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The Florists' Review 



Ai'iiil. IC, 1014. 



HARDY ROSES. 



Planting and Prnning. 



\\ hell not l';ill |il;iiiti'il ;ili\' lose--, iiu 

 liiiiMiT whftliri' lixliiiil |M'l|i.'t \i;il>. liv- 

 hihl tc;is (i|- r;iiiilili'l -. sliiniM he l;ii1 

 iiitii till' L;iiiiiiiil jii-^l ;is siinii ;is |Mis--ilil('. 

 r.c -III,. In >ii;ik .-ill l(P(it- wril. ]il:lllt 

 i|i'i'|i|\. -II ;i< tn lilliy Lll'.'lt't^ nr lilhls 

 well, .•ilhl tillll t ll^^llll^lll \ . It is a i;(i(>i| 

 '■li'.i tn lic.'i'l liai-k till' -lidiit- a littli'. 

 Iiiit lca\r till' I'Mi II i 111: nf s|ii i iil; I'laiitcil 

 -tuck until tlic ]ilaiits start away into 

 ^loutli. rniniii.L: ><l' all cstalilisliod 

 |ilaiit- sli(iii|,| ),(■ i|(>iii> at oiii-c. ('lit 

 li;iik tlic li\liii>l ipcrprt iial-. siirli as 

 I »iiisi-lil, i. Lain;:, liiiiiiiicr. ( 'i aw Idrii, 

 l,iii/ct. cti-.. tn tliii'i' or lour cvi's ill 

 till' lasc dl' stioiiL; sIkpiiIs: li'a\i' only 

 one or two wlicii tln'\' art^ \voal\(?r. 

 ll.aiil iiiiiiiiii;^ iiisiirt's strong slioots aiiij 

 lint' tldwcrs; li^lit jiriiiiin;: 'jixcs sdinc- 

 wli.'it rairu'i lldwi'is. lull of iidorcr i|iiai- 

 it\. ()ii(' ;iil \ a lit a;^!' ol' sfsnc jiriiiiinLC 

 is tliat siiili [•hints arc cdiniiarat iviMy 

 I'.'i-ily |ii(it('rtci| in winter, wliicii is not 

 tlic ras.' when tiiey are Imt li^'litly eiit 

 hark. ('lit away ail ileaW aiel wx'al\ 



W(id(|. K'dses, in i-diise(|lleliee dt' tile eon 

 slant free/ini: ami thawing', are df'teii 

 (|iiite loose at this season. J^e sure 

 to trainp tiriiily hefore pruning. ,\iiy 

 |oosel\ iilaiiteil sillijects will ne\ el' ;L'i\ e 

 sat ist'ai-loiy icsiilts. 



Hybrid Teas. 



Ilvhri'l tea--, where Kiiric'l or storeij 

 toi the winter, slidiihl now he reiil.a lit ei 1. 

 • lit awa\ ile;i,| .'iiol weak i^rowtlis. hut 

 merely iiit the emis ol' till' stronj,'(>r 



ones. These rei|llile liilleh liylitef Jirilll- 



iiiL' than the liylni'l ]ier|iel ii;ils : they 

 .also siii-i-ee.l ]ia 1 1 iriilarly well on ii^liter 

 l;iml. .\s thes are j.eisi-t eiil tloweriii^ 

 .-iii'l llieir idldis :i'e xarieil ami heaiiti- 

 I'lil. eiiiliraeiii:^ many eh.-irmiii;^ yellow, 

 orange, a)irii-ol .-iml other hhieles, in 

 a'ldilioii to se.arlet. pink ami white, tliey 

 ••ire juin]iin^' into Tax or .•ima/iii;^ly ami 

 -.-lies dt them liow exeeeil those ol' the 

 hai'liel hyhriil Jierpet uaN. 



Ramblers. 



liamlileis. \\lieii newly iilaiitei], ilo 

 hetter it lilt liaih (juile iiaril. Any 

 shoots they may earry \vill llouer hut 

 s|iar-ely. aiel. it' they aro severely 

 heaili'.l haik. '1 ^vill insui'e sonic stout 

 i-.anes t'lom the b.-isc for flowerin;.' an- 

 other >-ia-on. Kstaiilislu'il jilants sliouM 

 lia\e all iliipl ami Avoak wood rcinoveil. 

 It i- a ^'ooi| |il;iii also to licmi over the 

 lon;_' canes. This iiiaUcs tlieni hreak and 

 llowcr more trcely. Tlic comniou hal>it 

 16 to IcaNc too much old wiiod on the 



rainlders. If tlio canes after llowerin^ 

 can lie cut out eutircdy and the shoots 

 froiii the hottoiii are allowed to come 

 u|i, the jdaiits will lloAver more abun- 

 dant 1\ and caii'v miudi larger trusijes. 

 There now is suidi a wealth of material 

 amdn;j ramhieis that it is no wonder 

 they are IxH'oniiui: uiii\ersally jiopular. 

 Crimson Kainlder has had its day; it 

 led the way for the cjalaxy of beauties 

 we li;ive today. Flower of Fairlield and 

 llxielsa are miu h better double" leds. 

 Hiawatha is still hard to beat as a scar- 

 let. Tauseiidschon is jirobably the fa- 

 \iirite anion;; pinks, but Lady (iay, 

 Oorothy i'erkiiis. M iiiii(dialia :ind others 

 are .-ill lieaiitifui. (';irniine I'illar and 

 American I'illar are beautiful singles. 



In double whites, White Dorotliy has a 

 didicate blush color in the bud whicdi is 

 ( liiirmiu.n. Alberic Harbier, creamy 

 white with ytdlow center, and ]Mrs. ^f. 

 II. Walsh, ]>iire whitt', are superb. 

 Iji'iichtstern, Trier and others are ir(joil. 



