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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



.Iim: -mk IV) 10. 



ROSES TO CARRY OVER. 



W'li.n i(i.-"> lire lirst 1(1 cMriy ii\cr fur 

 aiiofliri' yi'.'ir. iiwii iiidt (ir yr;i)'1(Ml.' (J;ni 

 .•Vmciic.'i II I iiiiiii ii's 111' caii'icil onim' a 

 socoiiil y<';ii .' Wliidi r<is»' is llic lu'ttci' 

 for t^i'i'i'ii liiMi>c ciiliiiii', liiiili' iir Kai- 

 soriii .' Will it lif tun lalf In jilaiit 

 roses ill Aii;;ii'-t aiHi liaxc t^ndd llowcrs 

 ill I •( iMJicr .' C. L. 



Ros.'s, ciih. r (III tlicii' (iwii roots or 

 grafted >-tiick. can lie carrieil uxor siie- 

 <'ossfiilly and |ir(ifital)ly if <;i\('ii care- 

 ful aiKJ <killtiil treatment. Pieauties 

 .also can lie cariiiMJ over, hut it is not 

 a usual )ir;ictico; the infereiico there- 

 fore is that it is not a jirofit.alile uietli- 

 od. Kais<'i-in is siui]d\- a good sutiinier 

 rose. Brides are more suitalde for win- 

 tor l>]ooniiug. August is r.ather lato to 

 secure full crops in December, but still, 

 with good treat ineiit . a fair cut can bo 

 obtained. Kibes. 



MILDEW ON HELEN GOULD. 



I encdose some leaves fi'om a ITejeii 

 Gould CPialdiiin) rose that are in a 

 sorry jilight. although the bushes liave 

 been blooming jirofusely and otiier 

 varieties in the same ]>o<\ are little af- 

 fc^cted. Please name the trouble and 

 remedy. -T. Yt. D. 



The leaves xvere in .a 1ia(| coiKlitioii 

 when the\' re.aidieij me. too iniKdi dried 

 U|) to see what the trouble is. They 

 are. hn\ve\cr. atVecti d with mildew. ;ind 

 the reiiieih- for this is siil|dinr. Choose 

 a bi'ight d.ay and (de^e the xcntilators 

 (if the idiiils are under ghis-.) and gi\'e 

 ;i liliei'.al (lii~tinu;. Tiiis slenild be done 

 twiee a week. 



If ilic plants .'irc outside, (dmose the- 

 earl\ iiicrnin::. \\liiie tlie feli.age is 

 miMsi with dew. .-iii'l apply the siilidiur 

 or Sliigslod. i^iboR. 



ROSE PRINCETON. 



li'el'ci I I ml; u> K'li^e I'rincetiin, illu- 



tra1e(l in I'lie l.'eV le\v ef .IlllK^ 2r',, StO(d<- 



ton \ lldwc. with whom it originateil. 

 say : 



' ' I'lincetdii is ,a seedling, its parents 

 beine' llricli Itriinner aii'l Sal'i-ane. 'i"he 

 color i< rose pink. ,as inar ;is we can 

 descril (• it. but it is ;i (|iiiie unnsn.al 

 c(diir. Ill ihu a true pink, and all liliniin-- 

 lieiriL.' "f 'lie '-aine shmle winter rind 

 sutiMiier. riie liiid is long ainI giaci^ful 

 and iipcii-- iiitd a large llewcr. wjiicji 

 doe^ nut t'.ade nr fall: it is .a veinarkably 

 gOiiil keeper. Il- UI'"Wtll i-- sliung, \ig- 



fast. and free, every shoot 

 iroducing a bud. The stems are long, 

 straight and stiff. We are devoting one 

 large house to this rose, and believe it 

 to be dilferent from any rose grown, 

 and of great jiromise. " 



THRIPS. 



T shoubl esteem it a great favor if 

 you ■\vould advise nie how to get rid 

 of thrijis on roses and carnations. I 

 have tried fuinig.aling, but to no pur- 

 ]iose. The ])csts get into the liuds of 

 Iioth carnations and roses, and dis- 

 lignre the ])etals to such an extent that 

 many of them are fpiite worthless. The 

 foliage, to all aiipearance, is free from 

 thrijts. The\' seem to work onlv on the 

 blooms. ■ G. 'W. E. 



Thrips at this season are difficult to 

 d(^stroy or even to hold in check, es- 

 pe(dallv when thev have such a foot- 

 hold. 



