APBIL 24, 1013. 



The Florists' Review 



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HARDY BOSES. 



Planting of all hardy roses should 

 be completed as soon as possible, if not 

 already done. It is a mistake to wait 

 each year until the end of April, or 

 even later, before doing this work: The 

 early planted stock has a chance to 

 make nice roots before really hot 

 weather gets in and will give a much 

 better crop of flowers. All roses, of 

 course, succeed best where the ground 

 has been well trenched, working in an 

 abundance of well rotted manure. The 

 hybrid perpetuals succeed particularly 

 well in heavy soil, while the more ten- 

 der hybrid teas prefer lighter ground, 

 doing well even in sandy soil if mulched 

 and occasionally watered. Be careful 

 not to bring manure into direct contact 

 with the roots; also be sure that all 

 roots are moistened before planting, 

 that the soil is thoroughly firmed and 

 that the budded plants have the buds 

 covered about three inches. 



Pruning was probably completed 

 some time ago in the warmer states. 

 From Pennsylvania northward, from 

 the beginning to the middle of April is 

 sufficiently early. The hybrid perpet- 

 uals, such as Frau Karl Druschki, Mrs. 

 John Laing, Brunner, Prince Camille 

 de Rohan and others, should have been 

 cut back quite hard. No more than 

 three eyes should have been left on 

 the strongest shoots, and one or two on 

 weaker shoots. All dead and weak wood 

 should have been removed entirely. In 

 the case of hybrid teas, such as Mme. 

 Ravary, the Killarneys, Caroline 

 Testout, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 

 Chatenay and others of this class, little 

 cutting back is necessary, but all weak 

 and dead wood should be carefully re- 

 moved. This latter class of roses is the 

 one which is of real value to florists, 

 as they are such persistent bloomers. 

 Thongh they are less hardy than the 

 hybrid perpetuals, it is easy to lift 

 and bury them over winter or stand 

 them closely in a cold pit or cellar 

 where the soil about the roots is moist. 



The increasing family of ramblers is 

 already starting into growth. If the old 

 cines which flowered last summer were 

 cut clean out near the ground after the 

 ''looms had faded, and if the suckers 

 trom the base were taken up in their 

 ^tead, there will be a better crop of 

 "'•wers than where all the old wood was 

 allowed to remain, but if the old wood 

 ^^as not cut out, shorten back the side 

 Joots half their length. They will 

 fl' wer, but the trusses will be small as 

 '"fmpared with those produced on the 

 siioots which started from the base a 



year ago. Simply head back these long 

 shoots a little and remove all weak and 

 otherwise useless wood. 



In planting out ramblers, it pays the 

 best to cut them down close to the 

 ground the first season. This encourages 

 stout breaks from the bottom, but too 

 often all wood is left on with the ex- 

 pectation of the plants giving a few 

 flowers, which at best are puny things, 

 and as a result little growth is made 

 the first year. 



There are so many fine new ramblers 

 on the market that it is difficult to 

 make a selection, but Dorothy Perkins, 

 Tausendschon, Hiawatha, Flower of 

 Fairfield, Lady Gay, Leuchstern, Amer- 

 ican Pillar and Trier are all fine and 

 reliably hardy. Crimson Bambler, the 

 pioneer of this class, is not to be recom- 

 mended; the foliage is bad after flow- 

 ering, while practically all the other 

 sorts named have fresh, glossy foliage 

 until December. The so-called baby 

 ramblers are persistent bloomers and 

 should be in every florist's garden, as 

 should such useful old sorts as Hermosa, 

 Clothilde Soupert, white and pink Ma- 

 man Cochet and Mme. Plantier. 



C. W. 



- EOSES FOR A COOL HOUSE. 



I should like to ask you what va- 

 rieties of roses you would recommend 

 for culture in a cool greenhouse. I 

 want varieties that would do fairly 

 well at a temperature of about 50 to 54 

 degrees at night. H. P. 



Killarney and White Killarney, Mrs. 

 Aaron "Ward and Richmond will suc- 

 ceed as well as any in the temperatures 

 mentioned. They do best in a night 

 temperature of 56 degrees, but if you 

 can hold yours up to an average of 52 

 to 54 degrees, they will do fairly well. 

 In midwinter, of course, they would 

 come a little more slowly than those in 

 a warmer house. C. W. 



