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The Florists' Review 



April 9, 1914. 



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HYBRID TEAS IN THE OABDEBf; 



i)evelopment of the Class. 



In the preceding installment George 

 H. Peterson,, briefly discussed the de- 

 vdkipinent ,ol!^ the hybrid tea roses from 

 the days- ol the origination of La 

 France to the present, and gave a 

 short list of the most generally success- 

 ful varieties, He now takes up the 

 care of these roses in the garden: 



Proper Method of Planting. 



Now the question arises, what shall 

 we do to enjoy the hybrid tea rose 

 continuously during summer and fall? 

 In the first place, a site for the planting 

 should be selected, well away from trees 

 or shrubbery, and at least a few feet 

 away from buildings. The bed, for best 

 results, should be well in the open, where 

 it will get sun for at least half the day 

 and yet be somewhat sheltered from 

 the wind of fiercest storms. The bed 

 or beds should have at least fifteen to 

 eighteen inches of good, rich soil, well 

 manured, including an application of 

 bone, all of which should be thoroughly 

 mixed through the soil and not left in 

 layers. Any good garden soil can be 

 made to grow fine hybrid tea roses, but 

 remember that the rose delights in a 

 rich, moist soil, so if there is some clay 

 in it, so much the better. The careful 

 grower may plant his roses in the fall, 

 but the average planter in New England 

 will find early spring, before deciduous 

 growth begins, the best time; and the 

 earlier this planting is done, the better 

 will be the first crop of blooms, which 

 should follow in about two months from 

 time of planting. In order to receive 



one^s plants on time and to get the 

 best, the order should be placed with 

 your grower weeks or even months in 

 advance. In handling the plants after 

 their arrival, care should be taken to 

 expose the roots to the air as little as 

 I»ossible, i. e., in case of dry, clear, 

 weather. Do not crowd and double up 

 the roots into a small hole, but spread 

 them out naturally, and when the roots 

 are covered, trfead the ground firmly 

 about each plant with the foot. After 

 setting, the plant should be pruned se- 

 verely, leaving the canes only from 

 three to six inches long, according to 

 strength, the weak shoots being pruned 

 closest. If planting is done early, while 

 the ground is still moist, little or no 

 watering will be required until the 

 plants begin to leaf out. Frcnn that 

 time on, however, frequent waterings 

 should be given during dry spells of 

 weather, since the rose, as mentioned 

 before, delights in moisture. 



Each new strong shoot will produce 

 usually three or four buds, all of which, 

 except the terminal one, should be 

 pinched off as soon as they can be taken 

 hold of; and if this is done, one can 

 have glorious roses beginning the first 

 June after planting. 



Insect Foes. 



As we all know, the rose has its pe- 

 culiar diseases and insect foes, but in 

 this day of bugs and blight, what plant 

 has notf As the shoots appear there 

 will often be found upon the tender 

 ends a number of little green, licelike 

 insects called aphides. These do not eat 

 the plant, but live by suction, and while, 

 consequently, they cannot be success- 

 fully poisoned, yet they can be killed 

 by contact. The fumes of tobacco are 

 fatal to this insect, and outdoors this 

 is best applied in the form of tobacco 

 water or fresh tobacco dust sprinkled 

 upon the plants and will cause no in- 



jury to the latter, even though heavily 

 ''applied. ^ ■ V 



A little later, gi-een^onns will ap- 

 pear on the foliage. These can be de- 

 stroyed by using freshly powdeted 

 white hellebore, which is aJbso hxnnless 

 to the plant. In Jane the rme chafer, 

 or rose bug, makes its Bppearanoe4-a 

 brownishy«hard -shelled, flying insect, ihe 

 worst sinner of them all. Hand-picking 

 into a little pan of kerosene is the mbst 

 effective way of destroying this insect, 

 since it does not a^^pear until the 

 flowers are open and «nything strong 

 enough to kill it would ruin the petals 

 on which it feeds. 



Mildew and. Blackspot. 



Two of the chief diseases to which 

 the rose is subject are mildew a,nd 

 blackspot. These, however, can be cbn- 

 troUed by spraying with sulphide of 

 potassium and Bordeaux mixture. I 

 would recommend each grower to pos- 

 sess a good general work on rose cul- 

 ture. 



While there are some difficulties in 

 the way, yet these are often largely 

 magnified, and if one has fairly good 

 soil and strong, vigorous plants to start 

 with, little trouble need be e|tt>eriilbced. 

 Insect foes and diseases alway#^^^ prey 

 chiefly upon the weak, both in plant 

 and animal life. With a little earnest 

 effort one can be rewarded with an 

 abundance of roses in his garden, often 

 equaling the finest product from under 

 glass, and that this can be so enjoyed 

 we have to thank those who by patient 

 effort and through many discourage- 

 ments have wrought so wonderfully in 

 the development of the hybrid tea rose 

 of today. 



AN ILLINOIS GBOWEB. 



It was eight months ago that Frank 

 P. Brigham rented the Fairview Green- 

 houses of the Eldredge estate, at Bel- 

 videre, HI. The change, however, did 

 not affect the management of the es- 

 tablishment, for Mr. Brigham had been 

 in charge of the greenhouses for three 

 years and had everything running in 

 good order. It merely put Mr. Brig- 

 ham in a position to enjoy a larger 

 share of the profits. Not satisfied, he 

 is still trying to increase the returns, 

 having no fear of his ability to cope 

 with the income tax. Everything is 

 done to raise the standard of the roses, 

 carnations, snapdragons and Easter 

 lilies which he sends to the Chicago 

 market. The houses shown in the il- 

 lustration are all 225 feet lon^ and 

 form a part of the 60,000 feet of glass 

 in the range. The stock is in line 



Greenhouses and Part of the Force of Frank P. Brigham, Belvidere, 10. 



