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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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FOR A BEGINNING. 



I \\:iiil Id i^niw ;i I't'W iciso tlii> vi'.'if 

 ;iii(l I ^IhiuIiI lil-;c' Id know 1 !u.' l.a'^l \;i- 

 ri<'t\ dt' while .-ind |iiiil\ I'lir ;( Ix'd i mn'r. 



I sli;i 1 1 |i|.lll1 I lli'lll nil ;i Sdljil licllr li. 



;iii<l I >liuii|(| like Id kiidw lidw iii;iny 

 iiiclK"- dt' sdil is rt'ijiiircd, lidw l';ii- ;i|i;nt 



cncll WAV ■A)\i\ \\li;it si/c |i|;|||t> I >lldl|li| 



fZH. .1. K. .S 



Kilk'nncN ;iiic| White KiH;iriiey ;iie 

 Itotli <;(Mi<| \;irielie> aihl not ilinicult to 

 firuw. ( )ii ;i solid lieiich tlie ih'|ith dt' 

 soil e;(ii r;iiiji(> t'roni tour to six inelies. 

 The jdaiils siioiilil ii;i\'e ;it le;ist one 

 i'odi ot' s]);ic(' e;ieh \\;i\', ;irid t'oiirteeii 

 iiK lies is ii(d ;iM.\' too iiiu(di. The pluiits 

 siiouM lie from .'1 iiirh or .">'.. inch jiots. 



il'iiies. 



THE NEW ROSE PRINCETON. 



The iilnst r;it ion di\es ;iii excellent 

 ideii of the new rose. I'liiicetdii. oidwii 

 liy Sto<-]\t(ili (.V Howe. I'liiiceton. X. .1. 

 This rose, which liiis lieeii desciilied in 

 Tlie lieview. is so iiiehly |iri/.ec!. Iiotli 

 liy the irrowers ;iiid l>.v their coininission 

 iiiciihaiits, IJerycr llro--.. I Mi ihidel pin;i. 

 thnt a wide ;'>n(i t'oot house will l)e (h' 

 \dted to it next reason. Si/e, color. 

 \i}^or. t'reedoin ot' hlooni are all strmidly 

 in f'a\"or of the new as|drant. Shimld 

 Princeton make yooij, it is |iro|iosed to 

 send it out ill tiie spriiid ot' j'.Ml. 



I'hil. 



APHIS ON OUTDOOR ROSES. 



I am sending \ou sdine leaves from ;i 

 raniidei' ni^e luish. The |ilaiil i-^ at 

 ta(d<ed liy ajdiis. I- tlii' d iscidcua t ion 

 caused liy the a|dii^. or is it some t'lliidi.' 

 Will nicotine clean oil thi' aphi^.' I'lease 

 iliVi' me some advice, -o that I can 

 liriiij^ the plant liai k to iiorm.al coiidi 

 tions. li. 11. II. 



The attaid'is ot' aplii^ cause t lu' leaves 

 to liecotne discolored ill thi^ Way. Xico 

 tine extract ililiited in w.ater i- an ex- 

 cellent reined\- Id apply. I'simlly caii^ 

 containiiid these ^ive the jirdport icui- ot' 

 water .'ilid ni<-dtine td ii-e. Wliah' ()il 

 POnp, diie p(Mind tci eidht ;jalldn'- dt' 

 wafer, keldsene eiliil Kidii. one Jiait to 

 twenty parts ot' water, .iiiil Ivoiv snap. 

 one |ioiiiii| to eij^lit lialldiis dt water, .are 

 all exc(dlent for controjline aphis. In 

 applyiiid use a syrinee or force pump. 

 and lie sure to wet every portion of the 

 |iiaiils. The aphis I'liniiot lie pidsoiieil, 

 Imt may he killeil liy contact with aiiv 

 of the solutions namecl. ( '. W 



ROSE MRS. AARON WARD. 



A L:i'i'at attraction in some nf the 

 ln'st IJoston retail stores (liiriiid the 

 present season has lieeii the lieaiitifiil 

 new liyhiid tea rose. Mrs. Aaron Ward, 

 ^rowii l>y William II. hllliott. of 

 liri^hton. M.ass.. at his \.'\^ .Madlmrv. 

 .\. 11.. rose didwiny est aid ishment . 

 This rose, often erroneously called Mrs. 

 IIuin|iliry Waul. was sent out liy 

 llie I'reiiidi linn, I'eriiet l)u(d<er. in 

 l!Mi7. and was first listed in .\inerica 

 by t he 1-]. (I. II ill < 'o., Kiidimond, Ind., 

 from whom .Mr. Mlliott procured his 

 original stock. lie |ilaiited it <iii a 

 sm.all scale, and iliiriny: the season of 

 1!HIS-<I sold it in small (pi.antities in 

 liostoii. The color took peojile's fan 

 cies at once, so that a much larger lot 

 was |ilaiiteil last siimmer. ami some 

 thousands are now yrowiii";' and Idooin- 

 iiid- profusely at Madlmry, N. II. 



The color of the flower can l;est lie 

 desei'ilK'il as a rii-h Indian yellow, occa- 

 sionally sutl'useil or washed wit h s.almoii 

 rose. The flower is full and the petals 

 are of e.xctdleiit sulistance. .Mr. Mlliott 

 has shipped consijinments as far as 

 .\11anta. (ia.. where they were received 

 in first (dass sha|ie. Tlie foliadf- is iiote- 

 Wdrthy on account of its ri(di. shiny ap- 



pear.aiice and standiii<i out so st ' '\ 



The plant with .Mr. l-;iliott has pi, .,j 



an exi-(dlent ei(i\ver and contiii i^ 



lilodiner. c;i rrvinji' jilenlv of Is : |^ 



stems. The liest proof to lie had oi :, 



sidliny ipialities is to lie foiiiul in , 



fact that it will lie mmdi more lai. \ 



yrow II at Madlmry the coininy sen ,, 



The plants, from which llowers are - ,| 



lieiiid- cut in larye (plant it i(>s, starte.i , 



produce in late Septemher, and the i , 



looks as tlioii>ili it iiiiyht jirove ,a ^ | 

 summer v.arietv. W. \. ('rai- 



IDENTITY OF ROSE. 



we send you tlie Idoom of a rose 

 wish to identify, thinkino |irdli;ilil \ i 

 is \'i(d\'s ('aprice. This rose is |, 

 f'eitlv hardy here in central Illinois, i 

 liiisli fidiii which this flower was .• 

 Iiaviny stood in tin' ojieii for twin', 

 v<'ars or more. .\. \ i . 



The rose sent liy this <-orrespondi i, i 

 is ^'ol•k and Laiicast(M', a verv ohl lai- 

 lish sort, whi(di was scattered over iln- 

 coiintry some forty <ir fifty years .ivi. 

 It has peculiar spveadiny habits; that !-. 

 it will liraiich otV and come up from ih. 

 roots and in this way liecome scaftered. 

 This rose is not yrowii or sohl in tlii^ 

 count rv any more at all, iiiit yon will 

 find it described in most of the stand 

 aid works on roses. 



( !ood i>^ lieese < o. 



ROSES CHANGING COLOR. 



.\ custoiiHM" lias had four ]iink lo-i 

 liiishes for the last seven years. Tin- 

 year I movi'd them tt) another place, 

 and now they have (dianjjed their cdlm 

 to dark re<l. And a coiijiery ytdlow lin- 

 <diani;e(| to a cream color. <'an vdii 

 tifate wliv tliev (dianye their color.' 



.1. I), r. 



K'oses, no matter where planted 



Rose Princeton. 



