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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 7, 1908. 



soil and mulching. Hosings overhead in 

 hot weather are beneficial. 



A few really ironclad varieties of R. 

 Catawbiense, which can be depended 

 upon, are: Delicatissimum, white tinted 

 pink, one of the best ; Everestianum, 

 light lavender; album grandiflorum and 

 album elegans, both beautiful white varie- 

 ties; roseum elegans, deep rose; pur- 

 pureum elegans, purple; Charles Dick- 

 ens, deep scarlet, the best of its color; 

 H. W. Sargent, carmine; Caractacus, 

 deep crimson; atrosanguineum, rich, 

 deep rose; Lady Armstrong, pale rose, 

 and Kettledrum, magenta. The fore- 

 going I have found to be a reliable doz- 

 en. They have withstood minimum tem- 

 peratures of 20 to 30 degrees below zero 

 on several occasions. For any person 

 desiring half a dozen I would suggest 

 delicatissimum, Everestianum, Charles 

 Dickens, roseum elegans, album elegans 

 and Caractacus. 



A heavy mulching of leaves should be 

 given before winter sets in. This should 

 be of sufficient depth to exclude frost. 

 Much of the injury done broad-leaved 

 evergreens in winter is caused by dry- 



ness at the root. This is intensified if 

 the ground freezes about the roots, keep- 

 ing out the winter rains and extracting 

 what moisture the soil contains. If we 

 could be sure the roots were thoroughly 

 moist before giving them the winter 

 mulching and that we made the covering 

 heavy enough to keep out frost, we would 

 hear miich less about rhododendrons being 

 tender. Some covering overhead with 

 pine or hemlock boughs is essential, 

 especially during the last part of the 

 winter, when injury from sun is really 

 more harmful than from frost. This is 

 often discontinued when once the plants 

 are established, and indeed, if they get 

 some shade from buildings or trees, it 

 is unnecessary with the really ironclad 

 feorta. Too much protection makes the 

 plants delicate and is really more harm- 

 ful than no covering at all. 



About eight years ago we transplanted 

 a quantity of large rhododendrons in 

 August. Every plant did well and we 

 would not hesitate to adopt late sum- 

 mer planting during cool, moist weather, 

 where the plants are only to be moved 

 short distances. W. N. Craig. 



ROSE APPLE BLOSSOM. 



The accompanying illustration is re- 

 produced from a snap shot photograph 

 of the new single pink rose to which the 

 name Apple Blossom has been given. The 

 variety originated at the establishment 

 of Charles Lenker, sd Freeport, L. I., 

 and is supposed to have been a sport 

 from the Crimson Rambler. A con- 

 siderable stock has now been worked up 

 and Anton Sehultheis, of College Point, 

 has acquired an interest in it. The va- 

 riety was recently given a preliminary 

 certificate by the New York Florists' 

 Club. Its dissemination in the trade is 

 to take place next year. 



NEW ROSES FOR EASTER. 



A correspondent of the Horticultural 

 Advertiser speaks as follows of a visit 

 to the establishment of H. B. May & 

 Sons, who are among the largest growers 

 of Easter plants for the London mar- 

 ket: 



' ' Among newer roses in pots for East- 

 er, I noted some well-flowered plants 

 of Climbing Liberty; the plants were 

 of a distinct climbing habit, having 

 long growths which were flowering from 

 every joint, and young stock were show- 

 ing the same distinct character, and it 

 should prove a valuable rose. I do not 

 know if the same sport has occurred 

 with other growers, but May & Sons' 



stock originated with them. Among 

 other roses, I noted the dwarf polyan- 

 tha varieties. Here the Baby Dorothy 

 and Phyllis were growing side by side, 

 and there was a decided difference, Phyl- 

 lis growing rather taller, the flowers 

 deeper in color, but not quite so full 

 as in the Baby I)orothy. 



' * Princess Ena, the single sport from 

 Mme. Levavasseur, is a favorite; the 

 parent is also grown well and in large 

 quantities. Some plants which were in 

 flower were being kept over for the sec- 

 ond crop of bloom, the stronger shoots 

 from the base being already well ad- 

 vanced and sliowing large clusters of 

 bloom. 



"Little Pet is another rose that is 

 well grown. When this was grown 

 for market, some years ago, it found 

 but little favor, and growers gave it 

 up, but since the red varieties have been 

 introduced and have sold so well. Little 

 Pet has been taken up again, and is 

 much more appreciated than formerly. ' ' 



BEST HARDY CLIMBING ROSES. 



William C. Barry recently prepared 

 some notes on hardy climbing roses, for 

 a rural-life publication, and these have 

 now been printed in a handsomely il- 

 lustrated booklet by the Ellwanger & 

 Barry Co. Climbing roses, says Mr. 

 Barry, constitute some of the most use- 

 ful and valuable material for creating 

 picturesque effects in the garden an<! 

 about the house. When grown over per- 

 golas, porches, pillars, or summer-houses, 

 they lend a grace and charm to structures 

 not obtainable with any other means. 



They may also be successfully employ- 

 ed to cover screens, shutting out from 

 view unsightly objects and buildings, 

 and they form admirable hedges. 



An arched garden walk or arbor 

 covered with a variety of climbing roses 

 is one of the many ways to make a gar- 

 den original and beautiful. 



The arch is admirably suited to the 

 growth of the shoots, which form wreaths 

 and festoons, and the flowers borne on 

 them appear to the best advantage sup- 

 ported in this manner. I cannot imagine 

 a more fascinating spot or resting place 

 than a succession of arches with these 

 climbers hanging from them. It presents 

 to the eye a graceful mass of bloom — 

 delightful to gaze on, as well as to im- 

 press on one's memory. Trained on pil- 

 lars and trellises, and the sides of houses, 

 climbers are also very effective and 

 ornamental. 



The old and well-known kinds, Bal- 

 timore Belle and Queen of the Prairies, 

 noted for their hardiness and vigor, 

 have in their day received their measure 

 of appreciation and are still valued by 

 many, biit since the advent of the Crim- 

 son Rambler, a Japanese rose, fourteen 

 years ago, they have to some extent lost 

 their popularity and been superseded 

 by the new variety. 



Indeed, from its introduction up to 

 the present time, the Crimson Rambler 

 has won admirers everywhere, until now, 

 because of the frequency of its use in 

 some localities, it has caused a monotony 

 which should be avoided. This can easily 



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