182 



I'he Weekly Florists' Review. 



help of this instrument in securing reg- 

 ularity and exactitude as to moisture in 

 the air we can almost entirely do away 

 with the conditions that result in red 

 spider and fungous diseases of the car- 

 nation. The matter is certainly one 

 that is worthy of careful study. 



A. MiTTlNG. 



OUR TITLE PAGE. 



On inn- title pajrc appears an engrav- 

 ing from a photograph of the youngest 

 son of Mr. Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., 

 holding in his hand a bunch of Mrs. 

 Thos. W. Lawson carnations. It is cer- 

 tainly a very attractive picture and 

 suggests that while we hold fast to the 

 best that we now^ have in carnations, 

 we must still look forward to greater 

 progress. What will the twentieth cen- 

 tury bring forth? What will the best 

 in carnations be like when that boy has 

 reached his father's age? If he has in- 

 herited his father's talent as a hybri- 

 dizer he may be an important factor in 

 the development of the carnation dur- 

 ing th'e century that has just dawned. 



TWO SCARLET CARNATIONS. 



We present herewith an engraving 

 from a photograph of Adonis, the scar- 

 let carnation orfginated by Mr. R. Wit- 

 terstaetter, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the 



A SUCCESSION OF PLANTS 

 KEEP GREENHOUSE 

 BENCHES FULL. 



[Read tjefore the Chicago Flort.sts' Club. Jan. 41. 



The gentleman that introduced this 

 subject must have had in mind the days 

 of thirty years ago, when it meant some- 

 thing to have a succession of plants to 

 keep greenhouse benches full. 



The practice of late years has been to 

 plant permanently. l" am glad to see 

 some of the good old plants coming to the 

 front again. In a paper of this kind it 

 is impossible to name all the plants that 

 are required by a florist to round out his 

 year's work. Our trade papers cover the 

 ground accurately and fully. 



The up-to-date gardener must antici- 

 pate six months ahead what he will keep 

 his benches full with and whether he 

 will raise his plants from seed or cut- 

 tings. The first of October ought to find 

 all available space occupied. The chry- 

 santhemum house will be the first empty 

 and what a wreck you quickly make 

 here. I pity the florist that has not made 

 provisions to fill this house. It may be 

 that the florist who has the material 

 to fill the empty benches is not always 

 the one in most need of the money. This 

 mav sound funny but it's true. (Gentle- 



New Scarlet Carnation Adonis. 



stock of which he recently sold for a 

 consideration said to exceed .$.'5,000. 



We also publish an engraving of Es- 

 tellc, a scarlet introduced by Mr. Witter- 

 staetter last year, and which a Chica- 

 go grower says is with him by all odds 

 the best scarlet he has 'ever had on the 

 place, lie adds that if Adonis beats Es- 

 telle it must be a wonder. 



If there is anything more you want 

 to know about the carnation tell us what 

 it is and we will get the information for 

 you if obtainable. 



men, kindly pardon me if 1 don't hew 

 closely to the lines of my subject.) 



There is a difi'erence of two months or 

 more between the early and late chrysan- 

 themums ; it requires some knowledge of 

 your varieties to plant the house right. 

 On the south bench plant the early varie- 

 ties and if possible commence cutting at 

 the 'east end of the other benches, liy 

 so doing you never have much of the 

 benches empty at any time and your 

 chrysanthemums don't throw any shade 

 on the plants you fill up with. For a suc- 

 cession of plants I would suggest prim- 



roses, cinerarias, Roman hyacinths, paper 

 white narcissus, azaleas of 'early varie- 

 ties, stevia, heath, and if possible, bou- 

 vardia, cyclamen, begonias, and poinset- 

 tias. Wholesale growers fill up with 

 Liliums longiflorum and Harrisii for 

 their winter and especially for their 

 Easter trade. 



As you dispose of your slock have 

 something always to taKr it- \Amc. 

 Christmas trade has I'li u- \mi1i s'une 

 empty space. Bring in iMli|i- ml Dutch 

 hyacinths and Von Siiui iKiiri--u-. K.-cp 

 a sharp lookout now for what you want 

 for spring bedding plants. The propa- 

 gating bench must be kept busy. Keep 

 up the succession with lili'cs, azaleas, .\;i 



tilbe 



japonica. 



calceolarias, acacias, 

 heaths, rhododendrons, genistas, hya- 

 cinths, tulips, hydrangeas, hybrid perpet- 

 ual and Crimson Rambler roses and 

 fuchsias. These are the plants you want 

 for Easter trade. 



The 1st of March is a very busy time 

 for the gardener, sowing seed, propa- 

 gating and repotting. Keep the green- 

 house benches full Avith geraniums, can- 

 nas and the thousand other plants that 

 go to make up a florist's stock for his 

 spring and summer trade. Don't forget 

 you may want to plant the chrysanthe- 

 mum house again; have plenty of stock. 

 Keep the houses looking as well as possi- 

 ble through the summer. This can be 

 done with gloxinias, gesneras, achi- 

 mines, Meyenia ereeta. Rex begonias, and 

 fancy caladiums. 



I said I was glad to see the plant 

 trade reviving again. When I see th'e 

 heather brought down from the mountain 

 after a sleep of twenty years can you 

 wond'er that the younger gardeners do 

 not know how to treat Old Rip. I do be- 

 lieve there is a good business awaiting 

 the man that will go into this feature of 

 the plant trade near Chicago. What 

 grower around here has made as much 

 money at Christmas time as the Chicago 

 retail florists sent east for their plant 

 trade? 



It may not be out of place for me to 

 lion "a few good old plants coming to 



Eu- 



from 



the front again. ;M;i 

 phorbia jacquiiii:u il-i ;i, .lic.ii/< 

 settia pulcliri i him I '<' < | i 

 ericas, known :i- h' mi li. n ' - 1 ' 

 and are as ■Oii-~\ i.. pi niu-.iir 

 tions and can be luul in bio 

 Christmas to Easter. Bbuvardias, jas- 

 mines and camellias. The azalea always 

 held its own but how maltreated it is in 

 most florists' hands today. I have often 

 thought and wished that the 'source of 

 supply of this plant was cut ofi" for a few 

 years in order that florists would appre- 

 ciate and take better care of this, the 

 grandest of all our spring flowering 

 plants. 



In conclusion I may say if you don't 

 grow chrysanthemums, grow the list of 

 plants I herewith present to you, grow 

 plenty of them and you will always have 

 plenty of stock to keep your greenhouse 

 benches full. 



QUEEN LOUISE. 



.Mr. .1. L. Dillon. Hlndnisburg, Pa., has 

 issued a 12-page pamphlet descriptive of 

 his new white carnation. Queen Louise, 

 and it is illustrated by twenty engravings 

 from photographs of a bench of this va- 

 riety taken every two weeks during the 

 months of February, March, April, May, 

 June, October, November and December. 



The Idea is certainly a good one. as it 

 is pretty nearly as useful in forming an 



