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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



March 24, 1910. 



look up the subject of classification, and 

 you will find no two of them agreeing; 

 forms which in one book are referred to 

 one class, in another are referred to quite 

 different groups. In what follows I shall 

 call to your attention some of the more 

 prominent types which have existed in 

 the history of the development of the 

 rose, not designing by any means to in- 

 clude all of them, but taking up first 

 the native or wild species, and later con- 

 sidering the commoner types of the gar- 

 den roses. 



The first of these we will consider is 

 Eosa arvensis, a native of Europe. This 

 is one of the parents of the Ayrshire 



strain and of the Dundee Kambler. It 

 is one of the most common roses of Great 

 Britain. Belonging to the same type is 

 the musk rose, Eosa moschata, which is 

 found wild in northern Africa, Persia 

 and Madeira. This is said to be o"ne of 

 the species from which the attar of roses 

 is obtained. It is also stated that the orig- 

 inal Noisette was an accidental cross be- 

 tween this and Eosa Indica. 



Rosa Multiflora and R. Canina. 



Eosa multiflora, the blackberry rose, 

 so called from the great resemblance of 

 its clusters of flowers to those of the 

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A SOLID BED FOR CARNATIONS. 



I am thinking of making some changes 

 in my greenhouse. In place of the cen- 

 ter bench I will put in a solid bed. 

 Please state how high the sides ought 

 to be and how much cinders I should put 

 in the bottom. I understand that some 

 growers cover the cinders with tile. Do 

 you think the tile would be of much ben- 

 efit? Are not solid beds colder than 

 raised benches? Do the solid beds give 

 general satisfaction? I expect to use the 

 bed for carnations. E. P. M, 



The usual depth of solid beds above 

 the level of the walks is about two feet. 

 This is for convenience of working, but 

 many growers are using 10-inch sides. 

 The benches are filled with ashes up to 

 within seven or eight inches of the top. 

 Some growers use tile on top of the ashes, 

 thus leaving only five inches for soil. 



As growers are frequently changing 

 the character of their benches from solid 

 to raised, and vice versa, it is uncer- 

 tain which is really the better. I have 

 tried both and find them about equally 

 good. Eaised benches are warmer and 

 more easily controlled. For carnations I 

 prefer the raised bench for winter crops. 



ElBES. 



THROW OUT THE OLD PLANTS. 



This is my first year in growing car- 

 nations. I have 300 plants and they 

 have been blooming all winter. When 

 the weather gets warm, should I throw 

 them away or can I plant them outside 

 and let them bloom? How should they 

 be treated for outside blooming? The 

 varieties are "White Enchantress, Queen, 

 Lloyd, Melody and Alvina. I took some 

 cuttings from the Alvina and White En- 

 chantress March 1 and will want to take 

 some more later in the month. Will 

 they make good sized plants by August? 



G. C. H. 



The plants you have been blooming all 

 winter are not fit to plant out for sum- 

 mer blooming. When the season is over, 

 throw them away and replant your 

 benches with young plants from the field. 

 The cuttings you took off March 1 will 

 make good plants if you will push them 

 right along. Those taken later may 

 also do well if you have a good growing 

 seasojj. 



Next year try to take your cuttmgs 

 earlier, say late in January or early in 

 February. The danger of losing them 

 in the cutting bench is slight at that 

 time and you will be sure to have nice, 

 strong plants by planting-out time. The 

 cuttings you are nutting in sand now 

 will bear close walE?!^iing. Not only is 

 the sun much stronger than it was a 

 month ago, but you will have trouble 

 with high winds. Do not allow either 

 of these to strike the cuttings, or wilting 

 will follow, and a carnation which is 

 badly wilted at this time of the year 

 might as well be thrown out. 



A. F. J. B. 



Canton, III.— Barnhart Bros, have 

 leased their greenhouses to Savill Bros., 

 and the business will be conducted in the 

 name of the new firm after June 1. The 

 business is good here and a large spring 

 trade is expected. 



PERENNIALS FOR MEMORIAL DA\ 



I have some aquilegias, columbine?^^, 

 sweet Williams and delphiniums whicl 

 were sown in March, 1909. If I lift thesr 

 would they bloom by Memorial day 

 Please mention a few hardy plants thai 

 will bloom by that time and when to 

 plant the seed. I live in Scranton, Pa 



H. P. 



None 0f_ the plants you name will 

 flower with you for Memorial day. They 

 will all be in season in June. There arc 

 not many hardy herbaceous plants flower 

 ing at the end of May in your latitude. 

 A few, which in ordinary seasons will be 

 open, are: Iris Germanica, especially that 

 useful variety, Mme. Chereau; Papaver 

 orientale, Doronicum plantagineum, Phlox 

 divaricata, and Pa;onia officinalis. Among 

 the late blooming varieties of tulips and 

 narcissi are some desirable Memorial day 

 flowers, which in some seasons are just 

 right. These include Narcissus poeticus 

 and the Darwins, Byblooms, Gesneriana 

 and other tulips. C. W. 



BRITISH NOTES. 



Daffodils by the ton are now pouring 

 into all the principal English markets, 

 chiefly from the Scilly Islands. In one 

 day this week a cargo of fifty tons was 

 dispatched in the Scilly mail boat to 

 Covent Garden, London. A spell of warm 

 weather has brought the flowers in with 

 a rush. Last year at this time Soleil d'Or 

 was selling at 5 shillings and 6 pence per 

 box of thirty-six bunches and Princeps 

 at 4 shillings and 6 pence; the present 

 prices are 2 shillings per box. The 

 forced flowers from the Channel Islands 

 are also coming in, to be followed imme- 

 diately by those grown outdoors. There 

 is but little money in them for the grow- 

 ers, and the raisers of new varieties are 

 the most fortunate men in the narcissus 

 trade at present. Some of the bulbs of 

 new varieties shown in London this week 

 were priced at £20 each and upward, and 



S. J. Goddard's Silver Medal Vase of Mixed Carnations at "the Boston Midwinter Show. 



