Dece.mbeu 17, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



MY MARYLAND. 



It is sol loin tli;it ii now rose iiiakos so 

 prcMioiiiici'il a hit in its first soason as 

 has IxTii MKiiJc liy ,li»hn Cootc's intioiiuc 

 liou (if last soosoii. Every <;r(nvi'i- wiio 

 hoiigli'. My .Maiyiaml tliis year is ciiliiii 

 siastic ill its praise, anil tliose who only 

 have <i('ii it yrnwinji haxc pi'etty nearly 

 oiM' an. I ail madf np tlu'iv minds to jilant 

 It next season. 'I'liere are tinise wlio as- 

 sert tliat ]\ly -Maryland will disphu-e 

 Briilesniail and, even Killarnoy, and have 

 the litdd in ]>ink loses almost to itself. 

 While lli'sc^ j)redictioiis fan hardly be 

 called eoiiservative. still there is no 

 (lonht ^ly Maryland is a rij^ht good 

 thiiiy. The accompa liyi iiijr illustration is 

 pi'oliably the lirsl e\cr pnl>li-<he(l, sliowinif 

 a hoiisi of it. Th(> photoj^raph was taken 

 last Week at the establishment of Heller 

 Bros., t!ie Siutli I'ark Floral Co., New 

 Casth'. Ind., where the variety is doinir 

 as \vell ;is tl-;t where. It is imt easy to 

 <iet a ])ictnrc- of :in\' considerable qnan- 

 titv of My .Maryland in bloom — becansi' 

 those who have the plants are cnttinj; 

 thorn (hnvn for i.ropagatinjr pnrjxe^es. 

 .\ext vi'ar eveivriiiL' will have it. 



KAISERIN WITH OTHER ROSES. 



lla\iti^ a crop of l\aisorin on the 

 pl.ants :i( the pie-^ent timo, what tempera 

 tare ^hoidd they be carried at to finish, 

 the temperature liavin»r been carried at 

 (!.") deiincs up lo ihe |)resent timi'.' We 

 also lin\e b'iilimond. Katc' .Monlton and 

 Killariiev in ilie same hoii-^e. Will -"iti 

 .|..o,( .- be toil low .' li. W. F. 



Kai-eriii iiipiires at least •)•"> di^pree-; 

 to make it prolitable. and a- this tem 

 pfiaiiiri' wiiidd \>v un-<uilable for the 

 oilier ^tiiek. yiiu \vill ha\e to make a 

 <;iiMihrr If vour hullSO contain-^ more 

 K;iiseriii than other \arietie-; it ma\- 

 pay til mil it fnr tlie Kaiserin. but it 

 i< lint ;i \<'ry --at ist'aetory rose fur win 

 ler woik. whil.' the others are., .\ iiiiiht 

 tr'm|ierat uie nt ."ti to ."^ ileirrci'S is just 

 ri;;lit Inr \iiiir ntlier \arieties. K'iuk.s. 



CHIN CHIN CHINA. 



(Inn Chin < hina is the name oiven 

 by Hobbies, Ltd., Dereham, Enjjland. 

 to a pure yellow China I'ose, a sport from 

 Mine. Kuyene K'esal. It is porpetnal 

 lIowtMiiiLr and extrenitdy uscd'ul for d<^c- 

 (H-.iir.e and beddiny; jnirposos. The flow- 

 er- .are ele.'ir sulphur yellow ;ind retain 

 their color to the finish. Kose culture 

 is a leadinjx featuri> of tln' firm, h.aving 

 bi^en eonsiili rably .level. ijnd duriiiii re- 

 <'ont vear- Bkk. 



REMEDY FOR WHITE FLY. 



I lia\e iiian\- while tlies in my green 

 lioii>e and lia\e tried many remedies, but 

 ha\e faileil Please let me know what tu 

 use til kill llietii ,'iiid li.iw ill use it. 



C. S. 



The iiiii'^i eiVeeiive, in t'ai't, the only 

 r<'al remedy for this pest, that I know 

 of, i- fuiaig.atioii with hydrocyanic ncid 

 gas. Tile metliods of fumigation ha\e 



often been iii\ell ill the K'KVI1-;\V. T'olisult 



the issue of October .S, 1!)(»S, jiage 11. 

 wheii' (>.\plicit directions will be found. 

