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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



DKCBMBEn 10, 1907. 



or five years ago at the establishment of 

 the E. G. Hill Co., and Mr. Hill con- 

 cluded at that time that it was not a 

 forcing variety, but Heller Bros, find it 

 excellent for growing under glass April 

 to December, and that it is an ideal 

 bedder. The growth is all that could be 

 desired, with long, heavy stems and good 

 foliage. The buds are large and well 

 formed. The color shell-pink. It is 

 as much the type of Kaiserin as any 

 other. The Hellers say it has become 

 with them the most vigorous of any rose 

 they ever have grown and that it is 

 easy to handle. 



SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 



Propagating* 



During the process of making the cut- 

 tings the foliage should be kept well 

 moistened, so that there will be no dan- 

 ger of wilting. The cuttings should also 

 be protected from drafts and from too 

 dry an atmosphere, and should be put in 

 the propagating bench with as little de- 

 lay as possible. 



From the time they are inserted in the 

 sand until root formation is completed, 

 they should never be allowed to approach 

 dryness. They should also be protected 

 from bright sunshine by a light shading, 

 which can be easily removed when the 

 8un ceases to shine on the bench. If this 

 shading is not removed and the cuttings 

 are allowed to form roots in a dark, 

 shady position, they will become soft and 



life are entirely due to neglect in this 

 matter. 



A temperature of 60 to 62 degrees in 

 the sand and a house temperature 8 or 

 10 degrees lower, with a free circulation 

 of air, should put the cuttings into a con- 

 dition to be ready for potting iu twenty- 

 eight or thirty days. , . 



Treatment for Beauty Cuttings. 



Beauty cuttings, owing to their large 

 and somewhat coarser texture of foliage, 

 require more space in the bench and 

 greater care in syringing, so that the 

 leaves may be entirely free from moist- 

 ure by sundown. In selecting the wood 

 for propagating Beauties, it is also well 

 to remember that in long canes the eyes 

 do not possess the same condition of 

 ripeness from base to tip, and if discrim- 

 ination is not used having this in view, 

 the cuttings cannot form roots in the 

 same period of time. By using short 

 wood, with close joints, the condition of 

 ripeness can be more easily attained and 

 also a nicer, stockier plant secured. 



ElBES. 



YELLOW FOLL^GE ON ROSES. 



I should like to know what is the trou- 

 ble with my roses. I grow them in a 

 mixed house and had them very fine for 

 three years. This year I put the cut- 

 tings in sand in March and benched them 

 in June. They did well and looked prom- 

 ising up to the end of October, Since 

 then the leaves have been dropping and 

 the young growth comes of a light yel- 



Semple's Late Branching Aster Grown in Oregon. 



delicate and will be longer in starting in 

 the pots. 



Ventilation and Temperature. 



The importance of proper ventilation 

 during the period of root formation can- 

 not be overestimated, as on this depends 

 not only a successful strike but also the 

 after constitution of the plant, as many 

 of the ills which affect the plant in after 



low color. I gave them the same treat- 

 ment as in the other years. Have I been 

 keeping them too wet, or have they been 

 started too late, or is it a stopping of 

 the root action that causes them to be- 

 come light yellow? Enclosed you will 

 find a sample of the leaves. H. F. 



From the appearance of the leaves en- 

 closed, the plants are evidently suffer- 



ing from some root trouble, probably eel 

 worms. There are many causes , which 

 could account for the condition of the 

 leaves, but as these same conditions pre- 

 vailed in the houses in former years, 

 when you had good success, I am inclined 

 to think that you have a bad case of eel 

 worms on your ha,nds. This can be eas- 

 ily determined by lifting some of the 

 worst affected plants and washing the 

 roots clear of soil. If eel worms are 

 present the roots will show a quantity of 

 tubercles from the size of a mustard seed 

 to that of a barley seed. These tuber- 

 cles are cysts containing from three to 

 five worms resembling eels in form. They 

 are very small and require microscopic 

 inspection to make identification sure. 

 For this trouble, and especially in an ad- 

 vanced stage, there is no known remedy. 



ElBES. 



PROPAGATING OUTDOORS. 



Will you be so kind as to tell us the 

 best method of propagating field grown 

 roses in the south? We have not been 

 successful in propagating teas and hy- 

 brid teas in sand from outdoor wood. 

 Tea roses grow finely here outdoors, and 

 without any protection. If we can only 

 hit on a way of propagating them suc- 

 cessfully, we could work up a good busi- ♦ 

 ness in this line. How are they propa- 

 gated in California? Our conditions are, 

 to some extent, similar. S. & C. 



Hybrid tea and tea roses cam be prop- 

 agated during the summer anywhere if 

 conditions are made right, and probably 

 the best way is that of preparing a bed 

 outdoors by excavating to a depth of 

 about eighteen inches, then filling in 

 with stable manure up to the surround- 

 ing grade. After the manure has had a 

 few days' rest, put about three inches of 

 sandy soil on the top. Over this put an 

 inch of clean sand. Then procure the 

 wood for cuttings and cut it up into 

 cuttings of one or more eyes and insert 

 them in the sand in the same way cut- 

 tings are placed in the propagating 

 bench in a greenhouse. But before that 

 be sure to make the soil and sand firm 

 and level and put a board frame over 

 the bed. When the cuttings are in, give 

 them a good watering and shade them 

 and keep them fairly well shaded dur- 

 ing the daytime for at least two weeks. 

 Keep the foliage moist by frequent 

 sprinkling. The whole intent of this 

 method is to get a little bottom heat in 

 order that the cuttings will root. A 

 cover for the frame can be made of laths. 



Another way of propagating these 

 roses is that of taking cuttings of the 

 dormant wood in fall and putting them 

 in boxes, pots or propagating bench in a 

 greenhouse to root, or plants may be 

 lifted late in fall and potted, which after 

 a short rest may be started into growth 

 and, when the wood is in condition, be 

 cut up into cuttings and these rooted in 

 sand and potted up when rooted. M. 



ASTERS IN OREGON. 



Growers of-'asters in the east will be 

 interested in the accompanying illustra- 

 tion of these flowers at the establishment 

 of Carl F. Ruef, of Salem, Ore., which 

 shows that the conditions there are cer- 

 tainly favorable to magnificent results. 

 The variety is Semple's Late Branching, 

 but he also had some of Henderson's 

 Invincible which were equally good. 

 Some of the plants had as high as 

 twenty-five blooms and the size of the 

 flower may be determined from the pic- 



