The Somerset reporter., 1890-01-30
a Kl.srlp O. FLOWERS.
A P1orist's Intsrssting Talk on the n
bridiLAtioD u Plants

A P1orist's fntsresting Talk the Hy-
bridhatIoD of Plants
within Ber;erinann talked u re
porter from behind bank ri ross-s II all
tints and hues.
This rose il brother u the one,'
.aid be, a. he laid out Two beautifn
flowers II the deep pink variety. Here
u the grandfather " these two. cnntin-
uei he, A. he placed upon the counter
splendid red roe On spiniilng STICK
and here is the grandmother"
The latter was small white rose OF
1nattractive appearance, but upon
rugged staik Then Mr. Bertsunann
pointed out the courins, and aunts. and
uncie7 ana other relatives % the f~wer,
he had exhibited
us just Ike raising horses or cattle
Or hog" -aiI he. The stock is contin-
ually Improved By careful breeding
Hover breeding Las becorne a science
and, b. crossing the De7t varieties every
year, new ana more BEAUTIFUL flowers are
being grown A man 1hp cea-eJ r. * &
florist ten years ago. could not ~ INTO
first class flower garden nov and reeog-
nize many II the flowers that sc dea IL
most e1teI sively There mas been mix
ture q bad ~ % eteak. until nea5l,
all the old time flower, bav. lost tbei,
identity. Nearly all the eoaer, .old
nov are hybrid-, or croeees between tns
mos, tle ,ld st5cksr
Mr. Bertermsup then explained III,
process q, liberalization. the mere ot.e,s,
ton Of wblfl n, easv enough Iii. sim
DIV Necessary 70 carry the pollen b,
means of a camel hair brush. or ether
wise IRON, are blossom And rlace il an
the st.-.aati9 =urface Of the flower Of tn.
other or .e,-J t--arer. A colony Of be.
in = soser Garden will DO the work bet
ter than il can be done with brush
They constantly carry the n5llen from
one flower 70 Another. but Of cour.,
there Is NJ .vs,en about tie cro,.e,
thew brig about When nvbri tizat,oc
is a.,e..r;4Ct IT,. florist must b< certain
that III. plants are receutlve Asa rul.
by clos. observation the florist IA, b.
cone st.e To tell when 10 auply the p.ol-
len. Not few plant. develop stigma
and an.ners atths sam. tim. and With
them II i, necessar, 70 reuov. the An
,hers before thew burst. and at II. .arn.
tine bv rnean. Of a fine gauz., or other.
wise 10 prevent tn. visit, ~of insect.
which might convey r,o,Ier from soothe,
flower and thus eff, an uodes:r..l.
crcss
Thi. sometime. hapn4n. . Rowe, +.
rood form but defActiy. IN colo, 4. Ter.
han. crossed with another. which Ia
faulty in shape b.t Of novel AID aesir.
BE shade A weakly grown variety
NAV bs u.ad in an eleC-,v. wa,tr
combination with stronce, grown. lack
ing the particular oualitte, OF =. FOR.
mer a. with IN. "e-rar..;,athe-r and
"Srardmother- Mr. b4rtarrrar.r, r,-,;ut.d
ON, where hreetiry th. dark rs. rr,s.
unmarried b,Aweak rh!L To n. u1ny
White rc,s. an a healthy stalk srler-ltd
mink ros. slnr.7rt.d by we'll deve.,r4d
.talk VA. nroduc.d Soue:1E.e. IN.
eori,I ideal Ia kept % constant!, II
sight TIA, III. pollen Of part,crla,
strain become, more or Less futile
;ss7,,z,-s7s,s 7-,-,a7.,s7, -. -..4S<
bituallv call in IN, ali Of uicroscope
to determine the state Of the u..lep in a
hichly tr-d eeduns. II II i, found To
he un.ven-rot nlurn. clAarard rAe-,llar
in size and outline. ths p.ari /. ii.
c.rdAd "a pronaeator ana another
chosen which PROMISES To allow the de
sired results In size. form Ard color Of
flowers
Hvhriis tatv.en two distinct een.rt
are hy no mean. common, Mr. B.rt.r
mann cited one example in philas.ria +.
cross between the beautiful and climb
ing Lapayeri. roses and the bush, TIL
lesia buxo,olo. which /. ,nteruedi.t.
between its two parent. though nu
nearly 20 desirable As either. Specie, Of
the .srn. gem. ,,eouan,l, rr.,. Alto
Sether TO cross with each other. and
some again will cro-. only one wsy
Florists. however, have never teen able
TO Law down any definite rule. .rd excep
tons can onlv be learned bv experience
For the most per,ec, and symmetrical
flowers. it is best to select single fowen
which are most uer,ect in their petals 10,
seed bearers. Another i,,terestlus fac;
is that single or seni-doubie sorts. with
perfect carroll.. viii pcaduce doubl.
flowers Of = regular. symmetrical tortna.
ton.
ITS a fascinating business. said Mr..
Bertermann. "and the only trouble (,
florists who make a business Of rai.,n.
flowers for the market as we DO. h.v,
nor the time to devote 10 Naturalization
That work is done most successt,!ll, b-
gentlemen who make the business con.