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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Ai'uii. 11. 1'.)1J. 



iloiic ill .1!M 1 liy tlic retail llorists ulio 

 iiscil ilisjjhiy sjiai-c in tlic ihiily ii;i|icis, 

 'I'hf lij:uic>- :tvi' siii|iiisiiii;. line tlicx' 

 lilt' : 



hi 'llh' I rihuhr 



In ['.!• scinllil |i;l|Ml 



III Ilir Ihil'l ii:i|ii'i' 



III llic I'mnlli I'.'ipi'i 



I II I he til I li iMprr 



III llu' sixth |i:i|p('i' 



III I lir M'Vi'iil li |i:i| ■■ 



III Ihc .■iulilli liiiiiii 



\'j.:i I.' 1 iii.'^ 



.'.H.'Jils 



I '■.11 1'. I 



il. <'!•;: 



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l.'.i.Vi 



77!l 



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r..i;ii . . liii.ie: 



'I'liat i^ a I cina rkaliU' siiowini:. It in 

 ilicatcs tliat till' lew rrtailiTs wlm us(>i| 

 lu'w sjiajKM- spaci' s|i('iit in tlic a>i;j:it' 

 'j.atv at least .+i'n.nii(i in adilin^' to tlic 

 iiiuiibcr ot' lldwcr luiycis aiiii iiK rcasiii<r 

 tlh> consniiipt inn ot' llowcis. 



BERMUDA LILY BUDS. 



'I'lic licniiiiila iinlli ^lowers ilo net. 



a rule. (Ill tlicir lily buds to shi]i to the 

 l']aster llowcr ImyiM's and the imiifuts 

 of the Inids have I'alltMi innch liclow 

 what tiicy were a tew yeai's aj^it, Ixdiiy 

 coiiliiU'd to shi|iiiients fiuin the smaller 

 and least caret ii I iiiowers. I''e\v of the 

 shi|iincnts <xo into the trade jrfacti- 

 cally all r^o diiert to the juililic on 

 orders hooked by the customs brokers. 

 The imports this year were only 7Pn • 

 cases, coiisi<ined as t'cdiows: ' 



uu\ I 



I on.^ii;!'! f. I 



\il.iins l-;\|'i'<'.-<s I 'ii 



1 'ro.sMiiaii. I . I ). .'-• <'•> T 



I ):i\ iiiIMin. W . .1. >VL- .s. II .! 



i-Ki.si. s. H. .V i;. II 1 



Ciii-i^iulo, P. iSi I !io - 



ilills Jil-OS. iV: I'll I 



Lippinan, .1 1 ■"■ 



.Maltus i^t Ware 4:! 



Mi.hrv, D. li C, 



\:iiuli'Ri-il't. !•". H \- C.i 111." 



Wallac.-, T. !■ 1 



■|'o I M(li T 1 T'.i 



ilal 



till 



ROSES AND ROSE GROWING. 



I A p., I" ■ l.» W .,11.,. .■ K, 1',. l-,-l,. ,■ :i,| !.,t,|,- 



li,,- Itilllll 11,1 -l~' ;,l,l c ;;ll ,l,'l,,'r~' rlill, ,\|Hil 



■- ItlfJ 1 



I am iiiiiiiidi d li! ill'' la<'t that 1 lia \ e 

 ,|-os»('d the Ma^iiii .■iiid l)i\on line in 

 c-niniii^ til I ;.a li inidi I' to speak til yon 

 tills excniiii:. ami that fart has a yre.at 

 deal ot' siL;iii lii-a nee to me. In the noi'lh 

 an inxitatioii max be oui- ]iiompred \'} 

 "•onrte^x- pnii' .-iml ~-im|ih', but in the 

 Plinth an i n x it al im, i- extended bcc;iii--c 

 ot' inherent liii~|iit.ality and I fe(d tiia' 

 yon really w.inled tn li.axe me accept 

 your lio-pitabty and tell yuii a few ot' 

 The puint- wliirji 1 believe max' aid suine 

 in the npbiiildiiiL: ot' lui-inc'-s. and whii h 

 will tend lo improxe cundit ioii^ in tlie 

 tloxvcr Willi, 1 ill whirji I'lir lixcs aic be 

 injj; si'i'iii. W'c :iic icmindi'd that tlie 

 business i^ nut .all llowers, I'm- our siib 

 ji^ct toniyhi is rii-~('-, :ind they all liaxe 

 thorns, but with llm hope of I'clicx iii;^ 

 the ro-c t:ri,w in^ industry ut' snnu, nf it- 

 tlioriis 1 will attimjit to :^ixe yon in 

 l.irief an untlinr ol' a jiath that lead- to 

 -ni-ci'sv ill til,, iii~(, ^iiiwin^ bn-ines-. 



