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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_16_1 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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■ 'W'!?I^'»!!«^'"?'?^icT^^-^ww August 31, 1905. The Weekly Florists^ Review* 817
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Canadian Horticultural Association in Gmvention at Montreal, August lOt 1905. greater care and watelvfulness is neces- sary to keep the soil uniformly moist, BO that the roots may not suffer. Syringing will have to be practiced on every favorable opportunity in order to keep spider in check and particular at- tention should be given to comers and those parts of the house where, by reason of extra pipes, headers, etc., heat is likely to accumulate, as these are the breeding places of the pest, and if neg- lected become truly plague spots. The administration of fresh air at the proper time should also receive careful attention, as this is the true source of hardy foliage of good texture and color, without which we cannot enter on the short days with a fair chance of suc- cess. As the night hours begin to get chilly less ventilation will be required and particular care should be given to morning ventilation, raising the sashes gradually as the day warms, but never so much at a time as to lower the tem- perature. The same care should be ex- ercised during the afternoon, when ven- tilation is being reduced, so that after each reduction there will be no appre- ciable raise of temperature. Advantage should be taken of the first application of heat to paint the pipes with the sulphur mixture to eradicate any mildew that may be in the house. A little persistence in this work will soon cause it to disappear, ElBES. you have done fairly well, this being a fair cut from solid benches. Seeing that you have only been growing for two years you may expect to obtain a higher average with a little more ex- perience. BiBES. PLANTS FOR EASTER. I would like to know if Dorothy Per- kins roses that were propagated last win- ter can be made to bloom for next Easter? A. J. R. Dorothy Perkins is rather more diffi- cult to get into bloom at Easter than any of the other ramblers and to have any chance of success the plants must be strong, vigorous and the wood well rip- ened before they are touched by frost. They should be lifted from the field as soon as they shed their leaves, potted and placed in a cool cellar until January, when they should be gradually introduced to heat and light. Stock of the age mentioned, unless exceptionally strong, would hardly pay for the trouble. Two- year-old stock selected for forcing would be preferable. Ribes. CUT FROM TEAS. I have been growing roses for two years and am wondering if I am getting a fair crop. I have about 500 plants on solid beds and am giving them ordi- nary rose treatment. The plants stand from four to six feet high. Last season I cut nearly 10,000 roses, and from the present outlook will cut 12,000 or over from the 500 plants. L. 0. Assuming that these are tea roses, RENAMED ROSES. There can be no question as to the beauty of the rose Frau Karl Druschki, a cross between Merveille de Lyon and Caroline Testout, but a doubt has arisen as to its proper name. It appears that it was exhibited at various places in Germany by its raiser, Peter Lambert, as Schnee Konigin (Snow Queen), but at that time it was not in commerce. When Mr. Lambert offered it to the trade he sent it out under the name of Frau Karl Druschki. The question is, which name should have precedence? Was the exhibition of the rose without description or figure to be taken as sufficient publicity? If it was, then of course the first name ought to remain— particularly if the rose was certificated, as it probably was. But the public cares little for rules of priority; it has got to know and appreciate the rose as Frau (or Madame) Karl Druschki, and not all the congresses will be able to effect a change. It will be remem- bered that a similar question arose with reference to Mrs. W. J. Grant. This lovely rose was exhibited and certificated and, we believe, be-medaled under this name. The stock was sold to a firm of American nurserymen, who considered that as they had purchased the rose they had the right to name it as they chose, and thus the name Belle Sie- brecht is attached to it in America. We need not enter upon the ethical ques- tion whether the purchasers were right or wrong in their procedure. Assum- ing for argument's sake that they were within their right, we are equally with- in ours by adhering to the rule of prior- ity of publication, and in our trade catalogues and particularly in official publications, precedence should be given to the English rather than to the American lady. Frau Karl Druschki is probably the finest white-flowered hybrid perpetual rose in cultivation. It is a good grower and free bloomer, producing freely long pointed buds and broad petals. Every rose grower should include this grand rose in his collection. It is a fine buttonhole rose.—Gardeners' Chron- icle. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. (The Amateur Gardeners' Rose Book, by Dr. Julius Hoffmann; $2.50 net; Longmans, Greene & Co., New York and London.) The latest book on the rose is by a well-known German writer and deals with rose growing, not wholly amateur, as it is practiced along the Rhine. It is translated by John Weathero, F. R. H. S., and contains occasional notes by the translator pointing out dif'erences in culture or varieties apparent to one whose experience has been in the milder if more fickle climate of the British

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