EELWORMS ON ROSES. 



I am enclosing some roots of roses 

 which are badly affected by what I 

 think are eelworms. If you can tell me 

 how to get rid of them, I shall be much 

 pleased. They have killed nearly half 

 of the plants in one house. Some few 

 plants do not appear to be affected. 

 The leaves are small and light green 

 and the stems are limber and weak on 

 most of the plants affected. Sometimes 

 a ground shoot starts and, when the 

 bud begins to develop, it falls over and 

 twists around like a vine. Most of 

 these roses are grown on raised benches, 

 but one bench is solid and does not ap- 

 pear to be 90 badly affected. I could 

 throw out those in the raised benches, 

 but want to grow those in the solid 



bench if possible. No plants have been 

 killed so far on the solid bench. A 

 few Bride, Maid and Ivory growing in 

 this house are as fine, healthy plants, 

 apparently, as one could wish, while 

 other plants near them have been killed 

 or nearly go. • W. H. 



You have correctly diagnosed the 

 trouble with your roses. There is no sure 

 way to exterminate the worms, when 

 once they are in the benches. Water- 

 ing with lime water acts as a deterrent 

 and helps the situation somewhat, but 

 the only sure way of exterminating 

 them is steam sterilization of the soil 

 before planting the roses. It would 

 be better to pull out those in the badly 

 affected benches and plant with some 

 other crop, if you are not planning to 

 use them for roses again. C. W. 



FLOOD RELIEF IN OHIO. 



The committee of the Cleveland Flo- 

 rists' Club, appointed by President 

 Graham to investigate the conditions in 

 the state of Ohio and to give relief to 

 those in need, has made good progress, 

 but there is still much to be done. John 

 Evans, who, with E, G. Hill and August 

 Poehlmann, were appointed by Presi- 

 dent Farquhar of the S. A. F. as an in- 

 vestigation committee, passed through 

 Cleveland this week and held a meeting 

 with the local committee, consisting of 

 A. Graham, H. A. Hart, Geo. W. Smith 

 and Frank Friedley. The field was gone 

 over thoroughly and methods were dis- 

 cussed. 



The list of donations to date is as 

 follows: 



Arthur Doebel, Norwalk, O., 1,000 geranlnmg, 

 1,000 salvias, etc. 



Macnalr, Florist, Providence, R. I., cash, $10. 



Louis Epple, North Pelbam, N. Y., cash, $2. 



Geo. L. Ely, Clyde, N. Y., 1,000 geraniums. 



Stulb's Nursery, Augusta, Ga., Ave Iwxes 

 mixed plants, asparagus, salvias, coleus, etc. 



L. U. Barbler, Dunkirk, Ind., Boston ferns, 

 500 geraniums and 400 mums. 



Woodbury & Woodbury. St. Johns, Mich., 1.000 

 carnation cuttings, callas, asparagus, daisies, 

 etc. 



R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md., 

 10.000 geraniums. 



Wauseon Floral Co., Wauseon, O., 500 salvias, 

 etc. 



J. F. Sked. Westervllle, O., 500 salvias, gera- 

 niums, pelargoniums, etc. 



A. Graham & Son, Cleveland, O., geraniums, 

 etc. 



J. M. Gasser Co., Cleveland, O., Godfrey callas. 

 mums, carnations, etc. 



Adam Graham, Cleveland, O., cash, |10. 



The names of those helped are not to 

 be mentioned in these columns. 



Never was there a more opportune 

 time to help a man who has lost all of 

 his stock, for with Decoration day only 

 a few weeks away he can quickly turn 

 plants into cash. 



If you know of any florist in this 

 state who is in need of help — a man to 

 whom a few hundred or a few thousand 

 plants would be of assistance in putting 

 him on his feet — let us know. If you 

 have surplus stock of plants and want 

 to ^tnow where to send them to do the 

 most good, let us know. If you are a 

 retailer or a supply man, or if you have 

 no plants to offer, a small amount of 

 cash will help to pay expressage on a 

 box of plants to some brother florist 

 who has met with misfortune in the 

 flood. 



What is to be done must be done at 

 once. Reports have been hard to get 

 from down-state, or this matter would 

 have been disposed of sooner. 

 Address all communications to 

 The Cleveland Florists' Club, 



Frank A. Friedley, Sec 'y, 



Rocky River, 0. 



