DECEMBER 30, 1909. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



57 



NEW 

 SEEDLING ROSE 



Radiance 



A seedling from Cardinal, a brilliant rosy carmine with opaline tints in the open flower. 

 The form Ib fine, large, with cupped petals, bud long, brilliant, radiant, with extra 

 long stems, a constant bloomer, fragrant, foliage abundant and of splendid substance. 



2X-inch pots, $18.00 per 100; ready for delivery in March. Cash or satisfactory reference. 



JOHN COOK, 318 N. Charles St., BALTIMORE, MD. 



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years after the application, were one of 

 the finest .sights in the country, with 

 their wealth of foliage and bloom. I 

 have also used well rotted manure with 

 success in growing them in the nursery 

 for over twenty years, surely disproving 

 the statement which begins this article. 



Peat in the SoiL 



There is a prevalent idea, even among 

 nurserymen, that a peaty soil is indispen- 

 sable for rhododendrons, and often great 

 expense is incurred in bringing peat from 

 a distance in order to make a rhododen- 

 dron bed. The digging out of the solid, 

 natural soil and replacing it with peat 

 not infrequently leads to a greater evil, 

 one that is seldom foreseen. The new 

 peat acts as a drain for the surface 

 water percolating the ground surrounding 

 it. and the spongy peat holds the water 

 precisely as a sponge does; consequently 

 the bed becomes waterlogged and the 

 failure of the rhododendrons is a natural 

 .-■equence. 



It is pretty generally known that rhodo- 

 dendrons and most other plants of that 

 tribe abhor chalk or any kind of cal- 

 careous soil, and, if planted in it, they 

 soon languish and eventually die out- 

 right. On the other hand, it is question- 

 able whether the rhododendron likes peat 

 above all other soils. Cases have come 

 under my notice of the finest specimens — 

 finest in growth, foliage and flower — 

 which were growing in fibrous loam with 

 an admixture of a little peat and sand, 

 sufficient to make the whole porous, yet 

 not too light. 



The question of peat versus loam for 

 tliese glorious plants is one of importance 

 to owners of private gardens, who, as a 

 rule, if not located on a peaty soil, bewail 

 the absence of rhododendrons. There 

 must be thousands of gardens where the 

 soil is not peaty and yet is free from 

 •"•'alk, and where rhododendrons would 

 grow to perfection, but from which they 

 are now absent because their owners think 

 it useless to plant them. Or, on the 

 "tlier hand, their culture has been aban- 

 'loned after the expense of making peat 

 '»pds, the failure of which had probably 

 arisen from defective draining. 



i^ardon me if I have digressed from the 

 I'^ual method of asking information 

 til rough the Review, but I thought that a 

 f'^w remarks about my practical experi- 

 ''"10 and results obtained therefrom 

 "I'Sht be appreciated by the readers, and 

 thiit some of them might give me in- 

 formation as to the name of the plant (if 

 I "^re is Boch) that grows on the root of 

 tat' rhododendron and is killed by the ap- 

 plication of manure. J. W. B. 



Young Grafted Rose Plants 



Ready March 16 



White Killarney, 2%-in per 100, $12.00 



My Maryland, 2%-in 12.00 



0. P. BASSETT RED CARNATION 



Rooted cuttings per 100, $6.00; per 1000, $50.00 



Kaiserin 



Bench plants, now ready for shipment, two years old and 



over per 1000, $50.00 



Our rooted cutting^a and youngs rose plants have a national 

 reputation for choice quality and careful packing^. 



Bassett & Washburn 



Office and Store, 



76 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



Greenhouses, 



Hinsdale, III. 



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Rooted Carnation Cuttinsfs 



FOR DECEMBER DELIVERY 



ENCHANTRESS, PERFECTION, BEACON, $3.00 per 100; 



$25.00 per 1000. 

 ROSE-PINK ENCHANTRESS, WHITE ENCHANTRESS, 



WINSOR, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 

 We can fill orders from 1000 to 100,000 and guarantee the stock. 



J. D. Thompson Carnation Co., Joliet, 



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Whitmani Ferns 



Nice Dlanti in 2>9-iD. pots, $3.00 and S4.00perl00. 



Sobolzell Ferns, from 2>«-iD.. U.OO per 100. 



Boston Ferns, 'i^s-in. pots, $3.00 and $4.00 

 per 100. 



Camellias, CampbeU and Chandlerll, In 

 bloom, $1.26, $1.60 and $2.00 each. 



ANTON SCHULTHEIS, College Point, L I. 



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PRiMUL|1\ 



.C It I nfcii «•! s'.'Q Licbri i ctiif "^Z 



No better ttrmint in existence. Famoaa Ronadorfer 

 tad LattBaan Obconica hybrid*, 2-in. stock read? aow. 

 For prioM ••• claaafied adv. 



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