Jandabt 12, 1011. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Antoine Rivoire (Pernet-Ducher, 

 1896), rosy flesh on yellow ground, 

 shaded with a border of carmine; large, 

 full, splendid. 



Prince de Bulgarie (Pernet-Ducher, 

 1902), deep rosy flesh, shaded with sal- 

 mon; large, full, good. 



In a former article I referred to our 

 haying fifty plants grown for identifi- 

 cation in France, and the report that 

 the rose was Prince de Bulgarie was a 

 surprise to us. I may add that a cer- 

 tain grower, who .is himself an authority 

 on roses of this type, has seen the rose 

 growing, and, knowing the variety An- 

 toine Rivoire well, he does not hesitate 

 to state that this rope is not Antoine 

 Rivoire. 



It might be interesting to many to 

 know that this rose, called Mrs. Taft 

 by the store buyers in New York, has 

 returned a price second only to special 

 American Beauty in the New York mar- 

 ket this fall, and it is at present bring- 

 ing $4 per dozen at wholesale. 



Wallace R. Pierson. 



YORK AND LANCASTER. 



There is just a bit of a story con- 

 nected with the York and Lancaster 

 rose that never fails to interest when 

 a salesman tells it to a prospective 

 planter. The variety is said to date 

 back to the time of the War of the 

 Roses, between the English royal houses 

 of York and Lancaster. Said to have 

 originated when these warring factions 

 became united, its colors represent the 

 white of the Yorkists and the red of 

 the Lancastrians. But the War of the 

 Roses ended August 22, 1485, you say. 

 So it did! So it did!! 



York and Lancaster is not only an 

 excellent variety, but, in spite of its 

 antiquity, it is one so rarely met with 

 that it is forever new. The accompany- 

 ing illustration was prepared from a 

 photograph supplied by John Charlton 

 & Sons, Rochester. J. M. Charlton has 

 a blooming hedge of it which he says 

 absolutely takes care of itself and is a 

 source of great delight when in flower; 

 he knows of no rose so well adapted 

 for use as a permanent hedge. It is 

 of the Damask class and is noted for 

 its extreme hardiness, never killing 

 back in the most severe weather and 

 always giving a full crop of flowers 

 each season. The bloom is white, 

 splashed with pink. Hardly ever among 

 the semi-double flowers are two found 

 that are exactly alike. There is just 

 one trouble with the variety; it is 

 a shy rooter, so that it is difficult to 

 work up stock. 



THE GLASS MARKET. 



Those journals which deal with .com- 

 mercial affairs have lately had much 

 to say of the unsettlement in the win- 

 dow glass industry and have reported 

 that prices are so low that many fac- 

 tories are unable to operate. When 

 asked with special regard to the situa- 

 tion in greenhouse glass, one of the 

 largest handlers in the country made 

 the following statement: 



"Greenhouse glass at present is ex- 

 ceptionally low. The manufacturers to- 

 day are producing a smaller percentage 

 of 14-inch and 16-inch greenhouse glass 

 than has been the case for some little 

 time, realizing that if any money is to 

 be made at all it will have to come 

 from the larger sizes commonly used 

 for general building purposes. When 

 greenhouse glass can be bought at from 



The York and Lancaster Rose. 



414 cents to 41/^ cents per square foot 

 f. o. b. Chicago in carload lots the 

 florists need have no worry about buy- 

 ing all their bank accounts will allow. 

 It is absolutely impossible to manufac- 

 ture double thick glass at the prices 

 under the present wage scale on which 

 the manufacturers are working, without 

 showing an actual loss. Within the last 

 week fully ten of the better hand- 

 blown factories have closed down on 

 account of the unsettled condition of 

 the market, and with any kind of a 

 demand, which is usually heavy at this 

 time of the year, there is no reason to 

 look for lower prices." 



The same 'authority says that it is 

 estimated in the window glass trade 

 that at least 100 cars of the greenhouse 

 sizes have been placed with florists 

 within the last thirty days and that 

 the buying since the lireak in prices 

 this autumn has attained a volume 

 never before known in the glass busi- 

 ness. It was reported in The Review 

 in November that within a week over 

 thirty cars were >placed with little 

 more than a half-dozen Chicago grow- 

 ers. The inference therefore seems just- 

 ified, that the market is comparatively 

 bare of greenhouse sizes and that an 

 advance m price may more reasonably 

 be expected than any further decline. 



VERBENAS AND PETUNIAS. 



When should verbenas and petunias 

 be sown for good plants in spring? 



J. W. S. 



Verbenas can be sown any time from 

 the end of .January until the end of 

 March. Petunias are better if not sown 

 before March. They make rapid growth 

 and are liable to become somewhat un- 

 wieldy if sown too earl v. From early 

 February sowings you can get strong 

 4-inoh pot stock by the middle of May. 

 The later sowings will give nice plants 

 in .H inch pots. C. W. 



THE SCENTED-LEA V£D PLANTS. 



We note in The Review for December 

 29, page 14, a reference to a scented- 

 leaved plant. This is most probably the 

 cardamon plant, Amomum Cardamomum, 

 and not a hedychium as suggested. We 

 do not kfiow of any hedychiums with 

 really scented leaves. 



Oneco, Fla. Reasoner Bros. 



Bailey, in his cyclopedia, calls it 

 Amomum Cardamon and refers to the 

 "thick, spicy lanceolate leaves." Of 

 hedychiums he says "the large white 

 flowers are sweet-scented," but makes 

 no reference to odor in the foliage. 



