New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-01

Meanwhile,
t ts rrea HIS OF compost have been formed two
eo oF'n manure TGT and 100 pounds OF bone meal finally
added to every three cubic yards OF that mixture.
mass which has been piled in layers, is cut down
in thin Slices turned. Thoroughly mixed ana replied;
of vegetable fibre. and in coarse Jumps which are.
When a house is to undergo its annual change.
doors rs ends are thrown open o the nch sde
are are pushed in The bushes in place are pulled up.
thrown upon the cars, run out and cast upon tne
grown Is shovelled and swept into boxes to the
last spoonful loaded the cars and run out; That
has been taken out Of It. IS conclusively demon-
strated by its enrichment OF the grass land where
IL is strewn to promote the growth OF more cod
for next years compost heaps. The benches are
thoroughly cleaned. iron work painted wood bot
hauled in and distributed to depth Of five inches
load Of soil at each trip and is easily along by
q boy, that this ingenious ARRANGEMENT Is iar
fashioned way Of using wheelbarrows for this la
borious work. This soil is in Jumps and no efo r
roots of the little plants set fourteen inches apart
in it, Already these young bushes are 50 sgoroms
tlonate in size and abundance to tneir size , nds
sr al P o an e later the sS
pirng branches will be cut OF. well down toward
eager to bear bloom, make haste 10 spring up from
the roots and these allowed TO grow and rum
their mission. Thus produced the thick fCliaged
port the magnificent American Beauty roses. UNI
highest perfection and in the mldwInter season
command in the New-YorS market 81 per dozen Saen
Wholesale OF course, the amount or cutting PACK
and ''pnchng' TO which plant is subjected e is
particular variety of rose under treatment, but by
the individual development Of each plant And now
hsTS Is chem e9s apon rnose little Cuttings in ten
months become luxurious. prolific bushes SIX teet
VeIdng 'S continuous profusion Of bloom. They
make all that immense growth and supply, ,a large
of earth hardly more than would fill good-sizedd
And Y S6 beta hSy her
ali abated or that premature old age. the penalty
them. The have simply become too large for con-
vonence, and it is an open question %netner lney
be insufficient for their requirements second sea-
son, even with further liquid feruzation; s 40 Te
tutei for them though the substitution in all the
houses costs altogether ABOUT s50o h,a ara
evaded by the annual system OF planting one Is
that the plants might be sqees TO gfsa'r in their
second winter owing to diminished vitality; the
Gency t. become cro9pers' instead Of contnuou:
boomers SO the present shallow Dench sys11sm.
of annual growth is doubtless the most prudent
Twelve or hfteen years Of experience have estao.
hel it in favor and It IS fair 20 prest WERE Il
not the best. But it Is really saadenng 70 o one
bushes as these discarded ones are thrown upon
IN nroporfion to their wealth OF tops, 1t is true but
IT. rf,t hack and set out in good soil in the open
al1 as soon as taken from the benches would STILL
Gcn.nIontjng bushes that would compare favorably
WIKI most Of those sold as three-year-1id pants >,
Ieing Enthusiastically true to name" Paul Pier
proposes 70 try the experiment TINS ~
a sufficient scale to determine the pracucaOi'''y Vi
the idea
SUPPLYING THE MARKETS.
The list OF roses grown here is naturally headed
By the natchless american Beauties which are
too well known to require any description for iden-
how
rose-as they grew it--but that was simply another
case Of sour grapes said the fox" None OF them
have ventured 10 do when they have seen IL as
grown 10 perfection ir its own country, but some
have consoled themselves by affirming that 1t was
no new American rose at all, but just the OLD
MADAM Ferdinand Germain' French rose, though
they had TO admit II fourished better here than
I'm Europe The American story, however, is mat
the American Beauty is happy accident a prize
caught by the Field Brothers, of Washington. who
found It among lot OF seedlings grown from SEED
and gathered out of the superb collection OF re-
montant roses in the Washington garden OF the
historian George Bancroft, which is said to De
one of the finest in the United States Evident ~.
r. the result OF a hybridization pe'"eeh iS""
taut and q tea rose No rose ructuates more *
the prices II Commands according TO It's perfection.
than this for its value is dependent largely upon
the arbitrary prescriptions OF fashion, At the very
time last winter when absolutely perfect long
stemmed specimens sold readily for s2i per dozen.
OF
I'm color or form, except that their stems were
shorter went begging for buyers at Sc per Dozen
Even when they are most abundant. their price
luctuates all the way from two cents TO dollar
each according to quality. The Pierson Company
have about four thousand American Beauty
plants on their benches all the time.
Next In popularity ranks the Meteor" rose. OF
which enough has already been said. The best OF
all white roses for specially high-cass cultivation.
in Mr.. Persons opinion, is the 'Kaisern Augusta
Victoria" introduced last year from Germany. IL
Is creamy white, elegantly formed, with large.
gracefully curving petals and exquisitey fragrant
door sumner boomer and under glass 1t has great
possbiiities before it, and from the florists point
Of view. that it is strong grower ana p Tn
are 900 plants OF IT on the Person benches.
Madam Caroline Testont" Is a new French r91se.'
without trace Of or carmhemuSh hike hss
IT, Tnhap3iiy La France" has so far deteriorated
that professional growers OF fine roses nave anoss
pients cultivated in these greenhouses at present
is only 900 "Bridesmaid"- An improved catherine
Justice has thus far been done through Its mis-
fortune in coming upon the American IN marker sa ppSn
offered as IAN improved Mermet." The "Waban"
MaS fnH[e r T%t ermet %as natural hy
grometer OF extreme delicacy. and was wont TO
from its natural deep pink tint to nasty yeowisn
white whenever the atmosphere about It became
color the tentative thousand plants on the Pier.
son benches this season will doubtless De greatly
rose but one OF the best when well grown, and a.
favorte here. The difficulty experienced by grow
lis becoming common. but It's desirable qua qualities
derstand It's culture as not more than half dozen
rose cultursts about New-York do. The Person
/ Company carry 2.0c0 plants of il. The "Cusin Is
! delicously fragrant large rose. deep pink az the
edges Of the petals and shading down to white az
their base Like the Beauty" and Meteor, II IS
not so good as a bud when partly opened The
'Brde" another favorite in this establishment. Is
an old standard rose OF a snowier white than the
'Kaiserin," and larger than .'Nphetos;" which
seems to be growing "Perle de Jardin' Is the
! hest yellow rose we have for culture under
| glass II is more continuous bloomer than Mare
! chal Mel" which was n ''cropper has stiner
| stem and-except that its buds sometimes turn out
"bull-heads' 5 peculiar sort OF imperfect deyet-
! opment IS technically styed-ts easier 10 grow, but
its color form and fragrance all inferior 70 the