

The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 26, 1908. 



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 tulips and narcissi, which are grown in 

 many varieties, are fine. W. N. Cbajo. 



ROSES IN COLORADO. 



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 many problems, and it is a difficult mat- 

 ter to get the average householder to 

 understand just what is required in the 

 way of care, so that repeated failures 

 have discouraged a great many. Dormant 

 roses shipped in from the east gener- 

 ally arrive with the roots badly dried, 

 and a large percentage of them die. 

 Eeputable concerns should, for their own 

 Bakes, use more care in packing ship- 

 ments for the arid states, so as to pre- 

 vent this drying out. Shipments are 

 also made by the itinerant peddlers, who 

 care nothing for the interests of their 

 customers, and the buyer is not entitled 

 to much sympathy when he finds his 

 investment a total loss. But such trans- 

 actions are an injury to the business, 

 for a man is loath to try again if his 

 first purchase proves a failure. 



Difficulties in Winter. 

 Roses which are hardy in regions 

 where the temperature goes very much 

 lower than it does in Denver, often 

 winter-kill with us, but it is not the se- 

 vere cold that kills them. A plant suf- 

 fering from drought will not endure the 

 same degree of cold that it would if 

 the soil were in a reasonably moist con- 

 dition. Since November 1 we have had 

 a total rainfall of less than an inch 

 and a half up' to March 15, and dur- 

 ing that time we have only had three 

 Btorms where the precipitation was one- 

 quarter inch. Then, again, we have a 

 great many warm winter days, and es- 



pecially warm days in February, March 

 and April, which make the buds swell, 

 only to be severely frozen later on. 



During this same period the, nights 

 are generally about 25 degrees' colder 

 than the days, bpt this difference some- 

 times reaches to more than 50 degrees, 

 and on rare occasions to nearly 60 de- 

 grees. It is obvious that a day tem- 

 perature of 70 degrees, followed by a 

 night temperature of 20 degrees in April, 

 is more than any rose plant can well 

 withstand. 



The drying winds and the bright sun- 

 shine also work a great deal of barm, 

 and with us it is more essential to pro- 

 vide protection from the sun than it is 

 from the cold. We find that plants on 

 the north side of a tight board fence 

 generally come through the winter in 

 pretty good shape, while those on the 

 south side of the same fence are very 

 apt to die. Tea roses do not seem to 

 have vitality enough to withstand our 

 winters, even when protected, but the 

 hybrid teas do very nicely and are plant- 

 ed quite largely. Climbing roses are apt 

 to have the wood badly killed back, un- 

 less they are in a position where they 

 are sheltered from the sun. 



The Planting of Field Stock. 



Owing to our dry winters, few hardy 

 roses are planted in the fall, and spring 

 planting of field-grown stock often meets 

 with failure, unless the planting is done 

 very early. In our establishment we 

 have advocated the planting of young 

 roses from 4-inch pots in preference to 

 field-grown stock, the results being much 

 more satisfactory. By fall, these roses 

 are vigorous bushes and in good condi- 

 tion to endure the hardships of winter. 

 Roses on their own roots ar© much to 



be preferred to budded stock for the 

 garden, because if the tops are badly 

 killed back they are likely to make good 

 growth again from the bottom. 



I find that in many quarters the idea 

 prevails that an apprentice who has 

 served a year or two in the east can 

 come to Colorado and rank as a first- 

 class florist. In other words, it is thought 

 that our methods are crude, our growers 

 ignorant and unskillful, and our struc- 

 tures of an obsolete type. We are apt to 

 be a little resentful of such an assump- 

 tion, for it is erroneous, and while I do 

 not wish to appear boastful, it is due the 

 florists of our section to say that they 

 are an intelligent lot of men, whose 

 character and methods will not suffer by 

 comparison with the florists of any other 

 section. While our houses are not as 

 expensive or as extensive as some in 

 other parts of the country, they are, in 

 the main, well suited to the purposes for 

 which they are intended. Our rose grow- 

 ers do not cut a large number of flow- 

 ers on extra long stems that would grade 

 as "specials" in this market, because 

 our market does not demand much stock 

 of that grade, and also because our cli- 

 mate tends to produce a more slender 

 growth and a more early setting of the 

 buds; but the stock averages well, is 

 well colored, unless faded by too much 

 sun, and would sell well in any market. 



Problems Peculiar to G}Iorado. 



Nothing which I have said should be 

 construed as intimating that the prob- 

 lems with which we contend are more 

 difficult than those encountered in the 

 eastern states, but they are different. 

 Our ranks are constantly being aug- 

 mented by accessions from the east, and 

 any florist who has succeeded there may 



