

The Weekly Florists' Review, 



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Decembeb 24, 1908. 



NDRSERT NEWS. 



AHEBIGAN ASSOCIATION OF NCB8KBTHEN. 



Officers for 1908-9: Pres., Charles J. Brown, Ro- 

 chester, N. Y.; Vlce-Pres., C. M. Hobbs. Bridge- 

 port, Ind.; Sec'y. Geo. C. Seager, Rochester. 

 N. Y.; Treas.. C. L. Yates. Rochester. N. Y. The 

 34th annual convention will be held at Roches- 

 ter, June, 1909. 



The nursery interests are a unit in 

 wanting an increase in the rate on for- 

 eign-grown rose plants, but there is a 

 great deal of difference in opinion as 

 to what advance is needed. 



Wencel L. Cukeeski will retire from 

 the superintendency of the city parks 

 at Grand Eapids, Mich., with the close 

 of the year, and in the spring will build 

 greenhouses on West Fulton street, 

 where he owns fifteen lots of rich bot- 

 tom land. He is prospecting, also, for 

 a tract of land to use as a nursery. He 

 already has about 25,000 shrubs and 

 plants on his West Fulton street lots. 



PROPAGATING BIOTA. 



Will you be so kind as to inform us 

 how to propagate Biota aurea nana and 

 silver cedar from cuttings? We have 

 some fine specimens and would very much 

 like to propagate them. How should the 

 stock plants be handled and when should 

 the cuttings be taken? At what tem- 

 perature should the sand and house be? 

 Any information would be valuable to 

 us. G. A. Y. 



Although it would have been much bet- 

 ter if cuttings from the evergreens men- 

 tioned in the query had been put in a 

 month or more ago, still the work may 

 be done now with a fair hope of success. 



Cuttings should be of the past sea- 

 son's growth, making them about four 

 inches in length by cutting with a sharp 

 knife. Immediately after the cuttings 

 are made they should be put in flats, 

 which previously had been made ready 

 for their reception by being filled to 

 within about an inch of the tops of the 

 boards with clean sand. But first should 

 come the all-important precaution of pro- 

 viding ample drainage, which can be 

 done by putting half rotted leaves or 

 soil screenings, to the depth of one inch, 

 in the bottoms of the flats. The cut- 

 tings should be placed in rows in the 

 flats, with both the cuttings and the 

 rows pretty close to each other. 



After the cuttings are in the flats a 

 good watering should be given, in order 

 that the minute particles of sand may 

 find lodgment around the base of the cut- 

 tings, the better to enable them to stand 

 unmoved and callous quickly. If it is 

 convenient to place the cuttings where 

 they can have a little bottom heat with- 

 out the existence of a highet tempera- 

 ture than about 55 degrees for a time, 

 so much the better. After a few weeks 

 a warmer temperature may aid them in 

 rooting. The cuttings should be kept 

 moderately moist, never allowing the 

 sand to get dry. Movable shade should 

 be at hand, so that on bright days they 

 can be protected until they begin to make 

 roots, when shade will not be required. 



In spring or early summer, if a good 

 proportion of the cuttings contained in 

 each flat look as if they are rooted, 

 it will be well either to pot each plant 

 separately in a small pot and place them 

 close together in a frame outdoors, or 

 plant them in the open ground in 



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=rOR FORCING^ 



The right time to buy Roses is -when they are fresh and well-ripened. Roses potted up 

 In the Fall or late Winter become better established and force better, and are far more 

 satisfactory in every way, and you can retard or force at your leisure. We recommend the 

 American-grown "Ramblers." Don't attempt to force imported Ramblers; the general 

 experience is that they are failures. 



HARDY PERPETUAL ROSES 



We offer extra stronB forclnsr two- 

 vear-old dormant, low budded stock, in the 

 following varieties, true to name: 

 Price, 75c for 5 (of one variety); f IS.OO 



Ser 100; $110.00 per 1000. (Imme- 

 late delivery). 



Alfred Colomb. Oarmine. 



Anne de Diesbach. Bright carmine. 



Ball of Snow. Pure white. 



