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The Florists' Review 



April 9, 1014. 



HYBRID TEAS IN THE GARDEN. 



Development of the Class. 



in I lie iii'ccediiijj iiistalliiii'iit (ieuige 

 )l. J'clerson hrirlly discussed tlio dc- 

 \ idojimeut of the hybrid tea roses from 

 till' days of tlio (irijiiiiation of La 

 I 'i. •line to tlio j)r(>srii1, and ya\e a 

 slmi't list of till' most j^oiioi'ally siioc(>ss- 

 lul \ .-uict it's. lie now tal\Os u|i the 

 •;iic ot' llicsf roses in the Liard.en: 



Proper Method of Planting. 



NiA\ llie c|iiestioii ai'ises, what sliall 

 %\e .io to t'n.jov the hybrid tea rose 

 '■ontiniioiisly during suiriiii(>r ;iiid fall? 

 In tlie Jirst ])lace, a site for tlie j)ianting 

 slionld lie selected, well away from trees 

 or sliiiihhory, 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 j,'o(td, riih soil, well 

 manured, inclmlinj: an application of 

 bone, all of whieh should be thoroughly 

 mixed through the soil an<l not left in 

 layers. Any good garden soil can be 

 made to grow fine hybrid tea roses, but 

 r(>meniber that the rose delights in a 

 lich. moist soil, so if tliere is some ( lav 

 in it. so much the better. 'I"he careful 

 growei' may plant liis roses in the fall, 

 but the average jdanter in Now llngl.and 

 will lind early spring, before deciduous 

 growth liegins, the best time; and the 

 eailier this jdanting is done, the l)etter 

 Mill be the first croji of blooms, which 

 -houid Itdlow in about two months from 

 tiiiii lit planting. In nrde'- to I'eccive 



ones plants on time and to get the 

 best, the order should lie placed with 

 your glower wcelvs or even months in 

 ad\anc(\ In handling the jdants after 

 their arrival, care sliould be taken to 

 expose the roots to the air as little as 

 possible, i. e., in case of dry, clear 

 weather. Do uot crowd and double up 

 the roots into a small luile, but spread 

 them out naturally, and when the roots 

 are covered, tread the ground firmly 

 about each plant with the foot. After 

 setting, the plant should be pruned se- 

 verely, leaving tlie canes only from 

 three to six indies long, according to 

 strength, the weak shoots being pruned 

 ( lose>^t. 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. From that 

 time on, however, frequent waterings 

 should be given during dry sjiells of 

 weather, since the rose, as mentioned 

 before, delights in moisture. 



I'ach new strong shoot will jiroduce 

 usually three or four buds, all of which, 

 except the terminal one, should be 

 pinched off ;is soon as they can be taken 

 hold of; and if this is done, one can 

 liaxe glorious roses beginning the first 

 .lune after jilanting. 



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 not? As the shoots appear there 

 will often lie found upon the tender 

 ends a number of little green, licelike 

 insects called ;ijdiides. These do not eat 

 the ]dant, but live by suction, and while, 

 consequently, they cannot be success- 

 fully poisoned, yet they can be killed 

 by contact. Tlie fumes of tobacco are 

 fatal to tliis insect, and outdoors this 

 is best ajiplied in the form of tobacco 

 water or fresli tfibacco dust sprinkled 

 upon the pl;ii:ts aiiij will cause no in- 



jury to the latter, even though heavily 

 applied. 



A little later, green worms will ap- 

 pear on the foliage. These can be de- 

 stroyed by using freshly powdered 

 white hellebore, which is also harmless 

 to the plant. In June the rose chafer, 

 or rose bug, makes its appearance— a 

 brownish, hard shelled, flying insect, the 

 worst sinner of them all. Hand-picking 

 into a little pan of kerosene is the most 

 effective way of destroying this insect, 

 since it does not appear until the 

 flowers are open and anything strong 

 enough to kill it would ruin the petals 

 on wlii(di it feeds. 



Mildew and Blackspot. 



Two of the chief diseases to which 

 the rose is subject are mildew and 

 blackspot. These, however, can be con- 

 trolled 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 experienced, 

 Insect foes and diseases always prey 

 chiefly ujion tlie we.ak, both in plant 

 and animal life. With a little earnest 

 efl'ort 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 GROWER. 



It was eight months ago that Frank 

 P. Hrigham rented the Fairview Green- 

 houses of the Eldredge estate, at Bel- 

 videre. 111. 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 long and 

 form a ])art of the Gn,000 feet of glass 

 in the r;ini:e. The stock is in fine 





Greenhouses and Part of the Force of Frank P. Brigham, Belvidere, 111. 



