6 ee 
gerhausen as No. 14, and was favorably 
noticed. 
I must not say anything in favor of this 
namesake since I raised it myself, and only 
put it on the market in the spring of 
1903. During this summer I proved the 
value, for show purposes, of the new H.T. 
Frau Lila Rautenstrauch, raised by Herr 
P. Lambert (Trier). I am not judging 
from one single plant, but had more than 
a dozen specimens of this stately novelty 
under observation. 
The strong stem has a bushy growth like 
the mother Rose, Caroline Testout, only a 
few strong thorns on the branches, and 
stands a little less than 2 ft. high. The 
‘broad and beautiful foliage is leathery and 
shiny. The long bud, conspicuous at the 
end of a'long flower stalk is a coppery 
orange-yellow color. 
With me the fully-opened flower reached 
a diameter of almost 5 inches, and was 
well shaped, retaining its form till the 
withering of the blossom. Although the 
yellow shade disappears from the fully- 
opened rose, the rosy flesh tint has a 
special clearness and softness unlike any 
other. The broad petals are round, the 
outer ones slightly reflexed. The charm 
of this rose is enhanced by a delicate scent. 
A show rose, with a beautiful name, it 
should be a favorite for cut flowers; and 
in any case it is a good garden rose, and 
will be welcomed by many growers. 
In his H. T. Robert Baessler, Herr 
Hinner (Trier) has brought out a new 
giant white rose. For the last two years 
T have been watching two strong plants of 
this in my own garden: The growth is 
very strong, like that of Frau Karl 
Druschki, except that the stems stand up 
straight. The foliage, of a dark green 
color, is very leathery, and the wood car- 
vies strong thorns. The fully-opened 
flower is very full, and stands on a long, 
strong stalk. The color of the flower is 
white, sometimes slightly tinged with rose. 
The tree is very floriferous, and blossoms 
well in autumn. The long stalk support- 
ing each flower makes Robert Baessler a 
very good white rose for cutting. . In the 
Tea Rose, Souvenir de Pierre Notting, 
we have a fine novelty of stately bearing. 
The bush makes good growth, carries fine 
foliage, and the blossom is large for a Tea. 
The beautiful buds, with long stalks, are 
well filled and open easily. The color is 
apricot-yellow, shading into golden-yellow 
at the-centre, and the edge of the petals is 
slightly shaded with carmine-red. When 
full out the outer petals become white, but 
the gold color of the centre is constant. 
The bloom, when cut, keeps its color as 
well as when on the tree, so that we have 
here another good new Rose for cutting. 
This Rose should be in every garden; 
where it is absent, something 1s lost. 
To the list of good white Roses we are 
glad to add Mildred Grant. This 
strongly-growing plant is very floriferous, 
and has beautiful foliage. The indivi- 
dual shoots grow straight up, and the 
large full blossom also stands upright at 
the end of a strong stalk. The color of 
the flower is silver white, the outer petals 
THE AU-T R 
_DENER. 
_Nov. 5, 1903 
slightly touched with rose. This, too, is 
a good Rose for cutting. 
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt is said to be a 
seedling from La France; this is doubted 
by many growers. The pedigree, however, 
matters little. One thing is certain, that 
this novelty belongs to the good ones of the 
year 1902. The tree is floriferous, and 
gives good full blooms, creamy white, with 
rose centre. 
In my garden, Helene Guillot also pro- 
duces large, lasting flowers of fine form. 
The ground color is white, but there are 
shades of clear carmine and yellowish- 
green. 
Herr Hinner gained distinction at 
Sangerhausen with some good blooms of his 
beautiful Rose, Pharisaer, which had al- 
ready struck me as a fine Rose for cutting. 
The wonderful name of this new Rose 
startled me until I learned that the chief 
colors used for the ceremonial garments of 
the Pharisees were white and rose; these 
are the chief colors of Pharisaer. 
Still worthy of note among new Roses 
we find Frau P. Lambert (H.T.), which in 
color stands between Mariann fitzer and 
Max Hesdorffer. : 
Among the decorative Polyanthus Roses 
we have Katherine Zeimet, white, and 
Aschenbrodel (cinderella) rose colored, as 
the best. 
