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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



MAitcii 17, 1010. 



and thi>< i^ consistciit with llic tVcliiiys. 

 'ipiiiicn^ ami ]iracllct' ol' om- |m'(>|i1(\ 



Wild Roses. 



W'iM invcs 111' tnaiiy sjici-ics arc iii^ 

 ■li^i'iidii^ aii.i lloui-isli ill luxuriant fniia;;*' 

 and Avcalil] id' bloom. 'I'Ih' 1'ra^raul sweet 

 liricrs. \iL;iirous nn<l simu;:, in many 

 iilacc line iiur c-(iuntr\' roads. In some 



iiiated that \ai'iety never iiaci anj' smli 

 (Ml liis ]dac<'. "' Tlie foliage on the trees 

 and slirnlis in tlic ccmtdery and the vivid 

 yrrcn ot' the L;rass Mi'. JfiU considered 

 liert'eci |y w undeii'ul. 



I tiiinU it was ( )ie«ion. and jieriiaps 

 Port land, tliat lirsl realized all the good 

 idiaracteiistics ot' tiiat fine variety, !Mme. 

 <'aroliiic Testout. wliii-li is now ]HM'liaiis 



suiresst'ul gi'ower of carinitions and sweet 

 peas. The aeeouipanying illustration 

 shows Mr. Hostetter from a snapshot 

 wiiii-ii caught him admiring a house of 

 i:nriiaiitress from which he has been ent- 

 liiiL; liiiih l)looms all season. 



M. H. Hostetter in His House of Enchantress. 



districi- III' dicji alhnial soil, the swamp 

 brier attains a heiglit of twenty feet or 

 nu)re. HIliIi \\\> some inonntain slopi'. we 

 find A\ild vii-^i's rioting amid the liuckle- 

 luMTy, ^alal and other nali\<' shrubs. 



The late I'l^an Hole, a great rusarian 

 and nin- nt ilie miginafors of the Na- 

 tional b'li-f SiM-irty lit' Mngland. in his 

 in\aluablc ••limik About IJoses, ' " says in 

 idfi'i-t That >\h('i'e\er wild roses grow, rose 

 lailtni'' may snrcesst'ully bi' carri<'d on. 

 A\"ilhiiui a 'Imibt thrrc arc in mir soil, 

 rlimatr and ^umninding^, <|ualitics ]iecu- 

 Jiarly .iindiiriN e to ruse growing. East- 

 '■rn )iiii|.lc aie nften snrjirised at the size. 

 ]icrl'cii inn and beauty of roses in this 

 count ly. Til einjihasi/.c this assertion, J 

 will ijimri- ilic ii|iiniiin id' an exp<'rt, well 

 luKiwn III many ot' you. \\liii \isitcd 

 ()rt>L;iiii in T.t".".. " 



An Expert's Opinion. 



" rnrtland is the only jdai-e I have 

 stiairk, ^ince leaving home, that 1 should 

 liKe til leinain in." This was the re 

 mark nf V.. <i. Hill, of L'ichniond. Ind.. 

 a hioi irulturist well known to most rose 

 ^.'riiw'i- nf tins city, who arrived at 

 I'mihind. On., a few days before, on a 

 'our "I' the mast. He hrol lu'ard ol the 

 beaut \ lit' I'mtland roses, .and the first 

 tiling he did aftiT getting there was to 

 loiik alNiiu iiiwn and \isit so-re ot' the 

 priuiipal iii-e ;^rowers. He was t'ortunale 

 in ariiviiiL: .m^t aftei- the I'ain and s,, 

 toiind ti!' iii^e< in giiO(l cnndition. He 

 \\a- lakeii iiut by .lames J'orbcs to \isit 

 l,'i\"ei \ ji v\ i.einetery and some ol' the 

 ■nminii.ial pho-es. ;ind sn had an opj'or- 

 mnity tn -ee the best mses to be found 

 in ()ie:j.in. lie was ihdighted ami said 

 h(' had i]e\er seen ^iich beautiful roses 

 bet'iov. thnn-li lie had traveled through 

 l-^nLjIaiid .■'iiij I'raii' e when ;lie roses were 



it tlieir 1,1-1 and had pa-sed through 

 ~.iutl,iia I ablornia on liis \va\- to I'ort- 

 ,and. '11 iiiif Lrrower's llnwers he said: 



' I liMNi nevi r seen sui-h a hedge nl' l,;i 

 l-'raiiie iii-es. e\en ill I'vaiii-e. and a'- I'lir 



; ill' I : Inblie Te~|.iu;--, the lliall \>I|m iil'';^ 



line nf the the most popular rosi's in ex- 

 isteiiee. it faiily re\(.ds in the ^varm, 

 moist days of early summer, and re- 

 sponds In intelligent atnl g<'nerous treat- 

 ment with almost continuous bloom from 

 . I line until tlie frost of winter. When I 

 was an amateur, or. as we say in I'ort- 

 laiid. ''a mse crank,'' and before join- 

 iiie yiiur professional ranks. I had the 



IC.ntiiiuiM nil iiau'c milil 



HOSTETTER OF MANHEIM. 



Al. 11. Hostetter is a well kimwu grower 

 in the i-ariiatioii indt of I>anc-aster county, 

 rennsyhania. His town is Manlieiin, antl 

 all tiirniiLdi the sert inn lie is known as a 



'WINTERICH'S HOUSE. 



( hrist. Winterieh, Defiance, O., is well 

 known as ;\ specialist in the growing of 

 cyi lamtMis. but that ho also is successful 

 with other crops is shown by the accom- 

 jianying illustration. While IMr. Win- 

 terieh grows cyclamens in quantity, so 

 that they occupy several houses to the 

 exihision of all else, the accompanying 

 picture shows one of his houses of gen 

 eiMil stock, in which there also are a few 

 c\claiiiens. 



HOME GROWN HARRISII BULBS. 



The Hopeful Outlook. 



That the growing of Ilarrisii bulbs in 

 .\merica is still in the experimental stage 

 must, of course, be admitted, but the 

 latest experiments have been accompanied 

 with enough of success to give a reason- 

 able prospect of establishing the indus- 

 try on a eommerclal footing. Not only 

 the seed and bulb men, but members of 

 the llorists' trade in general, all are 

 keenly, jtersonally interested in the sub- 

 ject. an<l recent reports have been hope- 

 ful enough in their character to keep the 

 interest from flagging. The national 

 government's experiments in bulb grow- 

 ing, though not entirely satisfactory in 

 their resultts have been snfhciently eu- 

 couragiug to act as an incentive to pri- 

 \ate enterprise and lead to the invest- 

 ment of jirivate capital. Various at- 

 tempts are being made, therefore, to 

 grow the bulbs on a commercial basis, 

 esjiecially in California. 



In May of last year a <'hicago whole- 

 sale linn placed on sale a quantity of 

 Iv'isier lilies llowercd from bulbs which 

 liad been grown by the Santa Ana Easter 

 bily Co.. of Santa Ana, Cal. Of course 

 the arrival of these lilies in the market 

 .aidused a considerable flurry of interest 

 among those who were aware of their 



House of Cyclamen and Other Stock at C. Winterich's, Defiance, Ohio. 



