

May 12, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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SUMMER ROSES. 



[A paper by Charles T. GuentLer, of Ham- 

 burg, N. Y., rend at a meeting of the Buffalo 

 Florists' Club, May 3, 1910.] 



Not BO many years ago there was prac- 

 tically no demand for good summer roses, 

 and in consequence few or none were 

 grown. Whatever demand there was had 

 to be filled with roses which were grown 

 for the winter cut or all the year around. 

 Of 'course, a lot of La France roses were 

 grown during the whole year, and it was 

 certainly a beautiful flower, and I am 

 at a loss to understand why it is not 

 grown now. 



About 1892 or 1893, Testout was sent 

 out and first grown for winter flower- 

 ing, but was found to be too expensive. 

 Kaiserin followed about the same time 

 and was tried in a well known rose 

 grower's place around New York, where 

 it gave such poor satisfaction during the 

 winter months that it was thrown away 

 after two years ' trial. But what a grand 

 flower for the summer cut! After trials 

 in several places for summer flowering, 

 it gave such good results that it is to- 

 day the only good white summer rose 

 grown. It has several faults, but these 

 can be overlooked when you get the 

 grand flowers which the plants produce 

 all summer long. Testout was tried the 

 same way and extensively grown on the 

 same principle in the east. 



Carnot, Killarney and Others. 

 Shortly after. President Carnot was 

 sent out, and while wanting as a winter 

 bloomer, the fine, long-stemmed flowers 

 produced during summer were highly 

 pleasing to the grower. The public, how- 

 ever, was slow in taking hold and I re- 

 member that we were grovdng this rose 

 for about a year and a half before there 

 was any real demand for it. Now it is 

 well liked and a rose of the same color 

 for the winter cut would be most wel- 

 come. 



A few years after, Killarney appeared, 

 and while disappointing when first seen, 

 we must say that since then it has con- 

 quered the world. It is a free bloomer 

 during winter and the same plants will 

 produce good flowers during the summer. 

 It is more particular about treatment 

 than other roses, but, when well grown, 

 the color is good, as well as the stem. 

 The foliage takes mildew easily and the 

 flowers are somewhat single, but the pub- 

 lic likes the flower just the same. 



La Detroit made its appearance short- 

 ly after and we always liked the flower. 

 We are growing a few for the summer 

 cut at present, but as it opens so quickly 

 during warm weather, we will probably 

 replace it with another pink one, called 

 Ideal. Ideal is a sport of La France, 

 somewhat darker than the parent, but the 

 plants we have in stock have given such 

 satisfaction that we may grow more for 

 pink for the summer cut. When you cut 

 the flowers they seem quite single, but 

 they open so nicely and are so full that 

 you can scarcely improve them, and what 

 a nice smell they have! 



Wellesley, Beauty and the Newer Sorts. 



Wellesley is another good pink summer 

 rose, but as we have not grown many, I 

 cannot give you my opinion until later. 

 _ In the darker red roses, we have prac' 

 tically only the American Beauty, which 

 gives good satisfaction to the buyer at 

 any time of year, if not always to the 

 grower. 



Of the newer roses. My Maryland is 

 well spoken of, but what it will do can 

 be seen only next year, as the limited 



New Yellow Forcing Rose, Lady Hillingdon. 



stock in this country is used this year 

 for propagating. 



White Killarney showed up finely in 

 several places where I have seen the 

 flowers, and if it proves as good a seller 

 as the pink Killarney, it may become a 

 standard rose for all the year around. 

 President Taft is another new rose and, 

 judging from what I have seen of the 

 flowers, I should think it would make a 

 fine summer rose. 



All these roses have to be grown in 

 greenhouses around Buffalo, to give good 

 satisfaction. 



A Good Outdoor Rose. 



One rose, however, has given us excel- 

 lent results outdoors, and that is Cochet. 

 Flowers from outside are better than 

 those grown inside, unless they get spoiled 

 from rain. After several trials of keep- 

 ing plants of this variety outside all win- 

 ter, we now dig up the plants in the fall, 

 pot them and store them in a cold house, 

 where they begin to grow slowly in the 

 spring. At the end of May we plant 

 them outdoors, and if watered well, you 

 will get a lot of good flowers all sum- 

 mer long. I think that Cochet and its 

 white sport should have the widest dis- 

 semination among owners of gardens who 

 Uke to cut a few roses during the summer 

 from their gardens. Around Baltimore 

 this rose will stand the winter outdoors, 

 but here we have not succeeded in keeping 

 it in good shape outdoors. 



Many more roses, fairly good for in- 

 doors and very good for outdoors, might 

 be mentioned, but as my experience with 

 these has been limited, I leave it to some 

 one more able to handle the subject. 



GLADIOLI. 



If I plant gladiolus bulbs in a green- 

 house bench the first part of July, when 

 will they be ready to cut and will the 

 bulbs be good to use again? Are America 

 and Americus one and the same bulb? If 

 not, what is the color of each? 



R. C. W. 



Gladioli planted as late as July 1 would 

 do better outdoors than in a greenhouse 

 bench. They would flower in ten to four- 

 teen weeks after planting, much depend- 

 ing on the variety and the condition of 

 the bulbs. If you keep the house in which 

 they are growing well ventilated, the 

 gladioli should do fairly well, but it is 

 quite late to keep bulbs dormant. The 

 bulbs are not of much value to use again 

 after forcing. They may, however, be 

 gradually ripened and planted outside 

 another season. 



America is probably the same as Amer- 

 icus. I am not acquainted with the last 

 named. The color of America is a beau- 

 tiful soft lavender pink and it is undoubt- 

 edly the most popular variety on the mar- 

 ket today. C. W. 



Rochester, Ind. — J. H. Shelton says 

 his sales for Mothers' day were about 

 five times as great as last year. 



Marietta, O. — F. E. Thompson, for- 

 merly of Bradford, Pa., now has charge 

 of 25,000 feet of glass in this city for 

 Smith The Florist. Mr. Thompson says 

 trade is fine; over 15,000 white carna- 

 tions were used for Mothers' day, and 

 three funerals helped to keep business on 

 the go. 



