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November 12, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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as much substance as the Beauty and 

 its flower is nearly as large. Tor us it 

 has never had the black spot, nor does it 

 mildew. 



Give this rose the same treatment as 

 the Kaiserin, and it will make you ex- 

 cellent and better returns. As a field 

 rose it is a marvel, for it is just as good 

 a grower this way as under glass. The 

 last summer, with the worst drought we 

 have ever had, its growth was wonder- 

 ful — far better than that of the Cochet 

 or any other tea or hybrid tea in the 

 field; 2^-inch plants, planted in the 

 field the last week in May, are now large 

 bushes, two to three feet in height. 



Its good qualities are many and its 

 bad ones few. In fact, we know of only 

 one fault — the flowers after the middle 

 ■of November lose color, but what sum- 

 mer rose is good after this date? 



We do not want to seem egotistical, 

 "but we believe this rose would have been 

 lost to the trade had we not discovered 

 its good qualities. The E. G. Hill Co. 

 at one time had practically all the stock, 

 and at the time we called their attention 

 to what a fine rose it was we believe they 

 had about discarded it as being of no 

 account. 



A word about My Maryland. It is 

 •unquestionably a "korker." Killamey 

 will have to take a back seat when this 

 rose becomes better known. 



Herbert Heller. 



VIOLETS FOR COLDFRAME. 



Do you think I can raise violets suc- 

 <5es8fully in a hotbed under the follow- 

 ing conditions? The bed will be right 

 next to a building on the south side of 

 it and I thought of using heavy grade 

 plant bed cloth for covering. The frame 

 of the bed will be made of 1-inch boards 

 with sawdust between and the walls, 

 when completed, will be four or five 

 inches thick. Do you think Princess of 

 Wales the best variety to grow in a hot- 

 feed? I thought they were about as 

 hardy as any and they give as large 

 flowers and long stems as any variety, 

 do they not? If you would not advise 

 this variety, name some you think best 

 in singles and blue color. T. E. H. 



Princess of Wales is decidedly the best 

 Tiolet to use for such a frame as you 

 -describe and there is no reason why they 

 should not succeed well under such con- 

 ditions. Let the soil be well manured, 

 *ir on all possible occasions in winter and, 

 as moldiness may set in if the plants 

 through severe weather and heavy snow 

 are closed up for a number of consecu- 

 tive days, pick them over occasionally. 

 You can hardly expect to pick many 

 flowers during winter, but after March 1 

 with increasing sunlight you will get a 

 heavy crop and they are always of a 

 ■darker color than when grown with fire 

 heat. By keeping your board shutters. 



A Bunch of Mums. 



which should be used over the cloth, on 

 until late in the winter, you can prob- 

 ably have the crop in season for Easter,^^ 

 a time when violets sell especially well. 



BEST SINGLE VIOLET. 



Will you kindly inform me as to the 

 relative merits in the market of the 

 different varieties of single violets? I 

 am a novice in the work, and have my 

 greenhouse filled with violets, so you will 

 understand that any information in re- 

 gard to the culture of violets will be 

 gratefully received. I. L. A. 



Princess of Wales is by long odds the 

 best and most popular single violet in 

 America. There are some other sorts, 

 such as Luxonne, La France, Baron 

 Kothschild and California, but none are 

 as good all-round sorts as Princess of 

 Wales. A new variety, named Boston, 

 has recently been placed on the market. 

 It is a sport from Princess of Wales 

 and, it is claimed, is superior. 



Single violets should be grown in 

 solid beds and be given a night temper- 

 ature as near 40 degrees as possible in 

 winter. It is a mistake to house them 

 before October. C. W. 



BUNCH OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



The bunch illustrated, made of Major 

 Bonnaffon • chrysanthemums ancj autumn 

 leaves tied with ribbon, may be used on 

 sad occasions where rich coloring is ad- 

 missible. The flowers were all perfect 

 specimens, the foliage oak leaves. The 

 ribbon, ombre, shading from the flower* 

 color through the varied tinted foliage 

 colors, blended harmoniously. The bunch 

 shown was by Charles Henry, Fox, at 

 the Sign of the Rose, Philadelphia. It 

 also is used as a bunch for debutantes. 



Phil. 



Fbyeburo, Me. — Eugene O. Abbott, 

 formerly with L. C. Goddard, at Port- 

 land, will engage in business here on his 

 own account. 



