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The Florists^ Review 



15 



Establishment of the Miller Floral Co., Farmington, U'ah. 



I no roots are seeu, and replace with 

 I w, well enriched soil. Before putting 

 tills on, see that the soil beneath is 

 n.oist, as it is difficult to get the water 

 through the new soil without making it 

 '"o wet for the roots to enter freely. 



In the Beauty Houses. 



in the Beauty houses the young 

 I'iants are making an elegant growth 

 MOW, and every precaution must be 

 taken to keep them vigorous, yet hard 

 ind well consolidated, as they grow. A 

 laily spraying is not necessary, pro- 

 ided the ])lants are clean. It may ap- 

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

 inexperienced grower it seems to do 

 .;()od — but too much overhead moisture 

 liredisposes the plants to black s])ot 

 Hid other fungoid diseases later. 



American Beauty and Richmond need 

 less syringing than any other roses, and 

 the harder foliage jiroduced under these 

 •ircumstances is less liable to attacks 

 •f red s])ider. ,lt pays at this time to 

 40 over the plants and remove any of 

 the lower leaves that are attacked by 

 red spider. Their loss will not be f(>l"t- 

 t>y the plants at this time and it will 

 prevent the sj)read of this uiisij^htlv 

 pest. 



AMERICAN EOSE SOCIETY. 



The American Rose Society has is 

 fued the premium list, as prepared by 

 its executive committee, for cut roses 

 at the approaching National Flower 

 ^^how. For the best display covering 

 not less than L'OO square feet three pre- 

 iniums are otfered, $2.30, ^MO and .$10(t. 

 For 100 Beauties the tliree premiums 

 :ire $60, $40 and $20. For r,() 

 lieauties the jtremiums jire $.'iO, $20 

 and $10. For twenty-live Beauties 

 the premiums are $20, $l.'j and $1(). 

 Two classes are jirovideil for eai-h of 

 the roses grown lommerciaily for cut 

 tiowers. The classes calling" for fifty 

 Mowers ofi'er first premiums of $20, and 

 ■second i)remiums of $10. The classes 

 '•ailing for twenty-five flowers offer 

 first premiums of .$lt), and second jire- 

 iiiiunis of $."). There are souie extreme- 

 ly liberal premiums for retailers' dis 

 plays in which roses are used. Classes 

 'or the commercial roses are provided 

 ofien only to private gardeners and 

 amateurs, twelve blooms of ea(di, in 

 whieh the i)remiums are $4 and $2. 



ROSE GROWING IN UTAH. 



Up to a comparatively short time ago, 

 two years, to be exact, it was a popular 

 supjxisition in .Salt Lake City and less 

 i_mj)ortant flower markets nearby, that 

 first-class roses could not be grown in 

 Utah. What little experimenting had 

 been done was crude and (?ons(H|U(Mitly 



unsuccessful, and while a few re-dized 

 how the local trade was handicapped 

 l)y being obliged to wait fium twenty- 

 four to thirty-six hours l)etween order- 

 ing and receiving shi])ments, there was 

 apparently no one to take the initiative 

 in demonstrating what might be accom- 

 ])lished in Utah until Robert Miller ar- 

 rived oil the scent! and proceeded to 

 form a company to grow roses. Mr. 

 Miller had come from Cromwtdl, Conn., 

 where he had been actively engaged in 

 the same occupation. There wjis no 

 question in the minds of those whom 

 he approached with the project that he 

 could carry the work to a successful 

 conclusion provi<led local conditions 







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Oreodoxa Sarcona. 



wcic ra\ I'nihic, Imt ni;iny were duliioii^ 

 of the ou' I'onic. However, the eunipjiny 

 was funned ami Mr. Miller, who w:is 

 niaii(> jiri'sident ami inanam'c, ororeeileil 

 to ae(|\iir(> ten acres of the lie^t land 

 in Utah, at Farmington. a beautiful 

 suburb of Salt Lake <'ity. 



That was two and a half years auo. 

 The a('C()m])anying iiliistiati(jn shows 

 the range as it now stands and the 

 company is negotiating for an ;id.ioin- 

 ing ten acres in order that there may 

 be no lack of room for the extension of 

 its facilities. 



The question of sufficient water for 

 greenhouse ])urposes in the arid west is 

 usually a strious on*! tind the location 

 ;it I'^armington was (dioseu because of 

 the splendid water supply, good soil, 

 and first-ebiss railroad facilities. Th»^ 

 greenhouses are built along the lines of 

 the most modern construction. There 

 are b",0,<U!O s(|uare feet of glass, with 

 ;i modern steam jtlant of 2.")0 horse 

 power. The comi>any has 25,000 rest 

 jdants, 2."),000 carntitions, smilax, and 

 Asfiaragus Sprengeri, sweet peas for 

 winter iloweriug, and a large pbint 

 dt^partment for the growing of decora 

 tive and wintei' flowering sulg'ects. 

 (^ueen Beatrice rose, of which the com 

 pany has o,0(M) jdants, is proving ]iopu 

 lar with the trade, tuid other roses 

 with which the comjiariy had success 

 last season are I.,adv iliilingdon, Mrs. 

 Ward, Rhea Heid, Mrs. Taft, nnd the 

 omnipresent Killarney. White Killarnev 

 and Richmond. 



The success of the .Miller cnmptuiN 

 alreidy has b(>en demonstrated but Mr. 

 Mi'ler, who is extrenudy modest, says 

 tlnit only a beginning has beeii made 

 .and thtit he hopes to do something 

 worth while later on. 



OREODOXA SANCONA. 



Although it is not as well known, jier 

 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 i>alm, well wor 

 thy of extended culture. But few hav( 

 probably seen it in its native habitat, 

 and the accomiianying illustration will 

 give a good idea of what it looks like 



It is usually difficult, owing to tht 

 ilense surrounding vegetation, to get 

 a good picture of ptilins j^rowing wild, 

 but the two plants shown were left 

 when tlu> (dearing was niad<» ;ind nato 

 rally the photographer had a Iietter 

 (diance. The height of -the taller ol 

 tlie^e twin palms is sixty feet. aiKl thi 

 nitiinier of their growth an<l t'liiitiiig i- 

 ilistin(dly shown. This interesting pho 

 tograjdi was taken by Kd. Jlowanl, ot 

 I. OS .Xngeles, Cal., during one of his 

 botanizing and plant collecting trips ii. 

 .Mexico. ' II. K\ i: 



Fulton, 111. — , I oh 11 Aggen is comjdel 

 ing the heating apparatus in his new 

 c<t greenhouse. He lia.l it planted with 

 ctirnations some time ago. 



Spokane, Wash.— W. F. Peters ha,- 

 lirocured a building ]>erniit for the 

 (>rection of a greenhouse at E42!' 

 Wtdlesley avenue at a cost of .f2,000 



