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The Rorists* Review 



Establishment of the Milkr Floral Co., Farmineton, Utah. 



if no roots are seen, and replace with 

 new, well enriched soil. Before putting 

 this on, see that the soil beneath is 

 moist, as it is difficult to get the water 

 through the new soil without making it 

 too wet for the roots -to enter freely. 



In the Beauty Houses. 



In the Beauty houses the young 

 plants are making an elegant growth 

 now, and every precaution must be 

 taken to keep them vigorous, yet hard 

 and well consolidated, as they grow. A 

 daily spraying is not necessary, pro- 

 vided the plants are clean. It may ap- 

 pear to do no harm now — in fact, to the 

 inexperienced grower it seems to do 

 good — but too much overhead moisture 

 predisposes' the plants to black spot 

 and other fungoid diseases later. 



American Beauty and Bichmond need 

 less syringing than any other roses, and 

 the harder foliage produced under these 

 circumstances is less liable to attacks 

 of red spider. It pays at this time to 

 go over the plants and remove any of 

 the lower leaves that are attacked by 

 red spider. Their loss will not be felt 

 by the plants at this time and it will 

 prevent the spread of this unsightly 

 pest. 



AMERICAN BOSE S00IET7. 



The American Bose Society has is- 

 sued the premium list, as prepared by 

 its executive committee, for cut Voses 

 at the approaching National Flower 

 Show. For the best 1 display covering 

 not less than 200 square feet three pre- 

 miums are offered, $250, $150 and $100. 

 For 100 Beauties the three premiums 

 are $60, $40 and $20. For 50 

 Beauties the premiums are $30, $20 

 and $10. For twenty-five Beauties 

 the premiums are $20, $15 and $10. 

 Two classes are provided for each of 

 the roses grown commercially for cut 

 flowers.' The classes calling for fifty 

 flowers offer first premiums of $20, and 

 second premiums of $10. The classes 

 calling for twenty-five flowers offer 

 first premiums of $10, and second pre- 

 miums of $5. There are some extreme- 

 ly liberal premiums for retailers' dis- 

 plays in which roses are used. Classes 

 for the commercial roses are provided 

 open only to private gardeners and 

 amateurs, twelve blooms of each, In 

 which the premiums are $4 and $2. 



ROSE GBOWINO IN UTAH. 



Up to a comparatively short time ago, 

 two years, to be exact, it was a popular 

 supposition in Salt Lake City and less 

 important flower markets nearby, that 

 first-class roses could not be grown in 

 Utah. What little experimenting had 

 been done was crude and consequently 



unsuccessful, and while a few realized 

 how the local trade was handicapped 

 by being obliged to wait from twenty- 

 four to thirty-six hours between order- 

 ing and receiving shipments, there was 

 apparently no one to take the initiative 

 in demonstrating what might be accom- 

 plished in Utah until Robert Miller ar- 

 rived on the scene and proceeded to 

 form a company to grow roses. Mr. 

 Miller had come from Cromwell, Conn., 

 where he had been actively engaged in 

 the same occupation. There was no 

 question in the minds of those whom 

 he approached with the project that he 

 could carry the work to a successful 

 conclusion provided local conditions 



Oreodoxa Sancona. 



were favorable, but many were dubious 

 of the outcome. However, the company 

 was formed and Mr. Miller, who was 

 made president and manager, proceeded 

 to acquire ten acres of the best land 

 in Utah, at Farmington, a beautiful 

 suburb of Salt Lake City. 



That was two and a half years ago. 

 The accompanying illustration shows 

 the range as it now stands and the 

 company is negotiating for an adjoin- 

 ing ten acres in order that there may 

 be no lark of room for the extension of 

 its facilities. 



The question of sufficient water for 

 greenhouse purposes in the arid west is 

 usually a serious one and the location 

 at Farmington was chosen because of 

 the splendid water supply, good soil, 

 and first-class railroad facilities. The 

 greenhouses are built along the lines of 

 the most modern construction. There 

 are 150,000 square feet of glass, with 

 a modern steam plant of 250 horse- 

 power. The company has 25,000 rose 

 plants, 25,000 carnations, smilax, and 

 Asparagus Sprengeri, sweet peas for 

 winter flowering, and a large plant 

 department for the growing of decora- 

 tive and winter flowering subjects. 

 Queen Beatrice rose, of which the com- 

 pany has 5,000 plants, is proving popu- 

 lar with the trade, and other roses 

 with which the company had success 

 last season are Lady Hillingdon, Mrs. 

 Ward, Ehea Beid, Mrs. Taft, and the 

 omnipresent Killarney, White Killarney 

 and Bichmond. 



The success of the Miller company 

 already has been demonstrated but Mr. 

 Miller, who is extremely modest, says 

 that only a beginning has been made 

 and that he hopes to do something 

 worth while later on. 



OBEODOXA SANCONA. 



Although it is not as well known, per 

 haps, in America as in Europe, no doubt 

 many readers and growers are familiar 

 with Oreodoxa Sancona, or the royal 

 palm of Mexico, in a small state. When 

 young the leaf stalks are a reddish 

 color, which shows up the bright green 

 of the leaves, and it is altogether a most 

 graceful and beautiful palm, well wor 

 thy of extended culture. But few have 

 probably seen it in its native habitat, 

 and the accompanying illustration will 

 give a good idea of what it looks like. 



It is usually difficult, owing to the 

 dense surrounding vegetation, to get 

 a good picture of palms growing wild, 

 but the two plants shown were left 

 when the clearing was made and natu- 

 rally the photographer had a better 

 chance. The height of the taller of 

 these twin palms is sixty feet, and the 

 manner of their growth and fruiting is 

 distinctly shown. This interesting pho- 

 tograph was taken by Ed. Howard, of 

 Los Angeles, Cal., during one of his 

 botanizing and plant collecting trips in 

 Mexico. H. R. R. 



Fulton, 111. — John Aggen is complet 

 ing the heating apparatus in his new- 

 est greenhouse. He had it planted with 

 carnations some time ago. 



Spokane, Wash.— W. E. Peters has 

 procured a building permit for the 

 erection of a greenhouse at E429 

 Wellesley avenue at a cost of $2,000. 



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