The American Rose Annual Volume 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...double and profuse in bloom, the flower being pink, of the shade nearest, as I can describe it, to what, in one of the French rose books, is termed 'luisante.' This color is sufficiently distinct to attract the attention of anyone amongst all the ramblers in bloom at the same time." "The Culture of Garden Roses" is the title of a Bulletin, or "Lesson 121" in the "Cornell Reading Course for the Farm," sent to all members of the American Rose Society by the courtesy of its Secretary, Prof. E. A. White. Dr. A. C. Beal is the author of this excellent treatise, which gives the plain facts most essential to success with roses. Is There a Critical Date for Rose-Planting?--The Editor has long suspected that dormant roses, held over in spring beyond a certain date and then planted, were handicapped in the race for rose prosperity, and sometimes under sentence of death by reason of that late planting. Inquiry of various growers, some of whom were not so frank as they would have liked to be, because of the advantage of a long shipping season, indicates an approximate confirmation of the critical date theory. Mr. O. Joe Howard, of the J. Van Lindley Nursery Company, Pomona, N. C., thinks he "ought not to ship after March 25 in ordinary seasons, certainly never later than April 1." He refers, of course, to the North Carolina spring, which is early. Other growers hold to the belief that the rose may be carried dormant much later with safety. Some, it is feared, rely too much on storage, with roots protected only by low temperature. It is desired in the 1919 Annual to have many expressions on this point, and the Editor will welcome detailed and definite expressions, sent to him at any time during the year. What is a "Pinch...