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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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Pyrus Malus Floribunda. 



was arranged by Bell & Sheldon, a vase 

 of Mrs. Burnett; second, D. M. Collins; 

 third. A. F. Button. For bouquet of 

 carnations, E. F. Felton, London, proved 

 the winner with Mrs. Burnett. 



Dinner-table decorations with carna- 

 tions were a pretty feature of the show. 

 In tliese James Agate, Havant, was first, 

 with a nice arrangement of Fair Maid. 

 Fair Maid was the variety used on the 

 second prize table also, and Enchantress 

 on the third. 



The president's challenge cup for the 

 best group of carnations in pots was 

 won by A. Grubb, gardener to C. F. 

 Raphael, and in the remaining classes, 

 open to gardeners and amateurs only 

 (those in the trade excluded), there were 

 some spirited contests. 



Non-competitive exhibits from a num- 

 ber of growers greatly enhanced the ap- 

 pearance of the show. Specially fine were 

 the exhibits from C. Engelmann, Saffron 

 Walden, who never exhibited a finer 

 group; a gold medal was awarded. In 

 this class H. Burnett, Guernsey, received 

 a gold medal also. 



Silver gilt medals were awarded to 

 Hugli Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, and 

 *^- n. Page, Hampton, and silver medals 

 to J. Peed & Son, W. Cutbush & Son and 

 **• H. Lancashire, the last mentioned for 

 a fine exhibit of Eose Dore. 



On this occasion the floral committee 

 "ad little to do, there being only one 

 ^Mling before their notice, namely, 

 ^laek Chief, from Hugh Low & Co., a 

 varu-ty of great freedom of growth and 



florif 



erousness. The committee, however. 



<hcl not adjudicate upon it, but expressed 

 * desire to have it placed before them at 

 some future date. 



■M'-iiibers and friends dined together in 

 ^hc Hotel Windsor at the close of the 

 «no\v. with J. S. Brunton in the chair. 

 ^le roast list included "The Donors of 



Pfeial Prizes," and in proposing it the 

 .^''"'•'n referred in appreciative terms 

 wh 1 ^'^®"^^y ^°^ gracious manner in 

 .I'll the American Carnation Society 

 ^^ I'losented a challenge cup. He alsa 

 JJ"Ki;!tulated Bell & Sheldon upon being 

 un*^ .^t to have their names engraved 



{Oil if rpj^p toast was most enthusi- 



astically received and regret was ex- 

 pressed that no member of the American 

 Carnation Society was present to respond. 

 Others who took part in the proceedings, 

 either on the toast list or in the animated 

 discussion on carnations which followed, 

 included S. Mortimer, vice-chairman; H. 

 Mathias, honorary secretary; L. J. Cook, 

 honorary treasurer; E. F. Hawes, exhi- 



bition superintendent; E. F. Felton, Lon- 

 don; G. W. Walshaw, Scarborough; W. 

 Wallace, Dunstable; C. Engelmann, Saff- 

 ron Walden; J. Eobson, Manchester, and 

 W. H. Page, H. F. Mason and W. A. 

 Sherwood, all of Hampton, one of the 

 leading districts for the cultivation of 

 carnations for Covent Garden market. 



Bee. 



RAMBLER ROSES, 



The present is a suitable time to pur- 

 chase and pot up a batch of the various 

 ramblers for flowering at Easter, 1910. 

 Of course, it is possible that some florists 

 are propagating and growing on their 

 own stock, but the majority prefer to 

 purchase plants from some reliable nur- 

 sery. Get strong field-grown stock on 

 its own roots. These can be had at mod- 

 erate prices. We have never found any 

 advantage in budded over own-root ram- 

 blers for forcing purposes. Until you 

 have time to pot them, heel outside, being 

 sure that you work plenty of moist earth 

 around the roots and tramp firmly. 



Pots from six to eight inches in diam- 

 eter will hold any of the field-grown 

 plants. Use a compost of fibrous loam 



and decayed cow manure, and add a little 

 fine bone. Shorten back the longest roots 

 and cut off any broken ones. Cut back 

 the tops to within four or five inches of 

 the tops of the pots. Soak well with 

 water and place on a sunny bench, where 

 they will soon start into growth. Nu- 

 merous growths will start from the bot- 

 tom. Allow three to five to grow, rub- 

 bing off the others. Keep the shoots 

 tied up as they grow, and give them in- 

 door culture until the end of June. Then 

 plunge outdoors in rows. Make a fence 

 by stringing one or two strands ot gal- 

 vanized wires from posts and tie the 

 shoots to them. Stock treated thus will 

 give plants far superior to such as you 

 may pot in the fall, and will give you 

 financial returns to amply compensate for 

 the additional labor involved. 



.Of the various ramblers now in com- 

 mon use, a great decline is noted in the 

 popularity of the old Crimson Eambler. 

 The double pinks, like Lady Gay, Dorothy 

 Perkins and Farquhar; singles, like Hi- 

 awatha and Delight, and novelties^ like 



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