NuVKMiiKU 20, 1008. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



RESTARTING ROSES. 



Can I start digging and manuring my 

 rose house now ? It has had two months ' 

 rest. When shall I start the plants 

 going again, in order to have roses in 

 January? W. ^. 



This work ought to have been done 

 during August or September. 



The best thing to do now would be to 

 remove two or three inches of the top 

 soil and replace with a mulch composed 

 of two parts decomposed cow manure 

 ^Hdi one part good sod from old pasture 

 hiBrtf, adding a 4-inch potful of bone 

 meal to each bushel of compost. Give 

 the bench a thorough soaking. Give 

 plenty of ventUation and keep the 

 syringe going. Kibes. 



MILDEW AND LEAF BLIGHT. 



Enclosed you will find a branch of a 

 Richmond rose. All our roses seem to 

 be affected in the same way. They were 

 planted in July. "We used cow manure 

 and they grew excellently. They were 

 troubled a little with mildew, but not a 

 great deal. The leaves seem to drop off 

 at the least jar, but the plants are bloom- 

 ing nicely. What is the cause and the 

 remedy? J. Y. L. 



When the leaves reached me they were 

 much dried up, which made it difficult to 

 identify the trouble. They have at 

 least some mildew and are also affecfted 

 with some other fungous trouble, prob- 

 ably rose leaf blight. This trouble usu- 

 ally arises from defective drainage and 

 a cold, damp atmosphere. From the 

 . fact that the leaves are easily jarred off, 

 I am convinced this is the trouble. 



Spray with the carbonate of copper 

 compound, using five ounces of the car- 

 bonate to three quarts of ammonia and 

 sixty gallons of water. ' Spray once a 

 week, using a fine nozzle, and see that 

 every part of the leaves gets wet. This 

 is a sovereign remedy for many of the 

 fungi which trouble the rose under glass. 



ElBES. 



not now above the surface, but the 

 ground is absolutely saturated, so that 

 the roots are in water. We have done 

 our best to drain the water off, but it 

 keeps raining and so renews the over- 

 supply daily faster than we can get rid 

 of it. 



As soon "'as the flood is. past, some 

 strenuous action will be needed to save' 

 our roses. What course would you sug- 

 gest for best results in resuscitating the 

 plants, fertilizing, etc.? Any sugges- 

 tions you can favor us with along this 

 line will be greatly appreciated. 



J. W. W. 



The best thing to do with your rose 

 beds is to drain off the surface water as 

 soon as possible and then hoe up the sur- 

 face to the depth of three or four 

 inches. By keeping the surface open 

 there will be less danger of souring, and 

 if this can be prevented there is little 

 danger to be feared from the effecfts of 

 the flood. Of course the plants will be 

 somewhat weakened and it would be 

 dangerous to lift or shift them until 

 they recover. 



I have had my roses practically under 

 water, in the greenhouses, for seven days 

 during zero weather, without hurting 

 them further than the loss of crop on 

 them: B3ES. 



BEST HARDY ROSES. 



Will you kindly send us a list of such 

 roses as would be best suited to offer to 

 a first-class suburban trade, to people 

 who take an interest in their own flower 



garden, for open ground culture in the 

 latitude of MarylsTnd? The require- 

 ments, we suppose, are hardy, thrifty 

 growers, frequent and abundant bloomers, 

 flowers of good form, as wide an assort- 

 ment of colors as practicable, and suffi- 

 cient newness to attract those who al- 

 ready have a number in their rose beds. 



Also what climbers would attract this 

 same trade? 



Any information and help you will 

 give us in this matter will be greatly 

 appreciated. J. B. & S. 



The greeteSTTirolibre in handling ]:oses 

 for this class of work is to keep thej list 

 small and at the same time be abl.e to 

 fill orders from.an^ateurs, as their w^ants 

 .jebver such a long list. The following 

 varieties are .all good growers, I free 

 bloomers, and hardy in your section;: 



Hybrid perpetuals — Alfred Colpmb, 

 carmine crimson; American Beauty, deep 

 pink; Anna de Diesbach, carmine; Baron 

 de Bonstettin, maroon; Baroness Bpths- 

 child, light pink; Clio, flesh colored; 

 Fisher Holmes, crimson; Frau Karl 

 Druschki, white; Gen. Jacqueminot, 

 crimson; John Hopper, bright rose; 

 Magna Uharta, pink; Margaret Diokson, 

 white with flesh center; Marie Bau- 

 mann, carmine crimson; Marshall P. 

 Wilder, pherry red; Mrs. John Laing, 

 soft pink; Paul Neyron, deep rose; 

 Prince Camille de Eohan, deep crimson; 

 Ulrich Brunner, cherry red ; Victor Ver- 

 dier, bright rose. 



Hybrid teas and teas — Caroline- Tea- 

 tout, bright rose ; Etoile de France, crim- 

 son; Gruss an Teplitz, scarlet, shad- 

 ing to crimson ; Kaiserin Augusta Vic- 

 toria, white; Killarney, flesh color; La 

 France, silvery rose; Maman Cochet, 

 carmine rose; Maman Cochet, white. 



Climbers — Crimson Eambler, Pink 

 Rambler, White Rambler, Yellow Ram- 

 bler, Marechal Niel, yellow; Tausend- 

 schon, pink, turning to bright rose. 



There are also the Wichuraiana class, 

 containing such varieties as Lady Gay, 

 Dorothy rerkins, Farquhar, etc., which 

 are attractive and command ready sales. 



Procure a catalogue from a good firm 

 which makes a specialty of roses. Such 

 catalogues usually contain many profita- 

 ble suggestions as to suitability, climatic 

 requirements, etc. Rises. 



A FLOODED ROSE GARDEN. 



I am somewhat perplexed and take 

 the liberty to write to you for advice, 

 as it is imperative that prompt action be 

 taken to save our stock. We are lo- 

 cated in Florida, on sandy soil, one- 

 fourth mile from the river and one 

 mile from the ocean. We have about 

 2,000 rose bushes in our garden and have 

 been having a flood during the last ten 

 days. Part of the time the water has 

 been an inch deep on our ground. It is 



TO INCREASE CASH SALES. 



In the Review of October 29 I notice 

 that a subscriber complains of small 

 cash sales, and as I, as well as a good 

 many others in the trade, have had the 

 same trouble, I should like to give my 

 experieuce and remedy along this line. 



A great many retail florists throughout 

 the country, especially in the smaller 

 towns, are men who have started in the 

 business in a small way and have built 

 up their trade gradually and slowly by 

 doing all their own growing, building, 

 etc., and a good many are general man- 

 ager, foreman, grower and salesman, all 

 combined. These florists, as a rule, have 



greenhouses out some distance from the 

 center of the town and stick pretty 

 closely to work in the houses, without 

 making much effort to develop their 

 ability to sell. They grow plenty of 

 flowers, but their customers come only 

 as occasion demands and their trade is 

 mostly funeral work. They never think 

 of trying to create a demand for flowers 

 for all occasions. 



Most of these retail florists in small 

 towns, especially in the milder climates, 

 have not much competition and they sit 

 down, or rather work themselves down, 

 at their greenhouses and wither away 

 with their flowers. I will tell them right 





