The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Flowers at the Carnation Meeting of the Chicago Florists' Club. 



of Daybreak, Scott ami llill: i imii,. ami 

 that suit of fancies, from .¥2. 00 to .-fiCOO. 

 (an we not all help one another by a 

 free and open discussion of the value of 

 varieties, by publishing in tlie Review 

 our records of actual i,-ult.; -lU'sswork 

 to be barred? I -li;ill 'jbi,ll\ ,,.Hliibute 

 my results when I lia\.' aii.\ . In-I now 1 



demonstrating to" myself what other 

 growers already know and can tell me 

 off hand — at least those who keep actual 

 records and don't depend on their '■guess- 

 er." Hoping to hear from a numlier nf 

 such, I am, yours for Pbo.sperity. 



ABOUT GREENS. 



r,M-,nl am, I.' i.I.ts to the above subject 

 in a .li-|.aiiiiiL' way, and his moan is no 

 diiiibi , , li,i, ,1 l.\ iiiany florists in diifer- 

 ent In, alitic-. Tlinsc'who have got into 

 the habit of giving something valuable 

 to those who are not entitled to it and 

 getting nothing vaUuilile in return, have 

 themselves to blame fni -n.li an imlui^i- 



be ditlieult and lead to hard feelings on 

 the part of the recipients of their 

 bounty. 



When these complainants buy a pound 

 of tea. they do not expect the grocer to 

 throw in enough sugar to sweeten it, 

 and if any of tliem will give a reasonable 

 explanation of why they throw in enough 

 garnishing to properly set off the flow- 

 ers they sell I for one will listen. 



It costs as much or more to grow 

 adiajitum and asparagus as it does to 

 grow ro.ses and carnations; and if they 

 give it away they must either charge 

 enough more for the flowers to pay for 

 the greenerv — which would be unwise, as 



unreasonable ones could not get their 

 foliage for nothing they would either do 

 without or pay for it, as they should. 



In our own practice we charge a fair 

 price for what we sell, whether it be 

 plants, flowers or leafage; and our cus- 

 tomers understand this, and are satis- 

 fled. If flowers are plentiful, u.' ].iit in 



a rosebud or two, or tw iln., ..una- 



tions extra to the dozen, an, I ih,-, I., nig 

 unexpected are a pleasant -.ini.ii-. ami 

 appreciated, and let the buyer know that 

 we do not \vithliold the green on account 

 of meanness, but for simple business 

 reasons. 



Ivera also asks why carnations '"are 

 stripped of every bud or leaf of their 

 own." He could probably answer as to 

 the buds as well a> aii\ <iii,v Tl i- I,. ,.b- 

 tain the large Ib.u.a- tliai ili.^ I.m.-is 

 demand. If he iih.iii, lliat ili,. ui..u,ts 

 should cut buds aii.l ^aal wiih Ih,' ,.ii,'ii 

 lliiwers, I think any of them would be 

 willing to do this if they were paid for 

 a- Mowers; for to the grower they are 

 jii-l as valuable. Those who strip the 

 leaves off the stems of their carnations 

 have mistaken their vocation. They 

 should be in a butcher shop. 



\V. T. Bell. 



l-'ranklin. Pa., .Tan. 19. 



BULBS FOR EASTER. 



When should Dutch hyacinths and Von 

 Sions be brouglit in from cold-frames to 

 be in flower for Easter? Also tulips? 

 When should lilies be brought in to be 

 in time for Memorial Day? T. D. B. 



The above has be'en many times venti- 

 lated through the columns of the Review. 

 Circumstances alter cases. By that I 

 mean there can be no definite number 

 of days set aside to bring out these Dutch 

 bulbs for Easter, as it depends so much 

 on the weather we have had previously 

 and still more on the date when Easter 

 an ive>. l-ai-tir i> fairly 'early this year 

 ami HI' may lia\,. very cold freezing 

 wcailii'i ii|i In Unit time. We have seen 

 Ka-1,T a- laic as the 25th of April and 

 I reiiivmber tlnit then the Dutch hva- 



niorc but that also depends very much 

 on the weather. To be safe I would give 

 the early singl'e tulips about 20 days and 

 the double tulips a few days more. Al- 

 lowing these times is supposing that we 

 are giving the bulbs just an ordinary 

 greenhouse temperature and that is all 

 they should want at any time. 



T. D. B. does not say what lilies, but 

 ])resumably he means the Japanese longi- 

 florums as they are much the best for 

 Memorial Day. Two years ago we had 

 2.000 of these Japans and brought them 

 out just 'exactly right for Memorial Day 

 and they were a great acquisition. We 

 kept them during winter in a cool green- 

 house, about 45 at night, and let them 

 come along without any forcing of any 

 kind. With the increased heat from the 

 sun during the month of April and May 

 they came in just right. I would say 

 that if you have them now two or three 

 inches high they would be in good order. 

 Keep them about 45. Remember that af- 

 ter the first of April we have so much sun 

 that they come along very rapidly and 

 they are more likely to be too early 

 than too late. 



If they are the Bermuda strain of 

 bulbs that you are trying to keep for 

 this late date then I would say they 

 should be kept in a well protected cold- 

 frame or a house where the thermometer 

 is below 40 at night or they will be too 

 early. Wxr. Scott. 



A VIOLET EXPERIENCE. 



Kxperience is a costly teacher in grow- 

 ing violets as well as in any other busi- 

 ness, yet you sometimes try and find out 

 things that you already knew, or ought 

 to have known, before trying the experi- 

 ment. Now for a case in point: 



Last season we added a small house for 

 violets, about 20x45, planted it out in 

 good season and had as nice looking a 

 house as you could wish to see. healthy 

 and clean, and we flattered ourselves that 

 we would have a nice cut from that 

 house. But, like all other violet grow- 

 ers, we have to fight the brown aphis. 

 and along in the early part of Xovember 