Buriiiuk Cayenne pepper in the houses 

 will, if jiersjsted in, certainly lessen 

 tiieir number. This can be done Avlien 

 fumigating the houses, or at any othc 

 time during the afternoon or evening oi 

 a cloudy day. Por each 1,000 cnlii. 

 t(Md of space use one-(iuarter of a poum: 

 of fresh Cayenne and kee[) the housi 

 closed tightly till nuirning. Repea 

 twice a week. Keep the walks and un 

 derneath th(> 1)enches clear of weed' 

 and, if j)ossil)le, burn all the herbage 

 ill iiro.ximitv to the houses. Kibes. 



GLADIOLI FOR CHRISTMAS. 



When should gladioli be planted tn 

 be in bloom at Christmas? 1 want ^fay 

 and Augiist.a and others of that cl.asv. 

 B. B. C. 



Christmas is loo etirly for blooming 

 any gladioli. Such varieties as ^lay 

 and Ar.gusta cannot be l)loonied sa'is 

 factorily before ]\iar(h. The bulbs n\ 

 I hose are not procurable until Xovein 

 ber and, even if ])enched at once, it is 

 impossible, of course, to llower thv'iii 

 liel'or late winter. They can lie jilanted 

 in benches and do well in a carnatian 

 temjicrature. 



The small flowering gladioli, such as 

 Colvillei The J^ride, Peatdi Blossom. 

 Blushing ]^ride, Mathilde and others ol 

 the nanus type, are procurable two 

 mouths earlier than May. Augusta and 

 other large flowered sorts and can he 

 ])rofitably grown in flats containing; 

 four inches of soil. They will not 

 bloom for Christmas, however; none et 

 the gladioli will tolerate much forcin;^. 

 It only weakens the stems and spoils 

 them. C. W. 



SEASONABLE ORCHID NOTES. 



Miltonia Vexillaria. 



Miltonia \exillaria is one of the 

 aiost valuable of summer-llowering or 

 (dii(|s. Some oi'chid colle(>Iions pi'ac- 

 ticaily i;;nore this beautiful oi'(diid. 

 from a mistaken ide.a tiiat it is hard 

 to grow. Miltonia \ e.\illa>ia is niiuh 

 (>asier to i^riiw llian -iicji odeiitdgln^ 

 sums ,as cri-piim .and I 'escat orei. It 

 will st.and nidie heat ami -Ikiws mo ill 

 elVeid s fr(jm e\iii nur hottest wav(>s, 

 when we can -i dontnLilossums sim- 

 ply ]iiiiing aw.aw .\t this season uiil- 

 tciiiias are better in a north hfuise. 

 where blinds can be drawn down as 

 siiad(\ .and Ihe-e .also help greatly to 

 lednce the temper.atnre in the house. 

 IM(Mity nf air should, h(iwi>\er, Ix^ given, 

 rhising lip 1 lie house and constant soak- 

 ing-- (it i he lldor ai;i\- make the house 

 cddl(>r. Imt it is a b.ad atmosphere for 

 (ilher ni;Mi nr plant. Nnw the real 

 ^iimnier weallicr i- lieic and thrijis 

 iiii:-t be (juardeil .auaiiist. 



Keep the plants onlv moderatel 

 d.amji at the i-oot while in flower. An 

 repotting should not he done until tli 

 llov.ering season ends. There is no be' 

 ler potting medium than pure osmnnd 

 fern fiber, and pots j-(>ern to grow tl 

 pl.anfs liettir tli.an p.ans and basket 

 TIk' coo] end of the cattleya hoii-' 

 with a minimum teinjierature of '>- ' 

 .".'( degrees, suits M. vexillaria in wi' 

 ter. There was a beautiful disjday • 

 this gr.and orchid at the late Bo^<' 

 "how. and it was mded that m.auy 

 the critical \ isitf)rs admir(>d them inn 

 more than t iie Larger, showier, but s; 

 t el looking catt 'eyas. 



Cattleya Harrisoniie. 



With the passing of C. Mossia' li' 

 Mendfdlii. thei'e is something ot 

 si-aicity ol' Slimmer caltleyas. It is ti 

 thiie are < '. ^ioas ami ('. (laskidlia': 

 but too m.any growers o\erlook < '. II ' 

 risoni.i . sometimes cl.assed as a I' 

 of ('. I.oddigesii, ,an old oiadiid Im' 

 useful one. The (lowers, it is true, la- 

 the si/.e of maiiv of thi^ other cattle\. • 



