. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 22 6 The American Florist. Jan. I, having on it a lug which fits loosely on the inch pipe. If Mr. Price's roses are to be taken as a criterion the supposition that slate benches have a tendency to produce club root is to use a slang phrase "away oflF," as his roses are doing as well if not better than they would have done on wood. Many people who use slate do not con- sider that the soil dries out on slate more rapidly than on wood and therefore the plants are not kept sufficiently wet, which fact no dou
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 22 6 The American Florist. Jan. I, having on it a lug which fits loosely on the inch pipe. If Mr. Price's roses are to be taken as a criterion the supposition that slate benches have a tendency to produce club root is to use a slang phrase "away oflF," as his roses are doing as well if not better than they would have done on wood. Many people who use slate do not con- sider that the soil dries out on slate more rapidly than on wood and therefore the plants are not kept sufficiently wet, which fact no doubt gives rise to the above mentioned presumption. The La France and Bride roses which he has been sending to the market have been almost universally pronounced the finest in Philadelphia. Mr. Price is one of the most successful growers of the rose Pierre Guillot around Philadelphia and it has proven itself to be his most profitable production. Strange to say there are three other florists right at Lansdowne who have tried to grow this rose but have failed to make anything out of it. These houses of Mr. Price are planted as follows: No. i, Bennett and Pierre Guillott; No. 2, Papa Gontiers and Niphetos; No. 3, The Bride; No. 4, Mer- met; No. 5, La France; No. 6, Mrs. John Laing and Magna Charta. The crop in this latter house is expected to be on in the latter part of January. Should any florist wish to have any particular thing given more definitely Mr. Price will be pleased to give him all the information he may desire. Walter W. ColES. Lansdowne, For Florists. BY WM. MATHEWS. -' ^ The season is at hand when lov- ers of the beautiful in nature will be ask- ing for something lovely in flowers and many florists will have their energies taxed to get together the desideratum in that line. Fine roses will on some days be a short supply and in consequence very costly; lily of the valley, lilac, freesia, carnations, \'iolets and a host of other good all around flowers will not be
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