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Decembbb 31, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



51 



price and all the retailers were able to 

 get as much stock as they desired. 

 Twenty-five cents per bunch was the price 

 asked the public In the stores for small 

 bunches, and they sold rapidly. 



There was quite a scarcity of maiden- 

 hair fern and asparagus, which was very 

 noticeable in the' stores the day before 

 Christmas, and many dealers had to use 

 cheaper kinds of fern in decorative work. 



Outside of the Christmas business, 

 there was a heavy funeral trade for the 

 entire week. This used up all the avail- 

 able white stock and the florists who had 

 to contend with this in addition to the 

 season's holiday trade had their hands 

 more than full. G. 



UNSLAKED LIME ON ROSE BEDS. 



Can you tell me if it is right to put 

 unslaked lime on rose beds? I am located 

 in California and my soil seems to be 

 somewhat soggy, with lots of worms in 

 it. My beds are 12x70. Some of them 

 have roses in them and some are empty. 

 The empty ones have been lying in that 

 condition for about six months. Now, I 

 would like to know how much lime I 

 should put on a bed and whether I can 

 put it on beds with roses planted in 

 them. 1 used to grow rose plants 

 eighteen to twenty-four inches in a sea- 

 son, but now they do not seem to move 

 along. I do not grow them for cut 

 flowers, but grow them in the fleld to 

 make heavy stock for retail trade. 



E. G. T. 



We presume K. G. T. refers in his query 

 entirely to roses grown outside, for re- 

 tailing as pot plants or naked roots in 

 the winter. 



To successfully grow such a heavy 

 feeding article as the rose is, the ground 

 should be changed every two years at 

 least, if it is confined in a bed. If in 

 the open, the drainage should be the first 

 item attended to, in which event it can- 

 not easily become sour or soggy. 



If the drainage is suflBcient, the char- 

 acter of the soil should next be inquired 

 into. Boses delight in thick, heavy 

 ground, well enriched. We have plenty 

 of this in most places in California, and 

 ordinary barnyard manure, or even sand, 

 is all that is necessary to keep it from 

 packing so hard that the tiny roots of 

 the roses cannot penetrate it. But if it 

 is not changed every two or three years, 

 the problem of successful growing by 

 artificial enrichments then becomes im- 

 portant. First of all, I again call atten- 

 tion to the drainage. If this is attended 

 to, so that the surplus water does not 

 settle around the roots, then look at the 

 soil itself. Anything except heavy, black 

 virgin soil will have to be fertilized if 

 the grower would have a healthy plant 

 for his trouble. 



The use of unslaked lime has long 

 been advocated for just such conditions, 

 especially where there is an excess of 

 moisture. The lime should be fresh and 

 should be used at the rate of a bushel 

 to about 200 square feet. Do not allow 

 it to lie on the surface auy longer than 

 necessary, as it quickly absorbs carbonic 

 acid gas from the air and its virtue is 

 then lost. It is a good plan to mix it 

 with manure before spading it into the 

 ground, as each seems to augment the 

 qualities of the other. 



It is a good idea to allow rose beds 

 to rest a while ; that is, to spade them up 

 and allow the ground to stand a few 

 months before it is replanted. Then, 

 with a second spading and a good dosing 



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