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Title: Florists' review (microform)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
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November 26. 1903. The Weekly Florists' Review. ing your needs of a reliable nurseryman or° a conscientious importer. Both ex- ist. A large proportion of the finest vane- .ties of hybrid perpetual roses do very poorly on'their own roots. I think Bar- " oness Rothschild and Magna Charta are instances of this, while General Jacque- minot and Ulrich Brunner grow free enough on their own roots. This may seem strange, on first thought, but re- member that some of the varieties that bear the finest blooms have come from the seed of parents that for years did not grow on their own roots, so it is a case of hereditary disability. Darwin in his "Plants and Animals Under Domestica- tion." mentions that for 200 or 300 years the Scotch shepherds have so persistently out off the tail? of their dogs that at last appeared a tailless breed of dog-". This remarkable physical abbreviation was not effected in one generation, or ten, but in 200 or 300 it was, for we have seen the dogs. So the hybridist has produced a breed of roses that will not stand on their own legs, but need an artificial and vigorous support. Those varieties of hybrid perpetual roses that grow freely on their own roots can be propagated as follows: In No- vember, after the wood is ripe, but not too severely frozen, cut the medium- sized canes. Cut into lengths with three eyes. That is the cutting. See that the lower ends of the cuttings are all about even. Tie in bunches of twenty-five and around the base of each bunch tie a bunch of moist sphagnum^ moss, not Avet, but just moist. Place the bunches of cuttings in flats, with moss bet^'een them, and place the flats beneath a very ooolbench as far removed from any arti- ficial heat as possible. During winter they form a callus. By the end of Feb- ruarj- or still later put each cutting in a 2-inch rose pot. This is the critical time with them. A slight bottom heat and c-ool top would be the ideal condition. After they have sent out roots there will be no trouble, and grown along in a night temperature of 50 degrees and gradually given plenty of air, they can be planted in the open ground tiHieT all danger of frost is past. When the cut- ting is fast breaking into growth they should not be exposed to any cold draughts. These roses can also be propagated in tile same way as many of our hardy shrubs: that is, in a hotbed in July with two or three inches of soil over the manure and three inches of sand on that, keeping the glass heavily shaded for the first two weeks and gradually giving air and light. The condition of the cutting is of most importance with this method, as it is with a deutzia-er-weigelia. You want the young, green growth, but it should not be the very tender tops or the too ripened growth. The Eamblers are propagated from medium-sized growth taken in October, when the leaf and stem are yet untouched by frost. Cut into two or three eyes and put into the sand on any ordinary bench. A little bottom heat will help, but the atmosphere should be cool. Yet a very eure way with the Ramblers is to rob the plants you are forcing for Easter of the young, flowerless growths and put into the sand and treat just as you would your cuttings of tea roses. To revert again to H. P. roses, Ameri- can Beauty is a hybrid perpetual, an-. we all know that this all important rose
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Jobn Cook's White Rose, StedUrf^ No. MS. la is propagated by the million in February, March and April, from the blind shoots, when the growth is neither too matured nor too succulent, and the H. P.'s would propagate just the same, but I will say again in conclusion, you had better leave the propagation of the hardy roses to the nurserymen and attend to your knit- ting in more important lines of your florist business. W. S. COOK'S NEW ROSES. The photographs herewith reproduced show the seedling roses which .John Cook, of Baltimore, exhibited at the New York exhibition. The following descriptions are given; No. 115 is the largest and purest white rose imder cultivation; tea fra- grance; stiff, erect stems; a seedling of Alice Furon crossed with Baltimore. No, 150 is a cardinal red, a stronger grower than any red rose grown under glass; flower large, with ten to fifteen more petals than Liberty; deliciouslv fragrant; a cross between Liberty and an unnamed seedling raised by Mr. Cook. THE HEATHER. Alexander Wallace has given us tho first complete work on the heather (The Heather in Lov»f Lyric and Lav, pub- lished by the A. T. De La Mare Co.), al- though the literature of many centuries abounds Avith references to the flower which stands for Scotland's sentiment, and many authors have sought to wield its magic power by incorporating it in the titles of books in no sense relating to the heather. Mr. Wallace, who is a widely read Scotchman, writes in his pref- ace that he has endeavored ' * to cull from the many references to the heather abounding in Scottish and other litera- ture, and to weave the sprays thus gath- ered into a littrary garland, the beauty and attractiveness of which shall lie in tho depth of the sentiment pervading it and in the aroma of patriotic love that it exhales. The result is a volume cer- tain to find a cozy corner in the regard of every one who loves Scotland and things Scottish. The book is of 245 pages, neatly printed and fully illus- trated. It will be sent postpaid to any- one forwarding $1.50 to the Review. Fort Wayne, Ixd.—Miss C. B. Flick has been having a very successful flower show at her store. Sylvaxia, O.—The Cu^hman Gladiolus Co. has just finished a harvest of the best bulbs it has ever grown. Albany, N. Y.—E. L. Menand has put up one of Hitchings & Co.'s latest iron-fram^ greenhouses 30x200. MoNTiCELLO, III.—S. W. Allerton is building a large greenhouse as an addi- tion to his private range.

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