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The Weekly Florists' Revie w* 



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Mat 27, 1909. 



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: DOROTHY PERKINS* CUP. 



Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y., 

 have received the silver trophy known as 

 the Nickerson cup, awarded to them last 

 spring by the National Rose Society in 

 England, and are extremely proud of 

 their trophy, as of twelve such cups this 

 is the only American firm to receive one. 



It will be recalled that W. E. Nicker- 

 son, of Cambridge, Mass., gave the Na- 

 tional Rose Society twelve cups to be 

 awarded to the twelve best roses for gen- 

 eral cultivation. The committee in charge 

 sent voting papers to a large number of 

 leading rosarians in England and else- 

 where and invited them to indicate their 

 choice of varieties in each of twelve di- 

 visions. 



Reference to the Review of July 9, 

 1908, in which the result was reported, 

 shows that Jackson & Perkins Co. was 

 right in the front rank with Dorothy Per- 

 kins, the variety which it raised and dis- 

 seminated in 1901. In the class for 

 climbers blooming in clusters, shades of 

 pink, Dorothy Perkins had more than 

 seven times as many votes as any other 

 variety. It had nearly twice as many 

 votes as were given Turner's Crimson 

 Rambler in its color, and there were only 

 two varieties, Mme. Alfred Carriere and 

 Frau Karl Druschki, which received more 

 votes in their respective classes than did 

 Dorothy Perkins. Dorothy Perkins was 

 the only rose of American origin which 

 figured in the awards. 



The cup bears the inscription, "Na- 

 tional Rose Society Nickerson Cup, 

 awarded in 1908 to the Jackson & Per- 

 kins Co., Newark, N. Y., U. S. A., the 

 raisers of the best pink climbing rose 

 blooming in clusters, Dorothy Perkins," 

 and under the circumstances is naturally 

 one of the firm 's most valued possessions. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Mrs. Gertrude Hubbard, of Washing- 

 ton, D. C, has established a gold medal 

 fund for the American Rose Society by 

 placing the sum of $250 in the treasury, 

 the interest from which shall each five 

 years be used for a gold medal to be 

 awarded to the most promising new rose 

 of American origin. 



Mrs. Hnbbard all her life has taken- 

 much interest in stimulating and encour- 

 aging people, young and old, to make 

 attractive homeS*rand keep surroundings 

 pretty. Mrs. Htibbard was created the 

 first honorary member of the Rose So- 

 ciety. Peter Bisset, superintendent of 

 Twin Oaks, Washington, was Mrs. Hub- 

 bard's agent in the matter. 



Doubleday, Page & Co., New York 



city, have submitted a proposition of in- 

 terest concerning the awarding of a 

 series of medals, which will be acted 

 upon at the next meeting of the execu- 

 tive committee. 



Roses are being planted out this year 

 more extensively than common and if the 

 rose plant growers are wise they will 

 throw their support to the American Rose 

 Society by becoming active members. 

 Benjamin Hammond, Sec'y. 



CROPS FOR HOUSE IN SUMMER. 



I am not a large grower, by any means, 

 and I grow mostly bedding stock, prob- 

 ably 12,000 plants in a season, but it 

 seems to me I should make use of my 

 space when it is not occupied by the bed- 

 ding stock. I have had no experience 

 outside of bedding stock. My market for 

 this stock is in small surrounding towns, 

 within a radius of about six miles, and 

 there would be no call for cut flowers. 

 Anything in the cut flower line would 

 have to be sent to Pittsburg, a distance 

 of twenty-six miles by rail. Could I 

 grow mums or anything in time to be 

 out of the way for bedding stock, and at 

 a profit this distance from the city? I 

 could spare the most of a house 18x100, 

 at least three-fourths being from three 

 to seven feet from the glass on raised 

 benches, or, in other words, over 900 

 square feet of planting space. Another 



300 feet is too close to the glass for any 

 thing tall. 



I grow vegetables and fruits, besides 

 doing a business in poultry and eggs, anci 

 the flowers go with these nicely, as the 

 same customers usually buy some of all. 

 We are surrounded by many small towns 

 and usually sell directly to the consumer 

 as well as to grocery stores. E. B. 



There is no good reason why you could 

 not get some returns from your house in 

 summer. I am inclined to think that 

 vegetables would pay you better than 

 flowers. If chrysanthemums were grown, 

 only very early sorts could be planted, 

 and these would need to be out of the 

 way early in October. There are no 

 summer flower crops which can be 

 planted after bedding stock is sold and 

 which would pay you to grow under 

 glass. 



It would be possible for you to grow 

 good crops of melons, cucumbers or to- 

 matoes in your house. The benches should 

 be filled with new compost containing a 

 good proportion of rotted barnyard ma- 

 nure, and plants should be ready in pots 

 to set in as soon as the house is cleared 

 of bedding stock. Any of the above- 

 named vegetables can be grown either 

 trained or allowed to ramble over the 

 benches, but I should have a preference 

 for tomatoes, which always command a 

 ready sale in summer. Such varieties as 

 Chalk's Early Jewel, Comet, Stirling Cas- 

 tle or Livingston's Stone are all good for 

 summer culture indoors. You should start 

 seeds sufficiently early so as to have 

 strong plants in 4-inch pots ready to put 

 in the benches as soon as the house is 

 ready for them. On the front bench, 

 where there is a lack of head room, you 

 could allow the plants to run over the 

 bench, or grow melons. Tomatoes will, 

 of course, require an abundant water sup- 

 ply, and feeding with liquid manure and 

 top-dressings when fruiting heavily. 

 Careful culture of these should give you 

 a handsome return from your house in 

 the summer. C. W. 



CARNATION NOTES.— EAST. 



Split Calyxes. 



This is not the season of year when 

 growers are troubled by calyxes split- 

 ting, but I am prompted by reading the 

 article of H. M, Harvey, in the Review 

 of May 6, to give a few ideas which may 

 aid in carrying the discussion farther. 

 It is my belief that his theory leads in 

 the right direction, but, as he says, it 

 remains to be proven. 



Taking the botanists' statement re- 

 garding the growth of the green parts 

 during the day only, while the develop- 

 ment of the flower petals proceeds at 

 night as well, it would not seem surpris- 

 ing during the winter months, when the 

 periods of darkness are about twice as 

 long as those of daylight, that the calyx 

 should be too slow in development to ac- 



commodate the more rapid growing petal- 

 age. As is well known, we are then pro- 

 ducing bloom out of natural season, and 

 any variation in temperature sufficient to 

 cause a check will naturally show its ef- 

 fect in more marked degree. 



Factors in the Trouble. 



A sudden fall in the temperature, or 

 a temperature that is continuously too 

 low, has been considered a cause of 

 calyxes splitting, from the fact that when 

 this error was corrected, the trouble 

 ceased or diminished; this would seem 

 to prove its being a factor, at least. The 

 application of strong liquid manure, or 

 supplying a solution of normal strength 

 when the plants are suffering from lack 

 of water, is also regarded as a means of 

 aggravating this malady. 



Now, while it is contrsiry to my usual 

 custom to advance theories, Mr. Harvey's 

 article follows ideas so similar to my own 

 that I feel warranted in adding thereto, 

 trusting we shall be favored with the. 



