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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



never be seen; tliey will flower poorly and 

 the flowers will "seldom come above the 

 foliage. They need only a light gravelly 

 or sandv soil In either of these soils 



the flown- -l.ina U|i al.nvr llir !.Alv^<-. 

 and thr> ],,■ l,r;nii mil. -Inmi phmt-. 



small i<' 



the great 



:.f uur 



iiig plants 



Sow the end of March, and when potting 

 use poor soil and keep the plants in the 

 fullest light. Wm. Scott. 



ROSE NOTES. 



Propagating. 



Mil Sll 



•d tl: 



■ood 



ittings 



taken now will be much superior to those 

 taken during a long cloudy spell. There 

 is xio time to spare n-ow in propagating 

 your in-.'-, if N.iii iuiiii.I |.l;iiilirig in 

 .Tune niii nf tliiic ,!)■ iliH'r iiii.l .iiH-lialf- 

 incli 1H.I-, I In- rinim-- sll MiM !»■ |.,,ited 



Oir wIliMl Ihr l.Hil- ;ir, nil, hall In llirec- 



fourths of an incli long, otiierwise there 

 is too nuich danger of breaking them off, 

 an-d besides, the potting can be done 

 much quicker than when the roots are 

 longer. It is, a bad mistake to leave the 

 cuttings in the sand until the roots are 

 two or tlncc inihes Ion- and beginning 

 to turn 1...UI1. .\ii iiiiiialiinil ^inwtli 



result-. .11. I a- lllrln 1- 11.: t ....I 111 111.' 



sand 111.' -I i.ii'jili ..I I 111' .nil ini; i- .'\ 

 haust.'il an. I it -n.'- u- a NM'.ik |.lalil. 



Potting. 



The best soil Im ['..Itiin.; i- u.ll mttcd 

 sod. If it sll.. 111. 1 I..' 1.... li.'.n> II .'an 1..' 

 lightened by a. I. liii^ -jn.l \hiiiiiii'..i aii> 

 kind in the -..li .h il.i- -la'j.' i- ..]' m. 

 benefit. The .'Ullin.v- -Imnl;! !..• pntli.l 

 firmly and llici.' placed in a sunny house 

 near the glass and shaded till the roots 

 have taken hold of the soil. Be careful 

 that the first watering is properly done. 

 Have the soil moist to the bottoms of the 

 pots, but avoid' having it turned into 

 mud. It. is always safest to then keep 

 the y.nini; |.!aiii- -. .iii.'w li.i I on the dry 

 sidc'till ih.' 1' '.1- -h.'n ..i..und the in- 



si<le "t il"' l'"i- \ii ' '''~i il syring- 



in-gi.\.'i ih" inli.i'j.' will 1..' ..t great bene- 



Watering. 



Of 



plants to get too dry. I find that the 

 best time to look over tjie pot plants 

 is in the afternoon, as it is easier to 

 tell then whi.'li r..|iiiii' water and which 

 do not. Jt i- III -I 1. 1 11-.' a watering 

 pot, for it tak. - an <\|..'ii In single out 

 the dry plants willi tlir Im^c when they 

 are so small and not get more or less 

 water on the adjoining plants, which 

 may not need any for some time. By im- 

 proper treatment in watering many 

 young plants are lost entirely and others 

 are weakened or cheeked. Sometimes 

 the injurj' is the result of being too dry, 

 but more often the clainaur .. .m.'- from 

 being too wet. The li.-. i- 11-..I t... free- 

 ly on most ])laces. ai. I iln- i- i.illv the 

 cause of many failui. -. -h .» m 1.> y.'llow 



Once Checked Always Weak. 



The lirallli and .■nndilinn of the plant 

 in tlii- -lagc has a direct inlhienee upon' 

 its future welfare. 1 have noticed that 



bench, but a sickly plant, even if it should 

 have apparently regained health and 

 vigor, will with the slightest mistreat- 

 ment show its old weakness again. 

 lliii.i' the importance of giving the 

 V'uii;.: plants the best of care. The most 

 1 ..iii|..'ii'iit man on the place should have 

 I ha me of them. The surface of some 

 soils becomes covered with a green 

 growth. This should be reuuived when- 

 ever it forms, as otherwise it is impos- 

 sible to tell the condition nf the soil 

 without kun.kiiig tin' plaiil .iit ,.f the 

 pot. which la-t >li..ul,l hv as.,i.l.'.l as 



"".'\-^nni,''a-''i'l'.'''i....l- .'nniin.'ii.'.' 1,1 work 

 ar. '1111.1 111.' -1.1.'- ..I 111.' I". I 111.' plants 



It is a ini-lak,' t.. wait iinlil 111,' l>lan'ts 

 are pot-bound before sliifting, for they 

 will become stunted and instead of grow- 

 ing right along they will stand still for 

 ten days or two weeks. We should never 

 allow tlie young plants to receive any- 

 check whatever. 



The Blooming Plants. 



Owing to continued firing our m-c 

 beds are apt to be dry on' the buttnin. a 

 coniliti.n wlii.li iiitiif.'ri'- with tli,' 



Try keeping the plant rather dry, 

 though nol dust dry, for a month or two, 

 and unless the stem has already begun 

 to decay from too much moisture, the 

 plant may ultimately recover strength 

 enough to produce another growth of 

 leaves during the coming summer. 