Baron de Bonitetten. Dark crimson 

 shaded. 



Baroness Rothschild. Satiny pink; extra. 

 Captain Christy. Delicate flesh color. 

 Dake of Edinbargh; Bright vermilion; 

 very fine. 



Fisher Holmes. Dark rich scarlet. 

 FBA1T KAKL, DRUSCHKI. The finest 

 white in existence. 



General Jacqueminot. Rich velvety 

 crimson. 



General Washington. Beautiful red, 

 shaded carmine. 



John Hopper. Beautiful rose-pink. 



L.a France. The finest light pink. 



Margaret Dickson. White, pale-flesh 

 center. 



Magna Charta. Clear rosy pink. 



Mme. Gabriel linizet. Light satiny pink. 



Mme. Plantler. White. 



Mrs. John Ualng. Soft pink; most desir- 

 able variety. 



Paol Neyron. Beautiful dark pink. 



Prince Camllle de Rohan. Velvety crim- 

 son. 



Ulrlch Bmnner. Cherry red. 



STANDARD OR TREE ROSES 



( Brafteri on Rita Canina ar Ruiota Stack.) 



Large, well grown, selected plants in the 

 best and most serviceable varieties 85c each. 

 $8.85 for 10, $«5.00 per 100. 



ENGLISH MOSS ROSES 



Assorted white, pink and red. Large 

 dormant plants, from open ground. 10c 

 each, 85c for 5, $19.00 per 100. 



CRIMSON RAMBLER 



American erown. The only stock 

 for forcing. 



Large, heavy plants, two years old, 

 mossed and packed in bundles of 10. 



10 100 



2to3feet $1.00 $ 7.50 



StoSfeet 1.85 lo.oo 



5to8feet 1.75 15.00 



DOROTHY PERKINS 



Resembles the Crimson Rambler, except 

 in color, which is a lovely shell-pink, holding 

 a long time without fading. $1.85 for 10, 

 $18.00 per 100. 



PHILADELPHIA RAMBLER 



Extra fine, AmerlOan-s:rown stock. 



•„-<•?»- 10 100 



8 to 4 feet 1....^.. $1.75 $15.00 



4to6feet „ 8.oo 18.00 



6to6feet ^J^. 8.85 80.00 



WEDDINI;^ BELLS 



A seedling of the Crintson Rambler. The 

 most floriferous Rose yet produced. The 

 color is white with the upper half of the pet- 

 als soft pink. Fine for forcing. Perfectly 

 hardy. Extra strong, 8-year, field-grown 

 flowering plants, 4 to 5 feet, $8.85 for 10, 

 $80.00 per 100. 



LADY GAY 



A seedlinf; from the popular Crimson 

 Rambler, which it resembles in habit and 

 general efTect. The flowers are of a delicate 

 ( herry-plnk color, which fades to soft white. 

 Strong plants, fleld-grown, 4 to 5 ft. ,$1.75 

 for 10. $15.00 per 100; extra strong, 6 to 7 ft., 

 $8.85 for 10, $80.00 per 100. 



MARECHAL NIEL 



Color, bright, rich golden yellow. Field- 

 grown, 15c each, 65c for 5, $18.00 per 100. 



GLOIRE DE DIJON 



Color, buff, orange center, very sweet- 

 scented. Field-grown, 15c each, 65c for 5, 

 $18.00 per 100. 



THE BABY RAMBLER 



(Mme. Norbert lieTava^senr) 



Strong fleld-grown plants, $1.5u for 10, 

 $18.00 per 100. 



THE TREE BABY RAMBLER 



Grown as a Standard. 



The popularity of the Baby Rambler has 

 suggested the growing of it as a tree or 

 standard. The variety is too well known for 

 description; enough fo say. it retains all its 

 characteristics of free-blooming qualities, 

 etc. 35c each, $8.50 per doz., $85.0O per 100. 



A New Baby Rambler Rose 



CATHERINE 8EIMETH. A White 

 Baby Rambler Rose, larger and better flow- 

 ers than the type. $8.85 for 10, $80.00 per 

 100. 



a ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON, 342 west 14lh™reerNEW YORK CITY 



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