Single-Flowering Ramblers. 



The siiigle-llowering ramblers are de- 

 sir.alde for trailing' oxer hanks and roidc 

 worlv in the same way as Wiidiuraiana, 

 I'iulv K'oamer and others. The Austi'ian 

 hii.'irs and their hybi'ids, suidi as Soleil 

 d "Or, Kayon d 'Or, etc, want light jirun- 

 iiig. l\os;i riigosa and its many lieauti- 

 ful hybrids, sucdi as CoubiMt, white; 

 Conrad F. MeyiM', Mme. del C'ampo and 

 the beautiful h'epeiis alba, must not bo 

 cut back hard, nor should the so-called 

 baby lamblers, such as ('atherine Zei- 

 niet, Mrs. Cutbush and liahy I)oi'othy, 

 •iir the ditinty little jioly.autha .Mme. Ce- 

 cile IJriiiinei', llermosa, Clotliilde Sou- 

 pert and Jjeiichtlleur. The baby lam- 

 Iders and |iolyanthas and suidi h\lirid 

 teas as (Jriiss an Tejilit/. are splendid 

 siihjects for m.'issiiig in beds, as they 

 are jieisistent bloomers. 



Beverly, Mass. — A large store in the 

 < '(uiimercial Hlock has been leased by 

 li'alph W. Ward, wlio will ojieu ;i fii'st- 

 class store there ;it once. It will be 

 supplied with stock from his exteiisixc 

 greenhouses. 



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OPEN LETTEng^^- DEADEH^ 



PAPER WHITES IN BENCHES. 



A recent issue id' The lie\ iew con- 

 t.'tined an iii(|uiry from \\. \\. K., with 

 a leijUest t'or replies fnuii any fidlow 

 llorists whose exjieriem-e might be ludp- 

 fiil. Tli(> in(|uiry was, in suiistance, as 

 folldws: ''ll;is ;iiiyone e\cr grown 

 I'.'iper White narcissi by jil.antiiig them 

 directly on benches.' 1 should like to 

 lia\e the experience ot' someiuie who 

 has forced these popul.ar nai'cissi in this 

 m;inner. instead of ll.atting them up, 

 |iiittiiig them outdoors and biinging 

 them in ;is needed. I :im lohl that it 

 is not necessary to llat them at all, but 

 that tiiey m;iy be [nit directly in thi' 

 benches. This of course Would occujiy 

 the benches for a longer iieriod id' time, 

 but when* this is no consider.at ion 

 Would llie lloweis be Just as goo.l as 

 t hd-e grow n in ll;ils .' ■ ' 



I'lir the i lit ("irnat idii ot' 1]. W. K.. I 

 x\ill state that I h:i\e successfully 

 grown I'aper Whites liv ]d;iuting Iheiii 

 diieclly into ihe liemhes; the growth 

 of the |plaiits iiinl the i|Ualily of the 

 Jlower illisti'is were mili li better tli;ili 

 ill the case of those jdanted in ll;its. 

 'J'liis will also aj'jdy to S|>ani-li iris and 

 gl.'ididli: the winter-blooming gladioli 

 ^\ill do I'.ar better if jihanted in the 

 bench or solid bed. 



1 ncNcr jMit I'.aper Wliites outside, 

 but in Hats of dry soil. I place them 

 under ;i beiuli in ;i coid house, and 

 water a few boxes .and bring them in 

 as needed. There is no risk in jilanting 

 directly into the bench and iniicli less 

 Work is re(|uired in caring for them and 

 w.'itering tlieiii. If tliev ai'c to be forci 



for some special day, part of them, at 



•eil 

 ■it I 



least, sliould be in Hats, so tliat they 

 c;in be taken into a wai'iner house if 

 necessaiy. 



Do not jiiit Hats of ])ulbs llat on the 

 beiudi, but laise them by means of ;i 

 .'t-iiich pot or ii briidv jdaceil und(M' each 

 i-orner; (U'. bcdter still, put them on a 

 r.ack. ^'oii will then notice (jiiite ;i 

 ditVerence in the time required to bring 

 them into bloom. Such, at l(\'ist, has 

 Ik'imi my experience. I trust tliat these 

 suggestions will be id' some help to 

 \\. W. K. and other hrother llorists. 

 Sydney Si.tdcher. 



In a recent issue of The b'exiew. l-]. 

 W. K. ;isks about Idning Taper White 

 narcissi planted out on the liemhes in- 

 stead id' planted in tints. For sexcral 

 years I \\;\\v grown ne;iil.\' all my nar- 

 cissi jd.anted out on the benches and 

 ha\i' found it .-in cNtremely satisf;ic- 

 tory method. I get just ;is many and 



as g I tldweis :is ;ire (ditained when 



the liulbs .are planted in tl;its. The 

 eailiest b.alcli 1 [Hit in ll;ils. Iml from 

 December 1 to l-'ebriiary 1 I alw.ays 

 bench the bulbs. I select ;i iiiodei;! 1 (dv 

 w;iini jdace with a little bottom he.at, 

 )iiit in ;i little soil of ;iny haiid.v kind, 

 fresh or old, insert the bulbs (irmly in 

 it and co\('r with jihout one inch of 

 soil o\(M- the luillts. K\(Mi if the 

 growths ha\e started a cou[de id' inches 

 .and are cracked, they will run straight 

 up and will flower in .-iboiit four weeks 

 with .-I temper.ature of .">.") degrees. I 

 put ill a batcii like tli.at every wei^K 

 .ami it saxes a gre.at d<\al of haiidiing. 

 In my estimation it is f;ir th(! e.asiest 

 .and best method of forcing Pajier Wiiite 

 narcissi. (binn.ar Tcdimaiin. 