 ^'ou will also (ind some I'ld'orence to the 

 pest and the host way of combating it 

 in almost evcM'v issue ot' the l\i:vii:w. To 

 ascertain the cubic iire.a of your house, 

 niiiltiply the length (in foot) bv the 

 bre;i.ltli and this again bv the a\er;ii2e 



into bloiim (^arlier than others. Wo sup- 

 pose ymir |d;tnts are hybrids of It. Cat.au 

 bieiise. such as art! usually grown for out 

 door planting and to a lessi'r degree for 

 iiidii.ii- culture. .Such plants slujuhl be 

 potted hrmly :is soon .-is received, well 

 soaked with w.ater and placed in a. pit 

 where they are just cle;i r of freezing, or 

 in ;i cold greenliouse. hi a tempor.aturi' 

 iif ."u dogroes at night n will take you 

 j eight to nine \veeks t.. ^et them inlu 

 llower for I'i.astor. In :i t.iiipei .iture ut' 

 (ill degri'os this lime inii be reduced 

 iie.'irly one third. In llie lowei' tempera 

 tine i|ie\- will, however. lia\e more sub- 

 st;ini-e tliaii if grown w.-irm. .Spra\ing 

 o\('rlie;i.| mice or twice a .lay sliouM be 

 fidlowcd until tl.e llowers begin to show. 

 .\e\er ;il|(,w the pl.antx t,, ln'riime (li\- ;ii 



the liiiil ;illd when i.ipeii rellloNC to a ciHil. 

 sh.'lded house. 



fiaster. l!»l)'.l. ci.llles. nil .\pril II. If 



you place your jdjiiils in heat in the mid 

 die nf Jtiniiaiy they will be in season, or 

 if in a wiiriiier house this i-an be del.aved 

 until earlv in Febriiarv. C. \V. 



SOCIETY OF IOWA FLORISTS. 



The Society of Iowa Florists met De- 

 cember 9, in the Horticultural rooms at 

 the (State House, Des .Moines, with (piite 

 a large attendance, there being about 

 seventy present, although not all v.eiH 

 florists. The ineAing w;is (piite enthu- 

 siastic and much niterosl was manifested 

 in the \arioiis subjects brought up for 

 disciissiiui. 



Rose My Maryland. 



heiiiht. Il;i\iii^ tried tins rrmeil\ I'm- 

 some years. I can a^-iiie ymi that it will 

 (de;ir niil \iiiir white ll\ ihomughU. 



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RHODODENDRONS FOR EASTER. 



I'lease let me kimw when 1 shall ].iit 

 rhodoilendroiis in the greiMihoiise tor 

 F.aster lloweiing. 1 have ;i night tem- 

 perature ot' ."in degrees. I have grown 

 hundreds of thousands of rhododoiidroiis, 

 init never forced IIkuii. L. M. 



Some \;irifties nt' rhn.ln.lenilrons. such 

 ;is CiinninghaiM "s White, .an be f.ined 



Alnnlio III,. [,;|]lel- lean \U'|e the tni 

 liiWme: ■b'oots," I'l-tel- l,;nnlielt, D.s 



Moilles, |:i ; ■■I'nicli \iliev. ■ »,. A. lleVlle, 



Dilbui|Ue. la.; ••Some I'roblems in 

 h'oots."' (>. D. DIack, Independence. l;i.: 

 •■So, I ;in,| Snijding." I'rni'essnr Sliimek. 

 liivva " iiy. la.; ••I'l.an nt Kden," I-". i . 

 I'elleti. .\tlaniic. l,-i.. , ■•( nmmeicial 

 Flniicnltnre." ( ', \ Fan,., |i,.s Mnin.- 

 l:i. 



.Mioiit twenty new inemuers h.ive 

 .joine,! the sn,-iety re.-eiitly. ami it i- 

 hoped tri secure the membershi[> of e\el\ 

 ll\i . up 111 .late tlniist in the st.'lte. 



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