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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 4, 1909. 



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where it produced perfect flowers except 

 in color. As an experiment we left the 

 same roots there again during last sum- 

 mer, and a few imperfect flowers were 

 produced. They are still alive, and it is 

 our intention to plant some of them in 

 the field next spring and watch their 

 beliavior. The problem in my mind is: 

 Why do these roots keep in this manner 

 during three winters and two summers, 

 while boxes of some other varieties do 

 not keep through the first winter? 



In the same manner, a box containing 

 about two bushels of gladiolus cormlets, 

 mixed with soil, remained in the cellar 

 during the summer of 1907. Sometime 

 during Mawliwe used them to fill a de- 

 pression in th^ground near the pump. 

 They were trampled on daily; they were 

 frozen and thawed several times, and 

 kept continually wet by the surplus water 

 pumped by the windmill, but when warm 

 weather came they nearly all sprouted 

 and grew, while some of the same lot 

 that were planted a year before sprouted 

 poorly and made a poor stand. 



There are probably good reasons for 

 the unusual' behavior of these roots, and 

 when we have solved the problems con- 

 nected with them we may change our 

 ideas and methods of storing them 

 through the winter. 



ROSES. 



[CdHtigued from page 14.] 



an Teplitz. In pink, Killamey, La France 

 and Chatenay are good producers. Kai- 

 serin Augusta Victoria is one of the 

 purest wMtes, and under good conditions 

 produces well. 



Among hybrid perpetuals the varieties 

 of merit are numerous. Any good cata- 

 logue will give you the description and 

 character of these, which makes it easy 

 to make a selection. 



Two-year-old stock is preferable for 

 making quick returns. 



Roses will do well in any fertile soil, 

 if the drainage is good and the bed thor- 

 oughly prepared and fertilized. The best 

 soil is sod from an old pasture, with the 

 addition of well rotted cow manure. The 

 .bed should be dug out at least two feet 

 deep and filled with this compost, four 



parts of sod to one of manure, thor- 

 oughly mixed. fl?he best time to plant is 

 just after the danger of frost is past in 

 spring. • Rises. 



GARDEN ROSES. 



Which are better for planting out in 

 the garden, field grown two-year-old roses 

 or 4-inch pots of the hybrid perpetuals 

 and hybrid teas? Which is the best 

 time for planting out for field and for 

 pot? How high should a well grown 

 4-inch pot rose be? G. 0. 



For planting out in the garden, field- 

 grown hybrid perpetual two-year-old 

 roses are much superior to those grown 

 in 4-inch pots. The latter are usually 

 grown from cuttings and my experience 

 has been that these latter lack the vigor 

 and are much shorter lived than stock 

 which has been grafted on such stocks 

 as Manetti or seedling briar. While 

 somewhat better results may be had with 

 the hybrid teas grown in pots, they can- 

 not compare with what can be had from 

 strong field-grown grafted stock. 



The best time to plant hybrid per- 

 petual or hybrid tea roses is, in my 

 opinion, the ^arly part of November; 

 next to that, in spring, just as soon as 

 frost has left the ground and it can be 

 worked. This, of course, applies only 

 to field-grown stock. So much depends 

 on the condition of the 4-inch plants that 

 it is difficult to say just how soon it can 

 be planted. Such as I have seen have 

 been too delicate to go out before the 

 middle of May. Possibly, however, dor- 

 mant pot plants might be procurable 

 which could go out a little earlier. The 

 pot plants cost much less at the outset, 

 but will never give the results of the 

 field-grown stock. 



A well-grown 4-inch rose plant should 

 be eight to twelve inches high from the 

 top of the pot, the hybrid perpetuals be- 

 ing taller than the hybrid teas. 



W. N. Ceaig. 



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The Buffalo Exhibition. 



President Poehlmann has appointed a 

 committee to consider the examination 

 and requirements of new roses. Robert 

 Simpson, of Clifton, N. J., is chairman. 

 The value of the prizes for the Buffalo 

 exhibition, as computed by Mr. Pierson, 

 is equal to $1,000, The Iroquois hotel 

 will be the headquarters. Papers are 

 being prepared by five persons upon 

 matters of pertinent interest, Leonard 

 Baron has offered to give an illustrated 

 lecture on this occasion. 



All entries from a distance may be 

 sent in care of Vice-President Wm, F. 

 Kasting, 385 Ellicott street, Buffalo, N, 

 Y. The exhibition will open Wednesday 

 afternoon, March 17, at 5 o'clock, in the 

 Iroquois hotel, and continue over March 

 18 and 19, 



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