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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 23, 1911. 



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NEW ROSES WORTH GROWING. 



I Extracts frmii a paper li.v S. W. Crowell, of 

 Roseaci'es. Miss., read at the coiivfiitioii of tho 

 'it'uness<'« Nuiscijincu's Association in Nasliville. 

 Temi., continued from Tlie Ucview of .Marcli l(i.] 



F. Voii Maischall is a bright red. A 

 free, constant blooinci'. Buds and open 

 liowers are ocjnally well formed. A first- 

 class rose. 



Harry Kirk is deep sulphur yellow, 

 passing into a lighter sliiide as the 

 flower opens. J.,arge, full, perfect form, 

 constant and of good substance. 



Helen fJood is a sport from Manian 

 Cochet. I'retty well known, but the 

 rose, like this type, should be planted 

 in every garden. 1 may be partial to 

 this variety, owing to the fact that it 

 originated on my grounds at Alpika, 

 Miss., and thence was sent out by the 

 Good & Reese Co.. of Springfield, O. Yet, 

 in every respect it is as good as Maman 

 Cochet or White Cochet, with the same 

 vigor and freedom of bloom, and in 

 color no rose, to my knowledge, is equal 

 to it. The color is a delicate yellow, 

 suffused with ]»ink, each ]>etal edged 

 deeper. 



Mayflower is creamy white, with the 

 edge of petals laced lavender pink. 

 Buds are long and pointed. Of splendid 

 vigor and constitution. 



An Ideal White Bedder. 



Molly Sharn)an Crawford is a white 

 bedder that will stand in the front rank 

 of good garden roses when well known. 

 The color is pure and chaste; flowers of 

 good substance and form; vigorous 

 branching habit. An ideal rose. 



Mrs. Dudley Cross is apparently an 

 improved Marie Van Houtte. Buds ex- 

 tremely large, well pointed, opening 

 into a mammoth l)loom that stands the 

 sun well. A vigorous grower and con- 

 stant. 



Mme. Edward Vicars is bright car 

 mine, shaded rose. A promising va- 

 riety. 



Mrs. B. R. Cant is not a novelty, but 

 the trade has the habit of overlooking 

 good things every now and then. One 

 of the best garden roses extant. Color, 

 dark carmine, flushed crimson; free and 

 constant; a rank grower and about the 

 best of its color. 



Paula is a vigorous, free flowering 

 variety, of erect habit. Color, sulphur 

 yellow, with deeper center. Of quite 

 recent introduction, but it promises 

 well. 



W. R. Smith, like Helen Good, is ot 

 such exceptional merit that it may be 

 well to include it in this list, as many 

 nurserymen are not acquainted with it. 

 It is so much like the Cochet roses that 



one would class it as a true Cochet in 

 growth, vigor, freedom and formation 

 of flower. It ranks with the Cochets 

 and Helen Good, and this is the greatest 

 j)raise that any garden rose can receive. 

 In color it is rose-pink, salmon-pink 

 shaded with flesh and various light 

 tints, which make a combination diffi- 

 cult to describe. 



Other Classes of Roses. 



To this list might be added many teas 

 and hybrid teas that are now being 

 disseminated, but I am sure that herein 

 are enough to appeal to those who de- 

 sire to try out a portion, at least, of 

 those that appear to be the most com- 

 mendable. I have omitted the hybrid 

 perpetual section, hardy types and vari- 

 ous other novelties. Frau Karl Druschki 

 you all know. J. B. Clark and Hugh 

 Dickson are two splendid varieties in 

 this class, and beyond these three va- 

 rieties I do not care to go. In the 

 Baby Rambler type. Baby Dorothy is a 

 good pink, Catherine Zeimot a most ex- 

 cellent white, and many others are 

 being sent out which must have further 

 trials before being classed as commer- 

 cial varieties. 



Just now the hybridizer seems to give 



his labor to the production of hybrid 

 teas, and so long as they give us such 

 wonderful varieties as appear from year 

 to year, we cun well dispense with less 

 desirable types, for a time at least. 

 However, there are other desirable sec- 

 tions, suited for a wider range of ter- 

 ritory, especially the colder climates of 

 our country, yet suitable for various 

 plantings throughout the south. I have 

 reference to the hybrid rugosas and 

 hybrid Wichuraianas. These two sec- 

 tions, with the hybrid teas, will within 

 the next decade be our upper class in 

 the rose family. 



I was requested to embody within 

 this paper something about the growing 

 and selling end of roses. To do this, I 

 am sure, would take up too much time. 

 Besides, this topic should have its full 

 quota of time in order to cover all the 

 essential points. However, it should 

 be known that to secure best results in 

 the propagation of plants, and particu- 

 larly the rose, the work should be done 

 in a natural way and under natural con- 

 ditions. All plant life requires a period 

 of rest and repose for good results. I 

 have tested roses that were summer- 

 propagated and allowed to rest over 

 winter in cold houses, alongside of the 

 same varieties that had been grown 

 under high temperatures from forced 

 stock, both winter and summer, and I 

 am sure the difference in growth and 

 vitality of the plants by these two 

 methods could be perceived by the most 

 ignorant amateur. Overwork, overstim- 

 ulation, overfeeding, everlastingly at it, 

 can not make a strong, vigorous garden 

 rose. A plant of this kind, when re- 

 moved to the garden, usually sickens 

 and dies, and should it survive the sum- 

 mer, a rest well taken, it begins its 

 growth in late fall, only to be nipped 

 by the first chilling frost from the 

 north. 



GERANIUMS FOR MEMORIAL DAY. 



1 have about 2,500 geranium jdants 

 that are from eight to twelve inches 

 high and 1 am afraid they will get too 

 big for the market by Memorial day. 

 They are blooming now quite freely and 

 there is not a good market here for 

 geraniums until Memorial day. What 

 is the best thing for me to do with 

 these plants f If I were to take top cut- 

 tings from them, would the cuttings 

 bloom for Memorial day? Would the 

 old plants be in good condition for this 

 day. or is there some way in which I can 

 check their growth, without injuring 

 the plants? Would i^ be the best plan 

 to take cuttings from them now? I do 

 not like to lose them, but they are 

 growing too fast. J. H. N. 



It is getting somewhat late to top 

 your geraniums, but not entirely too 

 late. I would advise you to take the 

 tops out of the tallest and strongest 

 plants and insert them singly in 2-inch 

 pots of sandy loam. These will be 

 rooted in a month, and in six weeks will 



want a shift into 3-inch pots. They 

 will carry a truss of flowers each and. 

 while somewhat small and late, will 

 probably sell. The best geraniums for 

 Memorial sales are grown in 4-inch pots. 

 I do not know what size yours are in, 

 or in what temperature they have been. 

 A night minimum of 45 to 50 degrees is 

 ample. Young stock rooting and after 

 potting can have 5 to 10 degrees more. 

 They should be spread out, so that they 

 cannot become drawn and leggy. Give 

 all possible sun and lots of fresh air. 



Starving your plants would not be 

 any remedy. Keep all flower trusses 

 picked off until the first week in May. 

 Avoid feeding with liquid manure and 

 dft not use any strong animal manure in 

 the compost. Bone promotes firm 

 growth and floriferousness; liquid stim- 

 ulants cause a soft growth. Give a 

 small shift to any of your plants really 

 needing it, and any which you do not 

 wish to move to larger pots can be'kept 

 in good shape by an occasional top- 

 dressing of Clay 's fertilizer or a weak 

 watering with nitrate of soda. Do not 



