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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



September ii&, 1911. 



plants firmly enough without the aid of 

 a good potting stick. Keep them out- 

 doors a little longer after potting. 

 When housing, let the house be cool, 

 light and airy. Kemember to water 

 carefully, but spray freely. All hard- 

 wooded plants have fine, hair-like roots, 



especially the ericas, and a severe dry- 

 ing out usually kills them. Plants of 

 Erica melanthera, with the buds ahow* 

 ing color, can be given a slightly 

 warmer house; 45 to 48 degrees at night 

 will suffice to get them m good flower 

 for Thanksgiving and Christmas. 



WINTERING YOUNQ BOSES. 



We should like to know how to win- 

 ter roses that are just rooted now. We 

 have potted some hardy rambler cut- 

 tings in 2^-inch pots and should like 

 to know whether we can winter them 

 in a coldframe that will freeze a few 

 times during the winter. C. W. E. 



The rambler roses will winter per- 

 fectly in a coldframe. In fact, the 

 frame is much to be preferred to a 

 greenhouse. Keep the plants well ex- 

 posed until really cold weather arrives, 

 leaving the sashes off until that time. 

 If you cover the pots with a few inches 

 of perfectly dry leaves, they will keep 

 out a lot of frost. Do not put the 

 sashes on until the leaves are scattered 

 over the plants. Ventilate during mild 

 spells of weather in winter and freely 

 toward spring. Remove the leaf cover- 

 ing as soon as the weather has suf- 

 ficiently warmed. C. W. 



POTTING FIELD-GROWN ROSES. 



Please tell me when to take roses up 

 from the field and pot them, to have 

 them for the holidays. What kind of 

 soil is the best? I am located in 

 Kansas. J. A. G. 



Field-grown roses should not be lifted 

 earlier than the end of October, and 

 with you November would be better. 

 The wood should be well ripened before 

 they are dug. Boses prefer a rather 

 heavy soil; one containing a little clay 

 is excellent, but they will thrive in 

 quite light loam if well fed when the 

 pots are full of roots. If by the holi- 

 days you mean the Christmas season, 

 you can not dig up roses and have them 

 in any condition at that time. Possibly 

 you could get a few flowers on Clothilde 

 Soupert and some of the teas by care- 

 fully digging now, but they would not 

 be very salable plants. Christmas is 

 too early for pot roses also. All that I 

 grow are used from Easter to Memorial, 

 chiefly at Easter, A few come earlier 

 and some later. Watch the calendar of 

 operations in The Beview for later 

 hints- C. W. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



An executive committee meeting will 

 be held in New York city September 28, 

 to consider arrangements for the De- 

 troit exhibition. This meeting will be 

 followed by a conference in Detroit to 

 determine upon the detail work. The 

 Rose Society will ask its friends to 

 subscribe a guarantee fund, so that 

 the society may be able to offer an 

 excellent list of prizes, and be assured 

 of financial support. The Bose So- 

 ciety's permanent investment fund of 

 over $3,000 has been accumulated from 

 its life membership fees. This fund 

 is invested in guaranteed mortgages of 

 New York; the securities are those in 

 which the state savings banks are au- 

 thorized to invest. 



Benjamin Hammond, Sec'y. 



ANTIRRHINUMS. 



Where antirrhinums were ben«ked 

 early they are now stariiag to grow 

 away nicely. It does not pay to allow 

 the main shoot to run right up to 

 flower. Pinch it back and let four or 

 five of the strongest sprouts, near the 

 base of the plant, remain. Rub off. all 

 weak ones; a few good spikes will pay 

 better than a lot of weaklings. Antir> 

 rhinum spikes are of little value now 

 and there are few calls for them before 

 November. It is in late winter and 

 early spring that they are most appre- 

 ciated. The plants catf be tied up t© 

 stakes, or, better still, supported by 

 wires and twine in the same way as 

 carnations. 



Plants which are in pots and in- 

 tended to follow chrysanthemum* 

 should not be allowed to get potbound. 

 If "in 3-inch pots, give a shift into 4- 

 inch. Keep them cool and well sup- 

 plied with water. Pot off any in flats 

 which are of sufficient size. Snap- 

 dragons, if allowed to become of a fair 

 size in flats, do not safely transplant 

 to benches. Pot-grown stock gives bet- 

 ter results. Now is a good time to get 

 a batch of cuttings from plants out- 

 side. Those along the sides of the 

 flowering stems are the best. These 

 will root easily in a carnation cutting 

 bench. Seeds sown now will produce 

 nice plants with which to follow mid- 

 season and late mums. 



IMPORTS or PLANTS. 



The S. S. Finland, from Antwerp, 

 which arrived at New York September 

 19, brought the following consignments: 



Koowa. J. P., 8 capes plants. 

 Langeler, H., 68 pkgs. laurel trees, etc. 

 Maltas & Ware, 105 cases plants. 

 Vandegrlft, F. B., & Co., 43 cases plants. 

 Kuvper. I*. C, & Co., 40 eases plants. 

 McHutehison & Co., 64 pkgs. plants. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Committees to Examine Seedlings. 



President Elmer D. Smith announces 

 the committees to examine new chrys- 

 anthemums for the ensuing year,^ which 

 are as follows: 



Boston — William Nicholson, chair- 

 man; James Wheeler, Alex Montgom- 

 ery. Ship flowers to Boston Flower Ex- 

 change, C Park street, care of - chair- 

 man. 



New York — Eugene Dailledouze, 

 chairman; W. H. Duckham, A. Her- 

 rington. Ship flowers to New York 

 Cut Flower Co., 55 Twenty-second 

 street, care of chairman. 



Philadelphia — A. B. Cartledge, chair- 

 man; John Westcott, S. S. Pennock. 

 Ship flowers to A. B. Cartledge, 1514 

 Chestnut street. 



Cincinnati — R. Witterstaetter, chair- 

 man; James Allen, Henry Schwartz. 

 Ship flowers to chairman, Jabez Elliott 

 Flower Market, care of janitor. 



Chicago — J. B. Deamud, chairman; 

 E. A. Wood, T. E. Waters. Ship flowers 

 to J. B. Deamud, 51 Wabash avenve. 



Shipments should be made to arrive 

 by 2 p. m. on examination days, to 

 receive attention from the committee. 

 They must be prepaid to destination 

 and an entry fee of $2 should be for- 

 warded to the secretary not later than 

 Tuesday of the weeK they are to be ex- 

 amined, or it may accompany the 

 blooms. 



Seedlings and sports are both eligi- 

 ble to be shown before these commit: 

 tees, provided the raiser has given them 

 two years' trial to determine their true 

 character. Special attention is called 

 to the rule that sports, to receive a 

 certificate, must pass at least three of 

 the five committees. The committees 

 will be in session to examine such 

 exhibits as may be submitted on each 

 Saturday during October and No- 

 vember. The dates will be October 7,. 

 14, 21 and 28, and November 4, 11, 18 

 and 25. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



Cambridge, Mass. — John McKenzie 

 returned September 7 from a two 

 months' visit with relatives in Scot' 

 land. 



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