Cultural Notes. 1o9 



Wm. Francis Bennett has been grown less Avith each 

 passing year, for the reason that it is not an easy rose 

 to cultivate, and that others of nearly the same shade, 

 with which success is more assured, have in a great 

 measure taken its place. Its delicious fragrance, warm 

 color, perfect form and beautiful foliage, made all ac- 

 quainted with it reluctant to part company with so 

 agreeable a variety, but one by one the growers have 

 abandoned its cultivation. It should be grown at about 

 60°, allowed to expand fully, cut and placed in a cool 

 cellar for a few hours, when it will gather its petals 

 like a tulip and be ready for a quick sale. 



Many who are unable to grow American Beauty to 

 profit, find a substitute for it in some respects in Souv. 

 de Wootton. It will bear very high feed, and if the 

 manure is two years old and well composted, use half 

 manure and half soil. Let the soil used be a stiff strong 

 loam. Grow in a night temperature of from 50° to 

 55°, and do not allow more than one bud to mature on 

 a cane. If we could all grow such blooms of this as 

 Avere shown at Toronto in the Avinter of '90, I very 

 much fear American Beauty Avould fall into " innocu- 

 ous desuetude." 



If those who cannot groAV Beauty successfully, and 

 still desire a rose of that form and color for their oAvn 

 retail trade, Avill give this a trial under the above con- 

 ditions, they Avill find in it a verj^ fair substitute for 

 Beauty save in fragrance. 



