March 25, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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supply to grow on to proper size for mar- 

 ket and wagon sales ; in March the spring 

 trade in general starts in and continues 

 for some months; the nurseryman fol- 

 lows soon after, with his order for young 

 plants for lining out about April; and 

 the late planting and straggling orders 

 continue into May and June. The method 

 and season of propagation herein de- 

 scribed provide in due course for all of 

 the various wants mentioned. 



Co-operation Helps. 



It is obvious that the best results may 

 be obtained by growing roses exclusively 

 in houses containing nothing in the way 

 of soft or miscellaneous stock, such as 

 may require different temperatures, and 

 it is also generally conceded that the 

 grower who is expected to know the hab- 

 its of a hundred or two different sorts of 

 roses on a commercial scale should have 

 little else to occupy his attention. Hence 

 the advantages of concentrating the un- 

 divided energies of the working organiza- 

 tion to the growing of one particular line 

 as a specialty. 



In our community, containing a num- 

 ber of concerns all of which grow roses 

 to a greater or less extent, the number of 

 varieties being about 450, it will always 



be inevitable that at times there will be 

 a short crop and a long demand, or vice 

 versa, as to some particular varieties, this 

 being affected by the variations in 

 amount planted, the favorableness of the 

 season for propagating and fluctuations 

 in the demand from year to year. But 

 frequently one grower is long on a vari- 

 ety of which another is short, and in a 

 commendable spirit there is a disposition 

 among the fraternity to be mutually ac- 

 commodating in the interchange of stock, 

 which makes possible the more complete 

 filling of orders and assists in a practi- 

 cally general clean-up of stocks by or be- 

 fore the close of the season. 



When and How to Order. 



The buyer of rose plants wishing to 

 secure the best of stock and certain vari- 

 eties in particular should by all means 

 place his order with a dependable grower 

 several months in advance of the time 

 for shipping; in fact, early winter is the 

 best time, if not earlier, to engage roses 

 for spring delivery. The plants can then 

 be selected, shifted, set aside in cool 

 houses, and brought to the requisite size, 

 strength and condition for delivery at 

 any specified time. Postponement in 

 placing an order is frequently likely to 



cause disappointment by reason of cer- 

 tain desired varieties having been sold 

 out and no further supply available until 

 the following season. 



In ordering rose plants, it is advisable 

 always to state for what particular pur- 

 pose they are wanted, and briefly the 

 kind of stock expected. The intelligent 

 grower or order clerk will then have a 

 clue to guide the selection of plants in 

 just the condition to make them best 

 adapted to the desired end. 



The substitution of a different variety 

 under the label of a variety definitely 

 ordered is a practice not to be tolerated 

 in this present day of enlightenment, and 

 it is entirely proper for the buyer to in- 

 sist upon getting every item true to label, 

 the shipper to notify him to such effect 

 if unable to supply the true variety. On 

 orders requiring quick shipment, it is 

 well for the buyer to mention a second 

 or third choice in case of varieties which 

 he may not absolutely require, and this 

 will facilitate the filling of many an or- 

 der in the rush season. 



At such a time, correspondence with a 

 legion of customers would be an absolute 

 impossibility, the catalogue being pre- 

 sumed to contain all necessary informa- 

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