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The Florists' Review 



April 2. 1914. 



On the opening day the antirrhinums 

 were shown in great numbers, of grand 

 quality. Buxton's Killarney Pink and 

 Neltose were noteworthy, as were also 

 those from Percy Chubb; Mrs. E. D. 

 W. Griswold, A. J. Loveless, gardener, 

 and H. M. Telford. 



A group of the. bright pink show 

 pelargonium, Clorinda, from O. H. 

 Kahn, James Fraser, gardener, was 

 quite attractive. 



Of the many new French hydrangeas 

 it is safe to say that Radiant had 

 more admirers than any others. It is 



of deep pink color, and beautiful un- 

 der artificial light. 



Frank J. Dolansky's gardenias were 

 so fine that they opened the eyes of 

 even the New York growers. 



The trained ivy specimens of Bob- 

 bink & Atkins were immense and made 

 a whole show in themselves. 



The California Giant carnation, 

 shown by P. W. Popp, of Mamaroneck, 

 N. Y., attracted a great deal of atten- 

 tion, with its blooms six to eight inches 

 in diameter. 



OUTDOOR BOSES IN THE SOUTH. 



The following inquiry recently ap- 

 peared in The Review, over the signa- 

 ture of H. A. C: "I want to plant 

 out 100 roses for cut flowers during 

 the summer, here in central Alabama. 

 Will you please tell me what size of 

 plants to purchase for quick results? 

 Would stock from 4-inch pots be large 

 enough f Give me the names of a few 

 good red, white, pink and yellow va- 

 rieties. What kinds would do best in 

 our soil, which is a heavy clay loam?" 



As I, like H. A. C, am located in 

 central Alabama, my experience may 

 possibly be of some value to him. For 

 quick and satisfactory results I would 

 prefer 4-inch stock to any other in 

 the heavy soil referred to, but I would 

 advise a good mulching of decayed 

 cow manure during the hot summer 

 months, and that the plants be given 

 plenty of water. 



The following varieties I have found 

 to be the best for cut flower purposes: 

 White — Kaiserin, White Cochet and 

 Bride; pink — Mme. Lambard, Pink 

 Cochet, Radiance, Wm. Shean, Wm. R. 

 Smith, Countess of Gosford and Jonk- 

 heer J. L. Mock; red — Helen Gould, 

 Red Kaiserin and Etoile de France; 

 yellow — Lady Hillingdon, Etoile de 

 Lyon and Blumensehmidt; fancy — 

 Wellesley, Sunburst, Marie Van 

 Houtte, Antoine Itivoire and Mrs. Dud- 

 ley Cross. W. C. Cook. 



FOLIAGE BROWN ON EDGES. 



I am sending to you under separate 

 cover some leaves from Double Pink 

 Killarney plants. The leaves were 

 burned on the edges, or sometimes 

 just a spot on the leaves would be 

 burned and then they would fall off 

 while they were still green except the 

 one burned spot. We are certain that 

 the burning was not caused by syring- 

 ing, as we have not syringed them 

 lately. We have been feeding them 



with liquid manure. We shall be 

 thankful if you can help us to solve 

 the problem. W. F. & S. 



The browning of the edges of the 

 leaves and the dropping of the leaves 

 while they were still green might be 

 due to at least three different causes 

 or a combination of them. The falling 

 of the leaves while they are green 

 is usually caused by an overdose of 

 ammonia, in the form of nitrate of 

 soda, blood, sheep manure, or any 

 other fertilizer containing a large 

 percentage of ammonia. The brown- 

 ing of the edges of the leaves is 



sometimes caused by using too much 

 sulphur to prevent mildew, but the 

 most frequent cause of this is alkali 

 in the water. In the latter case the 

 discoloration is usually worst on the 

 south edge of the benches and in any 

 other place where the plants are liable 

 to get too dry. The trouble in this 

 case is usually overcome by being care- 

 ful in watering, never allowing the 

 plants to suffer from want of moisture 

 in the soil, especially along the edge 

 of the benches and over hot steam 

 pipes, W. J. K. 



HYBRID TEAS IN THE GARDEN. 



[Extraots from a paper by George H. Peterson, 

 of Fair Lawn, N. J., read before tbe Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society.] 



From time immemorial the rose 

 has been the favored flower of man- 

 kind, and today its hold is stronger than 

 ever. It was not so long ago that the 

 hybrid tea rose was practically un- 

 known, and in those days, in this coun- 

 try, we could enjoy roses outdoors prac- 

 tically only in June, with the excep- 

 tion of the more or less tender teas, 

 which needed much care. Because of 

 this many people became discouraged 

 in their attempts at roses. The bulk 

 of their plants gave flowers only in 

 June, and often the rose bug got more 

 of the flowers than did the grower. 

 With the advent of the hybrid tea, 

 however, outdoor rose growing has 

 greatly changed, and now one may 

 have an abundance of the most glorious 

 roses imaginable from June to October. 

 Fortunately, the rose bug or rose chafer 

 is not with us after June, and in autumn 

 one can have hybrid tea roses in his 

 garden of even finer quality than in 

 June, as then we have the moister 

 weather and less hot sun, and the rose 

 delights in a damp atmosphere. 



Hybrid Ferpetuals First Used. 



As the name of this class of roses in- 



A Wall Pocket that Maket a Useful Eaiter Decofation. 



