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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



17 



Rose Hilda, the Deeper Pink Sport of My Maryland. 



I'erkiiis, Faiqiiliiii ami l.atly (Jay arc 

 all fine; Hiawatha, single, scarlet, and 

 Wedding Bells are beauties. Be sure 

 to get a few of the beautiful Tausend 

 schon, Avhich will sell on sight. Leucli 

 stern, with its ajijile blossom colored 

 flowers, is alsn aiharniing thing. 



General Outdoor Work. 



in many sections ram is still sorely 

 needetl anil the extreme dryness of the 

 soil is seriously dela>in;4 tall |ilaiitiiig. 

 As to hardy jiercnni.tls. it is now latlicr 

 late to move peonies, but nearly all 

 other varieties can still be planted and 

 they will give a far better account of 

 themsel\"es it' iimved now than in Api'il. 

 About all ].crennials succeeil better it 

 replanted e\ cry ihiiil year, and all aji 

 preciate ground whiili has lieen well 

 manured and deeply jdowed oi' spaded. 

 Far too many put oft this work until 

 spjring. when :i ho^t ot other (luties 

 '•rowd. i'lantiiii; in early .\o\em])er 

 will gi\c vastly lietter resulls than 

 planting in April. Try botli plans nnd 

 i)e convinced. 



With a few excejitions. dccicluoiis 

 shrubs can now be moved witli |>erfect 

 safety. Perhaps in the coldest states, 

 fall planting ot' these, owing 1o tlie 

 early freezing ot' the ground, iiuiy be 

 undesirable, but tluM'e can be no (pies 

 tion that over a wide stretch of country 

 much of the work usually post]>oned 

 until spring would be more j^rofitably 

 done now. Willi dry soil, of course, 

 watering is neci-ssary. 8oak the roots 

 llioroiighly and firm the soil well and 



few jilaiits will fail to grow. The one 

 great danger fioin fall planting i^ in an 

 insuflicient supply of moisture at the 

 roots before the ground frec/.cs up 

 tight. Shrubs with roots dry when the 

 soil freezes will piobaldy ilic if no 

 winter thaws allow water to reacii the 

 roots. In the case ot' evi'igreens. dr> 

 ness at the root c;inses far more deaths 

 than winter's cold. Mveii with \aln 

 able plants, wliiidi are not to lie mo\ed. 

 it i-- an excellent plan to ■<ir.ik the roots 

 well Itefore winter ~et- in. nnle-- 

 i-ii|iion^ r;ii ns leac h t hem. 



HILDA. SPORT OF MARYLAND. 



It will be recalled that .\l\ei- \ 

 S;imtm;in. oi' ('hestnut Hill. I'a.. were 

 among the lir-I huge i^rowfr^ to take 

 ii|i Mv M.aryland rose ;ind pl.int it e\ 

 tensively. From the first time ihe\ 

 saw .Marvlanil giowinu ;ii tlii' Haiti- 

 more establishment I'l' .bdiii <'o(d<. they 

 Me\er have lo^t faith in tin- \ariety; 

 after tlitdr Jirst seasiui with it they de 

 clareil it to be the mo-^t i>r(dit;ible rose 

 they ever hail grown, and when a 

 ilee()er, d.arker pink s|iort appeared .at 

 their ]d;ice it w;is wtdcomed with much 

 joy. After working np ronsiderai)le 

 st()ck they gave it the name Hilda, and 

 now are cutting some •splendid blooms, 

 'rhe'accompanying illustration is repro 

 duced from a photograph made of some 

 flowers shipped from Chestnut Hill to 

 the .\. L. h'and.all Co.. Chicago, who 

 ar(> the western representatives of My- 

 ers & S;imtinan. The llowers were 

 shiiiped on Monday, reaclu'd Chicago 



Wednesday and were photographed on 

 Thursday afternoon; Mime ot' them 

 were good enough on Saturday evening 

 ^o that they were worn to the theater. 

 These bloom^ weie on stem> from thirty 

 to lorty inches in length ami h;id tiie 

 .Maryland cliar;icteri-t ii> loupled with 

 imnli deeper cidor. .\s the \ ase stood 

 oil the loiinters of the Kandall < 'o. the 

 llowir< weri> examined liy many retail- 

 er^ and L:io\\t'l>. who iinaiiably passed 

 ta\oiable comment on the \ariet\'. It 

 i» •-aid that Mvers iV Samiman ^row it 

 on ^nlid lieds. 



STOCKS NOT FLOWERING. 



Al \ -Iork<, I'lince^- Alice, do not 



Mooin. Tlie\ ale nice. I.iisjiy phiuts. 

 alimit one I'oot high, but no signs of 

 iliiwer^ are to be vein. What can I 

 do with t hem .' < a n t hex be t raiis- 

 pl;iiite,| in~ide. oi petie,! up.' What 

 1^ the be-t thincr u> do with them.' 



W. F. 



It Would liol |'a\ son to lilt the 

 -locL>. They laniiot be taken up with 

 a ball, as they make tew fiinoiis roots, 

 nt' course yiui conhl pot them and prob- 

 ably !,fet them to live .it'ti'r losing a 

 lot ot' I'oliage. but the returns w'ill not 

 pa\- for the trouble. M\ advice would 

 be to sow seed of some of the better 

 forcing varieiio. -ludi as Beauty of 

 Xice. White Column or early t en weeks '. 

 These will tlowcr in early spring, at 

 the lime when the llowers will be 

 (piite ^.ahible, iniu h more so llian iu 

 midwinter. C. W. 