ANTIRRHINIUMS. 
This somewhat neglected -flower is de- 
serving of greater attention than is usually 
given it. Although its merits are such as 
make it worthy of a place in any garden, 
not only on account of the many varieties, 
but in the duration of blooming, and the 
ease with which it may be cultivated is 
seldom surpassed by any other flower. 
Antirrhiniums are not particular as to 
soil, accommodating themselves to almcst — 
any condition. Notwithstanding drouglit, 
they may be grown in dry places where 
most plants-would perish. Although in 
our climate its habit is perennial, the best 
results are obtained by treating it as an 
annual.. It blooms readily six or seven 
months after sowing—plants raised from 
seed sown now would produce flowers in 
early autumn. By cutting off the spent 
blooms, and not-allowing the plants to 
seed; flowers may be had nearly all the 
-year. Those who do not care. to go to 
the trouble of raising fresh plants every 
year should cut hard down to the base 
after first autumn rains, when young 
shoots should not be allowed to crowd, but 
should be thinned out, remembering that 
the fewer spikes the better blooms. Any 
‘particular variety may be increased ky 
cuttings about three or four inches long 
without a flower (autumn is the best time). 
Cut below a joint, trim off bottom leaves 
with a sharp knife, and insert about two 
inches in soil. It is best to propagate by 
cuttings those varieties of the striped sec- 
tion which are desired to be increased, as 
in most cases they do not come true from 
seed. 
Among the many varieties is worthy of 
mention Dokkies selected striped.. Coral 
Red is good, although the spikes are not 
so large as in some other varieties, and 
the color is distinct and new among An- 
tirrhiniums. This variety comes true 
from seed. Other good varieties are Pink 
Empress, Yellow Queen, White Queen, 
Crimson King, Firefly, and Queen of the 
North, the latter variety being pure 
white.—Vireus. 
GERANIUMS. 
The great necessity for all Geraniums 
(Zonal Pelargoniums) is that they should 
be kept as dry as possible in winter (un- 
less in bloom in a warm greenhouse) ; 
given abundance of air,- except during 
severe frost; and relieved of every scrap 
of debris and every falling leaf, on which 
wildew mighti otherwise settle, for this is 
their great enemy, which kills more 
Geraniums than anything else, in winter. 
Ctittings which have been grown in the 
open air, having been planted in a border 
(which is the best plan of propagating 
them), should be potted up, each singly in 
a thumb pot, using a mixture of loam, leaf- 
mould, and sand, and making each very 
firm in the soil. They will do well in the 
greenhouse, and should be shifted into 
four-inch pots, with slightly richer soil, 
and may then be brought on with more 
warmth and more water, when they are 
put out into the borders again. 
Older plants can be raised from the 
barders, their roots shortened, and each 
potted up singly in the smallest pot, which 
will conveniently hold their roots, giving 
them ordinary soil without manure. They 
will make good plants for the centres or 
backs of beds which contain lower plants 
in front, and should be kept absolutely 
free from withering leayes or any other 
_debris. : 
IL 
VARIEGATED ABUTILONS. 
Some of the most elegant foliaged plants 
ohtainable for greenhouse and conserva- 
tory decoration may be found among the 
variegated Abutilons. They are extremely 
casy of culturé, last long in perfection, and 
often produce flowers sufficiently beautiful 
to make the plants worth; growing for their 
sakes alone. 
A. Thompsoni is pretty well known 
among elegant foliaged Aubtilons, as it is 
frequently employed as a bedding subject 
in our public parks and gardens; it makes 
an elegant centre to a bed of dwarfer grow- 
ing plants such as scarlet Begonias or 
Geraniums. A. vexillarium igneum is less 
in stature, but equally pretty, and bears 
flowers of a very attractive form and color. 
Tesselatum is a beautifully mottled form 
of the old and popular A. Darwinii, the 
progenitor of so many Abutilons; it looks 
‘wonderfully well in sub-tropical bedding 
arrangements, or in the conservatory. 
After serving their turn in the summer 
bedding arrangements the plants may be 
taken up, carefully potted, syringed and 
shaded for a few days, and will then form 
very useful conservatory ornaments during 
the winter. 
