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Skftbiiheu 1«. 1009. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



MY MARYLAND ROSE. 



I'laiik J'. iMycrs, ol' Myers & SaiiitiiKiii, 

 < lifstnut Jlill, Pa., is i('((i^iii/,(.|| as one 

 'il' tlic closi; ubsfi\crs in lldiicullure and 

 the stock lie turns out at his establish- 

 ment has a reputation for (inality in every 

 market in wliicli it is known, and that 

 iiuhules JS'ew York, I'itlsbury and Chi- 

 '■a;;o as well as i'iiiladelphia. l-'or these 

 reasons Mr. Myers' (ijiinion on any sub- 

 ject eo'niiected with rose j^rowing is of 

 interest to all enj^a^ied in llie trade. 

 Sj.eaking of My Maryland the other day 

 at Ciiieago, he said : 



■'it is by all odds the most profitable 

 pink rose on the market today. I thou>;lit 

 little of it iiniil 1 heard some of the bif^ 

 ;^ro\vers of the east eoiniiientiiif^ on it, 

 whiidi cause<l me to run down to John 

 "ook's place at J'.altimore, to have a look 

 •tt it there. 1 liked it from the start and 

 the more I Lave seen of it the better I 

 like it. We jiut in one house of it, and 

 in one day while I was at tlie national 

 ilower show I took orders for 40,000 

 !)lants; it miuht have been more had I 

 known how readily it propa<,'ates. From 

 1,1'L'5 plants we made 80,000 cuttings, and 

 I think we mi<,dit have made 100,000. 

 We stojiped taking,' wood in March and 

 from those IjliLT) plants in Aj)ril we took 

 L'O cents per jilant in cut flowers, in May 

 17 cents per plant, and in June 18 cent's 

 per jilant Could any rose beat that? 



•'Our plants, yuu may well judge, did 

 iii.t stand still at any time last winter. 

 Given the right treatment it will give any 

 •.grower better liBancial returns than any 

 other rose 1 know of." 



ROSES UNDER RIBBED GLASS. 



I note in the Review for September 9 

 the illustration of J. E. Bonsall's rose 

 bouses, which are glazed with ribbed glass, 

 and should like some additional informa- 

 tion. Won 't you please tell us more 

 about theiy? U. q 



The range consists of five houses, each 

 1(J.\3L'0 feet, even s[tan, running ea.st and 

 west. The beds are solid, one in the cen- 

 ter of oa(di house, between the purlin 

 posts, an<l one und.T each valley. They 

 are six feet wide, with l2foot walks be- 

 tween. 



The glass ased is what is known in the 

 market as ribbed or corrugated glass, 

 such as is used largely in factories. It ig 

 three-sixteenths of an inch thick and 

 24x27 inches. This glass docs not form a 

 lens, so there is no l)urning. Neither do the 

 rafters or posts cast a shadow, as the 

 refraction from the corrugations over- 

 comes that. The light, while not quite 



as bright as under clear glass, gives good 

 results for summer crops. There are no 

 heating pipes, as the houses are used for 

 summer crops exclusively. 



The crops grown are largely Kaiserin 

 and Carnot roses. They, of course, are 

 dormant during the winter, but the 

 ground does not freeze under the manure 

 mulch used for growing the crop. While 

 dormant they are kept comparatively dry, 

 receiving no water after the last of 

 October until about April 1, the object 

 being to hold them dormant late enough 

 to prevent much growth until there is no 



Kaiserin Roses. 



(Grown under Kibbed tilass by J. E. Honsall ) 



danger of hard freezing under the glass. 

 During summer thev have the usual 

 treatment, giving the first full crop 

 about l>ecoration d-iv and continuing 

 until about November 1. 



Karly mums are .successfully grown in 

 the same houses. ,], \]_ Bonsai.l. 



LIFTING FIELD ROSES. 



Please give nie some a<lvice about lift- 

 ing young roses from the fieM, to be 

 potted up for spring sales. Would you 

 lift them this fall and carry them over 

 in coldframes, or leave them in the field 



• until spring? I am located in Tennes- 

 see. J- ^- ^• 



It will not matter much when you pot 

 up the roses from the field. If you pot 

 them thi.s fall, wait until they are dor- 

 mant, if you i)ut it olf until spring, get 

 it <lone before they make any sign of 

 growth. I would prefer potting them 

 hite this fall. Do not pot into too large 

 pots. 11- ^• 



ROSES FOR Fa.^£.^.\L WOXIC 

 Will you give me the names of the best 

 hardy roses to be used in funeral work? 

 Can 1 plant the roses along the side of 

 one of my greenhouses with success^ It 

 e-ets hot there, as it would be on the 

 Touth side. Would the roses need any 

 protection in the winter in central Ohio? 



J.A. F. 



I would not advise planting the hybrid 

 perpetual section along the side of your 

 ..reenhouse; in fact, any or all of the 

 hardy roses would do better in a more 

 open' location, where mildew and red 

 spider are less liable to attack them. 



A few of the best and reliably hardy 

 hybrid perpetuals are: Fran Karl 

 D'ruschki, pure white; Mrs. John Laing 

 and Mme. Gabriel Luizet, pink; Ulrich 

 Mrunner, cherry red; General Jacquemi- 

 not, scarlet crimson; Fisher Holmes and 

 Baron de Bonstettin, dark crimson. 



White and pink Mainan Cochet are two 

 indispensable tea-scented varieties which 

 will give a constant succes.sion of flowers 

 all summer. The everblooiiiing hybrid 

 teas are the most useful of all for the 

 florist who grows for his own home trade. 

 A few good sorts are: Mme. Abel Chato- 

 nay, carmine rose shaded salmon; Killar- 

 iiey, pale pink; White Killarney, white; 

 Kaiserin Augu.sta Victoria, white; Caro- 

 line Tcstout, salmon pink; Bessie Brown, 

 creamy white; Grass an Teplitz, crimson 

 scarlet; .Viscountess Folkestone, creamy 

 pink; Mildred Grant, blush white. 



A few other valuable roses for your 

 purpo.se are: Mme. Plant ier, pure white; 

 Ulothilde Soupert, pink and white, a per- 

 sistent flowering polyantha; Blanche Mo- 

 reau, white moss; Kosa Rugosa, Mme. 

 Georges Bruant, pure white, and Conrad 

 Ferdinand de Meyer, p.ink. Hermosa i3 a 

 useful I'hiua rose with pale pink flowers. 

 Among climbing roses sucdi sort.s as Dor- 

 othv Perkins, B:iltimore Belle, Hiawatha, 

 Crimson Rambler and Lady Gay are a 

 few of the best. 



The hybrid perpetuals will winter well 

 if earth is drawn up to them just before 

 the ground freezes up. The teas, hybriil 

 teas and polyanthas, if dug up and 

 buried in the soil either outdoors or in a 

 cold frame, will come through all right, 

 planting them out as soon as the ground 

 IS clear of frost and well dried out. 



C. W. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



More Special Prizes to be Awarded. 



President August F. Poehlmann wishes 

 to call the particular attention of all in- 

 tending exhibitors to the amen. led rule 

 which is to be observed by exhibitors. 

 This cuts out the requirement for a sin- 

 gle growth of the current season. The 

 rule, Section G, now reads as follows: 

 "Any article manifestly unfit to show 

 may be excluded by the management, and 

 the juilges shall withhold any premium 

 when the entries are unworthy of awards. 

 The management may at any time order 



