Dbcbmbeb 23, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Nursery Stock Exhibited by a Providence Florist. 



'•leat should not be placed too close to 

 the heads of the blooms, for there is 

 danger of breaking the necks. 



After the box is packed, cleats should 

 be placed on the inside of the box, at the 

 top, to hold the paper off the blooms. 



The paper next the blooms should 

 always be new and clean. This gives the 

 flowers a fresher appearance than if old 

 or soiled paper is used. There should be 

 a sufficient lining^of paper to serve as 

 piotection from,^?rost. 



Destinations should be written plainly 

 and legibly, bo that the expressman may 

 have no doubts. 



If these precautions are observed they 

 should do a great deal toward eliminating 

 the troubles of the growers. 



W. J. Vesey, Jr. 



APPLETON'S EXHIBIT. 



At the recent exhibition of the Rhode" 

 Island Horticultural Society, "William Ap- 

 pleton made an exhibit which attracted 

 much attention because it was the first 

 of its kind to be staged there. Mr. 

 Appleton is one of those florists who has 

 found the handling of certain classes of 

 nursery stock for garden work an im- 

 portant addition to his business. The 

 accompanying illustration shows the ex- 

 hibit at the recent flower show. Many 

 people were seen making notes of the 

 exhibit, apparently with the idea of pur- 

 chasing later on. 



PENTECOST'S POINSETTIAS. 



The accompanying illustration is re- 

 produced from a photograph taken in one 

 of the houses of S. N. Pentecost, Cleve- 

 land, O. It shows the crop of poinset- 

 "tias he is marketing this week. »The 

 plants were propagated about July 15 

 and the house was planted August 17. 

 The average height is now three and one- 

 half feet and the bracts run from twelve 

 inches to eighteen inches in diameter. It 

 is as successful a crop of poinsettias 

 as Mr. Pentecost ever has grown and 

 the orders booked before Christmas indi- 

 cated a satisfactory market. 



Augusta, Ga. — Fire destroyed the of- 

 fi*;e, workroom, one greenhouse and dam- 

 aged parts of two others, at the estab- 

 lishment of Henry W. T. Balk, 226 

 Green street, December 13. The loss on 

 the buildings is fully covered by in- 

 surance, but a fine lot of blooming plants, 

 P'lms, araucarias, etc., was lost, on 

 ^^hieh there was no insurance. How- 

 ever, Mr. Balk reports that he still has 

 rjenty of stock tO' tak^ care of his 

 "^iiristmas orders. 



SOME OF THE NEW PLANTS. 



fA paper by J. S. Wilson, read before 

 the Iowa state Horticultural Society, at Des 

 Moines, December 8, 1909.] 



You have asked me to prepare a paper 

 on the plants of recent introduction that 

 are worthy of trial. I am not competent 

 to handle this subject as it should be 

 handled, but will do the best I can and 

 give you the experience I have had with 

 the few new plants I have bought. 



We all know that every year there 

 are a great many new plants offered us, 

 many of which we do not hear much of a 

 year or two hence. It is hard for the 

 average small florist to know what is 

 worthy and really an improvement over 

 existing sorts. I have not bought by 

 any means all the new things that have 

 been offered us in glowing descriptions 

 in the last three or four years, and it 

 is just possible I have missed some of 

 the best things. Some of the plants I 

 mention here are not strictly what might 

 be called new by some, having been in- 

 troduced three years ago or more; how- 

 ever, you must admit it takes about two 

 years' tryout before one can really con- 

 demn a novelty. 



Some Newer Roses. 



The most recent introduction I have 

 is the White Killarney rose, introduced 



to the trade last spring. I saw this 

 rose exhibited at a number of flower 

 shows during the year previous to send- 

 ing it out, and made up my mind it 

 was a ^Ood thing. I planted up last 

 May 1,000 2y2-inch plants, and by Au- 

 gust 1 was cutting roses in quantity. 

 The plants have kept up the same pace 

 ever since. I believe White Killarney 

 in time will displace Bride, as it will 

 give more first-class blooms to the square 

 foot of space than that old-time fa- 

 vorite, besides bringing a better price, 

 which makes you win at both ends. I 

 also believe that, like Killarney, it will 

 prove a good summer rose, both for in- 

 door and outdoor blooming. White Kil- 

 larney has come to stay and will be 

 more largely grown next year, when bet- 

 ter known by the average florists. 



Other good roses, although not strict- 

 ly new, having been introduced about 

 three or four years ago, that I have 

 found valuable for pot culture are Tau- 

 sendschon, Hiawatha, La Fiamma and 

 White Baby Rambler. 



Tausendschon, I think, is one of the 

 most beautiful roses of recent introduc- 

 tion. It is a hardy climber of the 

 rambler type. The flowers are about 

 the same size as in Clothilde Soupert. 

 The color is light pink, changing to car- 

 mine, shading lighter towards the center. 

 It blooms in clusters of six to ten 

 flowers each, the individual flowers hav- 

 ing three to four inches of stems, which 

 gives the cluster a loose, ' airy appear- 

 ance. Another, and I think an impor- 

 tant feature, is that the flowers hold on 

 for weeks after opening. For forcing 

 for Easter and early spring sales it is 

 grand. 



Hiawatha and La Fiamma are both 

 hardy climbers and are of the Wichura- 

 iana type. I have grown these two 

 roses, that is, forcing them, for the 

 last three years, and must say that for 

 grace and beauty, when well done, they 

 are hard to excel. The flowers of both 

 these varieties are single and about two 

 inches in diameter, forming large clus- 

 ters which almost cover the plants. Usu- 

 ally we look for a single rose to drop its 

 petals soon after opening, but not so 

 with these roses; in fact, they do not 

 drop, but dry up like a bunch of shav- 



House of Poinsettias Grown by S. N. Pentecost. 



