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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



October 22, 1008. 



fldwi'iiiij^. It need li.'ivilly hr stated that 

 roses, in (•(iiiiiikhi with other ]ihints, de 

 liyht III ha\e ilie suit riinstaiit ly stii'rod 

 aliuiit thi'iii diniiiy the ^^rnwiiig seaseii. 



Some Good Sorts. 



A seleetiiill nt' t lie liesi liylnid |ier 

 [ii'tiials. which I h:i\e t'liund to lie liai'dy 

 in Massachusetts, is as t'liHews: I'lrieh 

 lininiiei'. I'raii Karl l>ru^(dd\i, .Mrs. .Inhii 

 Laiiii;. raptain llayward. .Ma^^aa C'harla. 

 I'aid Xeyinii. (Iiistavc i'lyani'mi, Clio. 

 Susaiiiie Marie K'nddc.-i iiai-hi . Mrs. l\. (i. 

 JShariiiaii < law t'lird. I'rincf (aiiiille di' 

 Kdlian. Mine, (laluiel Lui/.et. (ioneral 

 Jar-ijiieininei. Ilarl uf ]»nll'eriii and Al- 

 I'l'ed ( I ill HM 1 1. • W t lie t'urejiciine. J''rau I\ai4 

 Driischki. Mis. .Iulm Laiii;^. Mrs. Sliar 

 innn( 'raw t'lird and <ienrral .lai-c|neniiniit 

 are llie inest iiervisimi Ini,. ^uninier and 

 tall lihidinei's. 



A 1'e\v really line hyluid Ii'as are: 

 l-te^sii' I-iriiwn. (iiii'-s an 'I'eiilit/. sjileiidid 

 for lioddin;^; I'^lnreiiee 1 'finliiMtnn, Kil 

 lariiey. <'aiiiline 're^lunt. l-]liiile • de 

 France, Mr>^. W. .1. (iiant, \'isc(i\iiitess 

 Folkstinie, M.anian ((xdiei, liutli white and 

 |ii)ik : Mine. ,\lie| < hateiiay. .Mine. K'a- 

 \ary, i,a .l''rance, .\iijiiistiiie (liiimiissaii 

 mil] .Mari|iiise J/itta. 



The Ramblers. 



Till' rainliler ruses are i^inwiny in l;i\iir 

 yearly. Since the advent nt' (riinsnii 

 h'anililer, which is still the must widely 

 piipiilar \ariety. tliere have licen smne 



s|ilendid additidiis to this class. Crimson 

 Hanilder is liainlsmne Mhile in lilooin; 

 the greatest ihd'ect is its poor t'oliaife. 

 The pink I'aniblers, on the other hand, 

 have handsome, shiny leaves, which re- 

 main hii<rht and attractive the whole 

 season. i'\ir tliis reason many arc now 

 nsinjj those in profcrenci^ to the old- 

 time favorite. Of the sevornl pink va- 

 rieties, I consider l''ait]nhar tlie l)est. 

 The tlowers are lar<;(>r and of a clearer 

 pink color than Dorothy I'erkins. Plants 

 set out two yi ars aj^o havi> this sea- 

 son made shoots thirty feet or more in 

 length. Dorotliy Perkins and Ijady Gay, 

 the latter one of M. II. Walsh's seed 

 linos, are both good. Dehntante, soft 

 pink : Hiawatha, single scarlet . ajid Sweet- 

 heart, )iink fading white, ha\e all with- 

 stood I'd degrees Ijelow /.em. The so 

 called ycdiow jambler, Aglaia, is, in real- 

 ity, a creamy white color, ])nt is not reli- 

 alily hardy and mnst be covered, for a 

 temperature of li> degrees below zero will 

 kill it to the gronml. 



All the ramblers do well planted in the 

 fall. .\s soon as they have bloomed, cut 

 away the old tlowering wood. To insnre 

 \igor(Uis growth the first season, it pays 

 to cut the whole plant down. ' C. 



