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NOVBMBEB 28, 1907. 



them a thorough soaking, but it takes 

 them a long time to dry out again. They 

 are in a large, three-quarter-span house, 

 and have received the best of attention. 

 They get plenty of sunshine when we 

 have it. I have been nipping the buds 

 off because the plants are too small to 

 bear. Can you tell me the trouble? 

 Would cow manure water help any? 

 C.U. 



Boses planted during August have lost 

 the best part of the growing season, and 

 if it was late in the month and the plants 

 small they can hardly be expected to do 

 much before spring. 



If the plants are in a healthy condi- 

 tion they will be benefited by giving them 

 liquid feeding in a rather weak form, 

 but it will be a mistake to soak such small 

 stock at this season, as evaporation is 

 slow and the plants are not vigorous 

 enough to use large quantities of water. 

 A sprinkling of bone meal, applied to the 

 surface and then stirred in about an inch 

 deep, will do them a lot of good. This 

 ought to be rei^eated once a month. 



If these roses are on solid benches 

 they have little chance to produce a crop 

 before the spring growth commences. 



RiBES. 



SCOTT'S NEW ROSE, 



The new rose, Mrs. Jardine, to which 

 frequent reference has been made in the 

 Review and of which a large illustra- 

 tion appeared on page 9 of the issue of 

 October 31, is seedling No. 778, raised 



this country, where it has been tried in 

 the greenhouses of Robert Scott & Son, 

 the American agents of Dickson & Sons, 

 at Sharon HiU, Pa. Since its arrival in 

 this country this new hybrid tea rose 

 has behaved so splendidly under our ad- 

 verse winter conditions that Mr. Scott 

 has decided to send it out next spring, 

 believing it to be a fitting companion 

 for Liberty and Killarney, the only other 

 introductions that the Messrs. Dickson 

 have sent out for forcing purposes. It 

 produced more and better flowers than 

 Bridesmaid, on better stems, in Sharon 

 Hill greenhouses during last season, and 

 it held its color, a soft pink, during the 

 dark weather of January and February 

 when Bridesmaid and Killarney, under 

 tlie same conditions, paled. 



A little party of three met in the 

 greenhouses of Robert Scott & Son one 

 recent bright afternoon, to inspect Mrs. 

 Jardine. They were Alexander B. Scott, 

 who will grow Mrs. Jardine; William P. 

 Craig, who will distribute Mrs. Jardine, 

 and Phil, who will describe Mrs. Jar- 

 dine. Mr. Scott, who has never sent out 

 a poor variety on behalf of the Dicksons, 

 confidentially asserted his willingness 

 to stake his and their reputation on Mrs. 

 .Tardine's ability to do well under vary- 

 ing conditions and he further stated that 

 he believes this variety will displace 

 Bridesmaid in popular favor. William 

 P. Craig has always associated himself 

 with winners, Nephrolepis Amerpohlii 

 being a striking example. Phil always 

 believed that a plant to be described 



New Rose Mrs. Jardine. 



by Alexander Dickson & Sons, at New- 

 townards, near Belfast, Ireland, in 1902. 

 It is a seedling from a seedling with 

 only the best parentage, being a de- 

 scendant of Liberty on one side. This 

 seedling was selected by Alexander B. 

 Scott on a visit to Newtownards in the 

 following year and later brought over to 



well must have merit or it will not 

 arouse the writer's enthusiasm. Judge 

 then. 



A small house planted with Mrs. Jar- 

 dine last August was first visited. The 

 plants were barely rooted cuttings when 

 benched and therefore were set close to- 

 gether. These plants liad by November 



1 made a top growth of about six or 

 eight inches and were breaking freely 

 from the base; on one plant four strong 

 bottom shoots were counted. In another 

 house a ground bed of Mrs. Jardine, 

 planted in the ei;id of July, was full of 

 vigor, some of the ground shoots as well 

 as some of the top shoots being suffi- 

 ciently good to rank as specials, as 

 Bridesmaid is said to do in the Phila- 

 delphia market. One house, 38x166, was 

 filled entirely with plants of Mrs. Jar- 

 dine of various ages, some grafted, some 

 on their own roots. This house was a 

 splendid sight; the flowers, whether on 

 the special or on the lower grades, stand 

 erect on stout stems. Thicre was not a 

 trace of spot or mildew to be seen. The 

 color is a soft pink, on large, full flow- 

 ers of an orange shade, beautiful under 

 artificial light. It has been much ad- 

 mired by several of Philadelphia's most 

 fastidious critics among the retailers. 



Propagation had already begun. Quite 

 a large batch of cuttings, which were in 

 mice condition, were in the sand, while 

 another batch had just been potted. 

 The flowering wood will be propagated 

 at the rate of about 5,000 or 6,000 cut- 

 tings a week until New Year's, when 

 Mr. Scott will decide whether to con- 

 tinue propagating or to offer some of 

 the flowers during the winter months in 

 order to make his new rose better 

 known. Phil. 



AMERICAN DISCERNMENT. 



It is curious how American rose grow- 

 ers have from time to time discovered 

 special merit in European introductions 

 before homesters, says a writer in an 

 English exchange. The famous Ameri- 

 can Beauty is, I believe, a French vari- 

 ety named Mme. Ferdinand Jamin, and 

 for winter work there is no rose that 

 fetches such enormous prices. Liberty 

 attracted little or no notice when first 

 sent out by Dicksons, but the American 

 glasshouse men proved it to be the best 

 of its class, and their new Richmond 

 is, I fancy, a seedling from Liberty. 

 Dicksons' new Mrs. Jardine also prom- 

 ises to be an important variety in Amer- 

 ica, although J have heard little or 

 nothing of it on this side. The New 

 York Florists' Club has awarded it a 

 preliminary certificate. Mrs. Jardine is 

 a remarkably fragrant rose, it is said. 



REPOTTING PHOENIX PALMS. 



I have two Phoenix reclinata which 

 require two strong men to handle them 

 and they must be repotted. Would it 

 be safe to remove part of the outer 

 roots, in order to make the same size 

 of tubs answer? R. M. 



The phoenix may have some of their 

 roots cut away in order to keep down 

 the size of the tubs, but after having 

 such treatment they ought to be kept 

 warm, moist and well shaded until the 

 root action is brisk and growth is re- 

 newed. This operation, however, should 

 not be performed until next spring, say 

 about April, for most of the palms are 

 now going to rest and will not renew 

 active growth until the sun grows 

 stronger. W. H. Taplin. 



ROTTING OF LILY BUDS. 



We notice on a great many of our Har- 

 risii lilies, which we are forcing for early 

 December and Christmas use, some of the 

 buds appear to rot when they are about 

 three-quarters to one and one-half inches 