Educating the Public, 



T ri'.all/e till' v|||,||,,-) I- liload, fur the 



'd-e ufiiw in^ indiwtiy extends mit finm 

 si,a to sia but I'liidfrli'-- the ^lobe. W',' 

 cannot all bn-unie I'amili.ar with eondi 

 lions in Miii'ope, nor -ce ihc wonders ot' 

 the Pacilic <'oa--I when the losi's are in 

 idooni, but wr lead ot' the rities of th'' 



western ina-t bnyiie^ roses t'or street 



planting by the L'-l.' lots and xve kimw 



that means the making of Imndreds nf 

 thousands of rose loxer^. and these 

 cities are famous more on aecnunt ot' 

 their \vonderful disjday of roses than 

 for the "Teat industrial establishments 



whiidi ale the b.aidxboiic ot' their |iros 

 'lity. We ha\c not the climate here 

 in the east w hit It will permit sntdi e.\ 

 teiisixc o|ierations, but we have, never 

 theless, womierful ojiportunit ies whiidi. 

 il' taken aihantaee ot', would acrom 

 plisli nimdi that is to be desired and, 

 allowinxr for iinfax orable idimalic con 

 ditions, if We li;M some uf the westc-rn 

 spirit wliiidt is bidiind those wonderful 

 dis]ilays on the xvesteni roast we mieht 

 be at least i lose competitors .and at 

 least rereixe honorable intMitioii in the 

 awards, and .a xotc of thanks, altlioujjli 

 pcrli;i]is unspoken, from ex eiy man, 

 \xoinan or rliild who is fortunate enoujili 

 to behold a W(dl kept rose ^arden in it- 

 pii me. 



We h.axe a lew s||,di samples in our 

 state, ot' whiidi l^lizabet li park, in Mart 

 told, is a strikin^i (^xamide. K'anildeis, 

 hybi'id per|ietuals, hybrid teas and the 

 |iiily,antlia type are gathered together in 

 a lose i;ar(len some aeres in extent, .and 

 til those who liax'e nin'cr sren this park 

 in the middle of .Inne 1 can only sax 

 that yell ha\e om^ of the eiioij tilings ut' 

 lite in store t'or yon. If you are t'ortn 

 nate eiiinieh til X isit it, the meimux will 

 lilieer lone. 



.\nd the result lit' s|i,|i a ins,, garden 

 is the edin-.alinli i<\' the piiblir. I ha\e 

 he.ard a tumor th.at the |iiililic is mit in- 

 terested except ill ;i lew llowers to m.ake 

 a \\<^ddiii<r scene like an exeiit ot' Joy, 

 .iitd a few llowers to make ;i burial seem 

 proper, but dnii 't you lieliexc it. lint 

 I do ask >nil tn belicxi' that the public 

 nceils edticatine to discriminate between 

 losi's ill other wiiys than by colors and 

 that the )iiiblic wants and needs ;is miicli 

 x.ariety in the flowers it buys as in the 

 in rlities it wears or the food it eats. I 

 haxe s|if>ii the fdizabetli ]i;iik rose ear- 

 den crowded sii that it was a case ot' 

 fnllow the crowd to f;et throueh, and 

 these |ieoip|e wei'e usine; the notebook 

 and |ieiicil to such an extent that they 



mo\'e<l slowly indeed. Tluit, ecut lemeii, 

 is ediicatinn- the public in the best |ios 

 silde m.'inncr and the results come lia(d< 

 to us all who are erdwcrs of plants and 

 llowers. tiir a d iscriniinat in"' (lower 

 buyer is the best possible eustoiiier and 

 often becomes so much ot' a crank on 

 the subject as to be able to ei\c us 

 coiiiinerci;i I men ni.aiiy a lesson in loses. 



