a commercial variety, it is a splendid 

 thing nevertheless. 



Beatrice May, by present showing, is 

 going to hold its title as the peerless 

 white. A bench of it jiust now about half 

 developed is a glorious sight. It is a 

 pity the foliage is spotty. The abso- 

 lutely perfect is an ideal that we can 

 never attain, perhaps, but if Beatrice 



May had tlie ioliage and stem of Mrs. 

 J. A. Miller I would .say that the ideal 

 was not so very far off. 



Morton F. Plant is putting up an 

 enormous bud and I think will possibly 

 be set up in much better shape than last 

 year. 



Mi.ry Mann is making up very nicely 

 anil should give a good account of it- 

 self. 



Dakoina, a novelty of last year, should 

 fc-e fine. It is only showing color yet, 

 but foliage and stem are excellent. 



Magnificent is magrificent in foliage 

 an<l stem, but 1 fear that the flower, by 

 present indications, will not correspond 

 to the balance of the plant. 



Mrs. A. T. Miller will be in shape to 

 cut by October 10, and for an absolutely 

 pure white is the largest we will have 

 so early. I see no reason why Miller 

 jhould not find a welcome place as a 

 second early, to follow Polly Rose. 



The Novelties. 



Tlie imported novelties this year show 

 no early types, the earliest with me be- 

 ing an Australian unnrnied seedling 

 which will be ready to cut by October 1.5. 

 It is building up for an immense flower 

 and is, by the appearance of the leaf, a' 

 seedling of Mrs. W. Knox. The color is 

 n rosy red. 



Mary Mason, also a Wells variety, is 

 extra fine in foliage and stem so far and, 

 by the looks of the bud, it should line 

 up as one of the best of the year. Every 

 year we get a few that stand out more 



prominently than the rest, and Mary 

 Mason will be one of them. Color, old 

 rose. Another one is W. M. Moir. This 

 variety has the largest bud at its pres- 

 ent stage of development that I ever 

 saw, and if the finish is as it should be, 

 we shall, as W. Wells says, * * shake hands 

 with ourselves." Watch for Moir at 

 the shows. 



Mary Donnellan I am watching with a 

 good deal of interest. It is rather tall 

 in growth and will need to be started 

 later another year. Mr. Godfrey recom- 

 mended it as a good commercial variety 

 last spring in these columns, and so far 

 it looks promising. 



0. H. Broomhead is showing splendid- 

 ly, and if it finishes as I anticipate, every 

 one will have to grow it as a deep pink 

 exhibition flower. Every bud is fine, 

 both the early and late buds showing 

 equal fullness, and the center of the bud 

 is crowded with petals. O. H. Broom- 

 head is a Silsbury seedling and it is 

 worthy of note that few of his produc- 

 tions have been successful in our climate, 

 though sweeping the boards in England, 

 notable examples being Mrs. F. W. Val- 

 lis and J. H. Silsbury. If Broomhead 

 does finish well here, it will be interesting 

 to watch its behavior on the other side. 

 W. Meredith, by the same raiser, is at 

 present very promising. It is an exact 

 counterpart of the old Edwin Molyneaux, 

 a color we need badly. Crimson and 

 gold form perhaps the most striking com- 

 Innation of color in the. range of the 

 mum, as any one admits who has ever 

 grown Lady Roberts in good shape. 



From now on the interest will increase 

 daily and the mum lover is in his glory. 

 No flower excites the interest and ad- 

 miration of the world at large as does 

 the chrysanthemum, and it is the flower 

 that renders possible all the fine exhibi- 

 tions that will be held throughout the 

 country in the next six weeks. 



Charles H. Totty. 



PROTECTING HYBRID TEA ROSES. 



Hybrid tea roses require protection 

 in some form in the northern states, and 

 for their winter protection there are 

 several methods practiced successfully. 

 Where the number is limited, it may be 

 practicable as well as profitable to lift 

 the plants before very severe frost sets 

 in and, after they are potted, place them 

 in coldfraires, covering the pots and 

 also the plants halfway up with soil, 

 and covering the remainder lightly with 

 hay or straw, or even with leaves. 



Where there are large numbers of 

 plants to be fared for and the method 



of potting them for the winter is con- 

 sidered too expensive, it will answer, per- 

 haps, quite as well if the plants are dug 

 up on the approach of very cold weather 

 and heeled in frames, covering them 

 with soil in the same manner as advised 

 for the potted plants, covering the re- 

 mainder of the wood also in the same 

 way, with hay, straw, leaves or similar 

 litter. 



Another method is that of allowing 

 the plants to remain where they are 

 growing, and for their protection manure 

 is placed a few inches in depth all over 

 the ground where the roses are. Then 

 all the wood is securely covered with hay 

 or straw, which should be left un- 

 touched until spring opens. In the case 

 of the others, however, ventilation can 

 be given them from time to time, when 

 the weather permits. D. M. 



