. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. ^ The American Florist. 299 from blind and flowering wood? To anticipate the results of the test I will state that they justify and accord with the logical conclusion which would follow from the particular instances above set forth. In this preliminary test, plants propagated from flowrring wood gave on the average 29 4-9 blooms per plant for the season, while the blind wood plants produced 11'l> flowers per plant. DETAILS OF THE EXPERIMENT. In the spring of 1897, when the time for making rose cuttings had
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. ^ The American Florist. 299 from blind and flowering wood? To anticipate the results of the test I will state that they justify and accord with the logical conclusion which would follow from the particular instances above set forth. In this preliminary test, plants propagated from flowrring wood gave on the average 29 4-9 blooms per plant for the season, while the blind wood plants produced 11'l> flowers per plant. DETAILS OF THE EXPERIMENT. In the spring of 1897, when the time for making rose cuttings had arrived, cuttings were made from both flowering and blind wood for each of the varieties of roses then in the house. The cuttings were all made on the same day, placed in the same cutting frame in contiguous rows. In all respects the conditions for the several cuttings were as nearly the same as it is possible to obtain in a greenhouse. On February 16 the cutting plants were examined and potted with the following results: \arietj. Nurabcr. Rooted Calld. Deiid Bride, flower 15 9 6 Bride, blind 21 » 9 i Bridesmaid, flower 9 5 4 Bridesmaid, blind 23 15 8 Perle, flower 15 2 11 'I Perle, blind 17 7 7 3 Mme. Hoste. flow'r 13 5 8 Mme. Hoste. blind 9 1 8 Meteor, flower 18 II 3 4 Meteor, blind 5 4 1 From this it would appear that there is little difference in the tendency to form roots between the cuttings made from flowering and blind wood. From this time until the plants were set in their permanent places upon the greenhouse benches (August 19, 1897) they were given like treatment. They were grown in pots in a sunny green- house, and all received the same number of shifts, and like attention in regard to soil, water and food supply. As the plants were planted upon the benches August 19, the following note was made: "At this time there is little difference in the size and general vigor of the plants from the blind and flowering wood ; As soon as the plants become e
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