W. II. Taplin. 



MIGNONETTE. 



At the last meeting of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club Mr. E. Buettner favored 

 the members with a talk on growing 



«iignonette. 



He said tliat two iiiipnvtant points 

 were a li'jlil. air\ Imh-.' an.l .j.... I. ,-1,-an 



througli the bed. 



-\t this time of the year, when the sun 

 is steadily getting stronger, it often oc- 



dark days. A light spraying over the 

 heads of tlie plants will help them to 

 straighten up again. I know of begin- 

 ners being deceived by this., and suppos- 

 ing the roses were dry they would hur- 

 riedly begin to water, which was a mis- 

 take. -Alwavs examine the beds before 

 watering. Have tlu' li..-,' in lli,' 1 ii;lit 

 hand and work l.a.kua 1 .1-. W Inlr ih,. 

 the left hand e.xaniin.s ih, -,.il i..\\ l.v 

 row of plants tlu' iii;lil li.in.l l..ll.,w's 

 with the water. M. St.ucu. 



DISEASED CYCAS. 



' A customer of mine has a cycas which 

 is in a very bad condition. I send a leaf 

 of same. The other three leaves are not 

 dca.l al th,' li|. lik,' this nil,., hut all have 

 tin,',- ,11 111 '1,' ..1 th,' pinna,' dead in 

 pai'l,.'- .11 I. -.11, -i.l.'s ,.1 tl„. l.-af. Can 

 you tell me the eair-te of the trouble and 

 whether anything can be done to i)ut the 

 plant in good condition again? 



J. B. 



From the appearance of the cyeas leaf 

 that accompanied this inquiry it secm.5 

 evident that the trouble arises from an 

 unhealthy condition of the roots of the 

 plant in question. 



It is naturally somewhat diflicuit '.o 

 say pnsitively just what caused tins coi.- 

 .lit i.. II wiih 111 seeing the plant, but it 

 ■.-.111- pi' lull. I, that this was a newly im- 

 p.m.' I .^.a- -t.-iii. the leaf growth of 

 will h W.I- 1..1..-I up I.,-l,ire it had nuuif. 

 r ,.;- .ii'iiLili i. -u-iiiii the leaves, and 

 \\]i\'f ill! -I. Ill It-. It . ntained nourish- 

 in. nt ,'ii..ii.jli t.. ..111-.' llie leaves to e.>i- 



the seedlin,:;- 111 th.' p..t- 1,, the two 

 ngest, and wli.ii pl.intiiiL; ..lit in the 

 le selects the sliungcl of the two. 

 does not recommend i)Ianting the 

 in the bench inside where the 

 ts are to flower, as the soil is apt to 



He 



etc., and (inds that a li,'a\.\ -..il i- ln-st 

 for mignonette. He fe,-!- it ,---i-ntial 

 that the plants have a le-ii-,- t'. I hem- 

 selves, though he believi's th.y <-,iiilil be 

 successfully grown in the same house 

 with carnations. 



After being planted out inside in goal 

 -nil till- main imiiits an- tying up and 



.'I MI.'ii- |i. '1.111..' -li'iiM l.iiii- ><■! to 

 S2.aO a .("/en tninak.'it U'.ilh pinlltabie 

 to the growers, a- 1, l.ini.-.-nK ..ii.',-rop 

 and the plants .u.i.i-j.- ..iil\ al...iii four 

 spikes each. 'Iln- \.iii.i\ in.iK.- large 

 spikes with hen\ -i.in-. l.iii i- -ome- 

 what lacking in oilor, and the i-idor is 

 more inclined to green than some others. 

 .-\nd then the crop can he cut out in 

 February and the house used for other 

 stock at a season when space is at a 

 premium. May's mignonette is more 

 fragrant, hut tlie spikes are more uneven 

 in size. 



.\fter p'anting out on the bench he 

 pinches out the center to make the plant 

 throw several hranelies, hut that is all 

 that is .I..1I,-. ,-\.',-pt 1.. i.ik.- ..11 111- side 



ture lower than that. He can't see that 

 it makes any ditTerence how far the 

 plants are from the glass. He begins to 

 cut bloom shortly before Christmas, and 



rop 



cut out in Febri 



For spikes to sell at a lower price 

 Machet is bett<r. us it fiowers from fall 

 to spriu.j. aii.l ili,.u-h the spikes are not 



large ili,'\ ai. 1 e numerous. Im- 



provcl Mil,- spiial i- good. too. 



To pi.iilu.',' -pi.-iuien pot plants he 

 would sow in tlirceineh pots and thin 

 out to three strongest seedlings arounil 

 the edge of the pot and repot into four- 

 inch and five-inch before becoming pot- 

 bound. For Easter pot plants he would 

 use Machet and sow in October and No- 

 vember. When in blooming pots the 

 plants will make a great growth if set 

 in' a luilbed and the pots being moved 

 oecasionallv to kcej) the plants from 

 root in" lhi'on'.;h too much, but i)!ants so 

 grown won-| last well afterward. This 

 can be nveii-iuiie In siuni- i-\leiit hv niov- 