WINTERING BABY RAMBLERS. 



i h,i\e a niimljer of Haby ramblers in 

 pots. They ]ia\e been in pots pinnged 

 ontdeois all summer. Will yon please let 



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The Farquhar Rose the Second Year After Planting. 



me km)w if they can be kept dormant in 

 an nndergroiind cellar until about Febru- 

 ary, or what treatment would you advise 

 so as to have tln-m in bloom in March or 

 for I'.aster.' W. B. ' 



The ]iot rambleis will keep all right in 

 such a <-ellar ;is you describe, provided it 

 is not too warm. The temperature should 

 be as near the freezing point as possible, 

 to keep the plants dormant. If a few 

 degrees below freezing, it will not do any 

 liarm. 



To have them in llower in March, it 

 will be necessary to start them earlier 

 than February. Ilotise them about Janu- 

 ary 1, starting in a temperature of 40 

 to A't degrees at night and giving them 

 waruH'r (|uarters by lU di'grees when they 

 are breaking freely. For Easter you 

 should get your plaiits under way by 

 Fidiruiiry 1. Winters are erratic, climat- 

 ically sjieaking, and it is safer to start 

 a few ilays too early rather than the re- 

 \erse. Hard forcing spoils the quality 

 of the flowers, so give them ten weeks 

 from start to finish, in a temperature 

 starting at 40 to 4.") degrees and rising 

 to o") degrees at night. C. \V. 



GOLD MEDAL ROSES, 



At the autumn show of the National 

 Kose Society of England in September 

 ten seedling roses were exhibited, of 

 which four recidved gold medals. That 

 so many should be considered worthy of 

 the highest award makes the occasion 

 memorable. The medal varieties are de- 

 scribed by TT. E. Molyneux as follows: 



Lady Alice Stanley.— A hybrid tea 

 raised by S. McOredy cV Son. Portadown. 

 Ireland; a large llower with a round 

 petal of good shai>e, not fpiite the usual 

 petal of the exhibition rose, but none the 

 less jileasing on that account, coming 

 well to a jioiiit in the younger flowers. 

 The Scheme of color is after the style of 

 that old garden rose, cirand Due A. de 

 l.uxemljourg, or the more modern Mrs. 

 E. 0. Jlill, namely, having the deeper 

 shade on the outside of the petal and 

 the lighter shmle inside, the reverse of 

 the usual color scheme, the color outside 

 being a deep coral rose, inside pale flesh, 

 suffused jiiiik; fragrant, a good grower 

 and free autumnal. 



His Majesty. — A hybrid lea also 

 raised by Mctlredy & Son; a fine dark 

 crimson flower of gre.-it size ;ind good 

 substance; of the usual exhibition type 

 with high jiointid center; the plant ex- 

 hibited showed strong growth, witii flow- 

 ers [irodiiccd at the end of each shoot; 

 a \ery promising v.'iriety, fragrant. 



.\. Hill (iray. — A tea r.aised by Alex- 

 ander Dickson i^ Sons. Newtownards, Ire- 

 land; a beaiiiifiil rnsc of excellent shiipe; 

 delightful jiale yellow. fr;igriint ami a 

 good grower; niidinibtedly the linest rose 

 -staged in the idass. 



Dr. ()"l*onel I'.riiwiie. .\ hybrid tea 

 :ip|ii'oaching cloxly to the hybrid jier 

 petiials, raised by Dickson & Sons and 

 ■-eiit (Hit by them this year; a fine-shaped 

 llower. resembling Hiipuy .Jamain in 

 color and sh.ajie, but coming much bet- 

 ter than that old favorite, being particu- 

 larly ^ood in autumn; :i good, vigorous 

 (flower with stroiiL; pcil'iiine, ;iiid. more- 

 over, lire tliiweiiiiL: ; color rosv carmine. 



.Mai.dkx, IMas.'^.- Fred TJ. Kaulback, 

 the junior member of the lirm of E. D. 

 Kaiilliack i^- Son, has added to the busi- 

 in-sstl;,' tnrnishing of canojiies for vved- 

 diiiL:'-. paities and receptions. 



