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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NOVKMBEH IG, 1011. 



BAMBLER ROSES. 



Now is a good time to dig up aud 

 pot a batch of rambler roses. These 

 wjU not force quite so well early in 

 the season, nor will they produce as 

 fine trusses of flowers as those carried 

 oyer summer in pots or tubs, but they 

 will make nice plants and will flower 

 particularly well if lifted without de- 

 lay and kept cool for some time, so 

 that the roots may become fairly active 

 before forcing commences. Some of 

 the roses will, no doubt, carry too many 

 shoots for practical purposes. Cut away 

 the weaker ones; from three to five are 

 ample for each plant. Pot firmly. Use 

 a good compost of loam and cow ma- 

 nure, to which some fine bone may be 

 added with advantage. It should be 

 possible to leave them outdoors a short 

 time yet. When housed they can be 

 laid on their sides if need be, and 

 stacked quite closely, to economize 

 space. If severe weather seems likely, 

 use some littery manure or leaves 

 among the pots, to prevent breakages 

 from frost. 



If you are purchasing your plants, 

 do not get too many Crimson Ramblers. 

 People are rather tiring of this pioneer 

 in its class. The pinks, such as Dorothy 

 Perkins, Tausendschon and Lady Gay; 

 reds, such as Hiawatha and Delight, 

 and the white Dorothy Perkins will all 

 be found grand sellers; and do not for- 

 get the so-called Baby Ramblers, now 

 procurable in scarlet, pink and pure 

 white; these make neat pot plants and 

 sell well. It is rather early yet to pot 

 up any of the hybrid perpotuals; wait 

 until the leaves fall from them. 



ROSE SOCIETY PREMIXJIVIS. 



The American Rose Society has is- 

 sued a premium list for the Detroit 

 exhibition in January, the big feature 

 of which is a class for "best display 

 of cut roses covering not less than 200 

 square feet of space and not to contain 

 less than 200 blooms, quality of blooms 

 and effect to be considered, and dec- 

 orative green of any kind, including 

 plants, permitted. First prize, $150; 

 second prize, $100; third prize, $75." 



For fifty Beauties premiums of $50, 

 $30 and $20 are offered, with half tfiese 

 sums for twenty-five Beauties. 



For fifty each of Killarney, Dark 

 Pink Killarney, Double Pink Killarney, 

 White Killarney, Double White Killar- 

 ney, Richmond, My Maryland, Mrs. 

 Jardine, La Detroit, Mrs. Aaron Ward, 

 Lady Hillingdon, Melody, Radiance, 

 Rose Queen, Prince de Bulgarie or An- 



toine Rivoire, and any other dissemi- 

 nated variety, premiums of $25 and $15 

 are offered, with $10 and $5 in the 

 classes of twenty-fives of these varieties. 

 In the classes in which commercial 

 growers are barred, same varieties, 

 twelve blooms, the premiums are $4 

 and $2. 



For the best rose not in commerce, 

 fifty blooms, $50 and $25 is offered. 



The retailers ' prizes for the best and 

 most artistic display of cut roses, and 

 with such accessories as the exhibitor 

 may desire, are $100, $50, $25. 



The S. A. F. medals and the Dor- 

 rance trophy will be awarded, and 

 many special prizes are expected to be 

 offered before the date of the show. 



COST OF DELIVERY. 



The accompanying illustration of the 

 delivery car used by Charles L. Baum, 

 Knoxville, Tenn., is of interest because 

 it is a touring car rebuilt in a local 

 shop, with a body suitable for a flo- 

 rist's use, and especially because of 

 the saving in cost Mr. Baum has been 

 able to effect by its use. 



"Delivery is a big item in our busi- 

 ness," says Mr. Baum, "and we find 

 the best advertisement is to get our 

 goods out on time and in proper condi- 

 tion. We can do this with less expense 

 with this auto than we could before. 

 Our delivery expense before we used 



the automobile was $3.50 per day, and 

 sometimes more, using horse and wagon, 

 messenger boy and the street cars, 

 which was not only unsatisfactory but 

 slow. Since installing this car our 

 expense has been cut in half. Our green- 

 houses are five miles from the store and 

 all stock is brought from the green- 

 houses every morning to the store in 

 fifteen to twenty minutes, thereby sav- 

 ing a great deal of time. We have 

 built a garage in the rear of the store; 

 in fact, in the store, for there is just a 

 partition between the workroom and 

 garage, which is fireproof. To show 

 the great help it is to us, the first week 

 we had our car we were called on to 

 deliver a casket blanket and several 

 other large designs to a funeral twelve 

 miles in the country and made the round 

 trip in two hours and fifteen minutes, 

 over a rough dirt road. The same trip 

 would have taken eight to ten hours 

 with a horse and wagon. The car was 

 a five-passenger touring Reo which we 

 made over into a delivery car. The 

 work was all done in our local shops 

 and the cost to us, including the car 

 and the work we had done on it, was 

 only $700. As all parts that were worn 

 have been replaced with new ones, we 

 consider that this truck will give us 

 just as long service as one the fac- 

 tories are turning out now. Up to the 

 present we are the only florists in this 

 section who have a delivery automo- 

 bile; in fact, this is the only car in 

 our city like^^this one and we have had 

 several calls from the grocers and dry 

 goods stores asking about our car, with 

 the intention of installing one like it." 



Hatcher Station, Qa. — The Chatta- 

 hoochee Floral Co. has secured a lot 

 40x50 feet from the Central of Georgia 

 Railroad Co., on which it is building an- 

 other up-to-date packing house in order 

 to take care of the increasing busi- 

 ness. The packing house has a natural 

 cellar 1.5x40x50 feet. In addition they 

 are building above a two-story house 

 40x50, with elevator running, from cel- 

 lar to third story. 



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