Growers Full of Hope. 



.Men who plant seeds ;itii| wlui work 

 the soil .are hopeful men. Their en 

 thitsiasm is somewhat in kee|diie- with 

 the man who s(ds a hen and counts his 

 chit kens before they are hattdictl. 'J'his. 

 1 Ixdiext', is a fatdor in the <;'rowth of 

 the llower intlustry in this country and 

 in the wiirld. There is a fetdine- (if sat 

 isfaction wliitdi comes with the con 

 structioii of a new house and the plant 

 ine- t)t' ;( crop, ami that I'etdin^' is ecu 

 eral with the lloi'ists td' the tHiiintry. 

 They .ire biiildine, ;intl this year, in 

 spite of the fact that business as a 

 whole has been tinstdtletl ami in mtiny 

 brantdies of intlustry extri'iiiely tluU. .\s 

 ;i rule a ereeii house nian counts his 

 profits by countiue his i^hass area .\ 

 'ittle more e;lass than last ye.ar is i he 

 efiit-ral report so far as pinlit ami loss 

 statements <iO. I ludiexf t licit' ,ire less 

 failures amone- ereeiihtiuse men than in 

 .aiix other line of bii.-;tness, in spite of 

 the tact that jiiact ica llx' ext'iythiiie 

 whiidi is handled is of a ]ierislia I lie iia 

 tiire. What iloes th.at ]iro\('.' I'iist. 

 that they are honest, for honesty is ot' 

 the soil, and they are toilers who li\t 

 from the protlucts of the soil. ami. sec 

 niitl. tli;it they are hoptd'iil ;ittd imt e.i- 

 ily disconraet'd, and. last .and nmre than 

 all. tli;it the |Uildic wants and is williiie 

 to buy what has been produccil bx tin- 

 sweat t'rom the brows of honest men 



Essentials in Rose Growing. 



b'ose ei'tiwiiie- ;ind the rose business i- 

 at least sixty pci i-eiil ol' the total 

 llowi'r business lit the iniiiitry. which 

 t'.act places roses as a m.atter of litst 

 importance ami cnusidcr;!! ion . and I 

 mieht venture to s.ay that .at le.a-i Iwn 

 thirds of this is the product of insi's 

 urown under ylass. Now ht Us for ,a 

 monient consider the |iro|ier conditions 

 whitdi uixc us the best roses under ylass. 

 I want to name a few comlifintis whiidi 

 I consitlei itieal. and first ot' all 1 sIkihI,! 

 plaia' soil: .\ heavy tiirt' I'roni lowl.ands 

 that ha\i' been saviiie up the silt and 

 lichitess from the hillsiiles for ct'iit uries : 

 one that has an abuinlance of root liber 

 in it, ;inil one that h;is not been com 

 pnsfed so lone that it li.as lost that liber 

 which eixt's it life. it shoiiM haxe a 

 ilay body, for roses delieht in a tday 

 -oil. but it slioiilti be porous enoiieh to 

 admit water and ;iir freely. Air in soil 

 IS essential. The lar;^est root is the 

 root in the ashes on whitdi plant- m 

 |iots Itax'c been standiiie' t'nf -nme time. 

 ant! air which encouraees root actiuii i- 

 tlie only pl.aiisible expl;iiiat imi nf this 

 t'.act which 1 haxe cxfr heard. ( Dw ma 

 iiiire for roses i- iht' best fertili/er 

 whitdi \\t' know ot'. and in many -nils 

 .•I bone tankaef runiiine- fintii t'nin tn 

 fixt' per cent nitro^reil ami not neces-af 

 ily liieli in phnsjihoric acid will ^i\f 

 stii'iiirth and \italit\' to the pl.-mts. 

 (iooil stotdv to st;irt with is needed and 

 the best is none too yood. <'ioisider 

 th.at roses are often kept in the houses 

 for two or three years and tlit> ]iropoi 

 tionate cost of j^ood above poor -tock 

 is too triflin}r to jnention. 



Steam heat is essential to rose- and, 

 althout^li T know some' growers imike ;i 



