June 1, 1909 
as the caso may be, and occasionally to a 
3 inch pot by special order. During the 
Winter, the rose houses are run ata quite 
low temperature, approaching the freezing 
Point for some sorts. By these methods, 
the plants are given a rest during the 
Winter season and are permitted to take 
4 fresh start at the approach of Spring. 
— ‘Summer Grown, Winter Rested.’ — 
Herein, as held by the rose growing 
fraternity in this particular locality, lies 
tke value of the ‘Summer grown, Winter 
Tested’ idea, namely, that Summer is the 
natural season for all things to rest, con- 
Sequently, by following this method we 
are working in harmony with and not 
Contrary to nature herself, and nature is 
Proverbially kind to all who obey her 
laws. ath, 
—The Own Root System Exclusively 
Followed. — 
The own root method is likewise 
believed to be in line with nature, being 
followed exclusively here, and is found in 
the long run and with the far greater 
Majority of final purchasers to produce 
the Most satisfactory results for all con- 
Soncerned. For a retail catalogue mail 
°rder floral concern, the perplexities 
Which would arise from the sending out 
of grafted or budded rose plants by the 
Million to amateurs all over the earth 
Would be such as to make the life of the 
Correspondent a burden. 
As to the comparative advantages of 
Stafted stock for certain cut flower sorts, 
I Would not be qualified to speak. While 
Wicker results may be obtained, the 
Sbservation of the most experienced 
‘Nlembers of the Springfield Florists’ Club, 
through many years, leads them to claim 
pakh confidence that, in the long run, all 
things considered, the own root rose 
fat will outstrip its grafted competitor 
= Eis production of cut flowers and is 
Perior for all other purposes, Thoy 
*rgue that being on its own legs,’ it 
NUst necessarily run longer and faster 
4n when tampered with by any arti- 
Slal process. 
~ One Particular Line as“a Specialty. — 
It is obvious that the best results may 
e obtained: by growing roses exclusively 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
LS 
Rose Ulrich Brunner. 
The Ulrich Brunner is one of the most beautiful of Hybrid Perpetuals. It is abso- 
lutely the best light red rose grown. There may be roses more perfect in color, but: 
there are none so good in growth, or more useful,in the garden. 
in houses containing nothing in the way 
of soft or miscellaneous stock such as 
may require different temperatures, and 
it is also generally conceded that the 
grower who is expected to know the 
habits of a hundred or two different sorts 
of roses on a commercial scale should 
have little else to occupy his constant 
attention, Hence the advantage of con- 
centrating the undivided energies of the 
working organization to the growing of 
one particular line as a specialty. 
— The Help One Another Practice. — 
In our community, containing a 
number of concerns, all of which grow 
roses to a greater or less extent, the 
number of varieties being about 450, it 
will always be inevitable that at times 
there will be a short crop and a long 
eer 
demand, or vice versa, as to some 
particular. varieties, this being affected 
by the variations in amount planted, the 
favorableness of the season for propa- 
gating, and fluctuations in the demand 
from year to year, But, frequently, one 
grower is long on a variety of which 
another is short and, in a yery commend- 
able spirit, there is a disposition amongst. 
the fraternity to be mutually accommo- 
dating in the interchange of stock which 
makes possible the more complete filling 
of orders and’ assists in a practically 
general clean up of stocks by or before 
the close of the season. 
—Advantages of Placing Orders Harly.— 
The buyer of rose stocks wishing to 
secure the best of stock and certain 
varieties in particular should by all means 
