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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Apkil is, 1901. 



suggesting the natural, and then a hedge- 

 like row of pink or white azaleas behind. 

 The old system of hilly groups of ilower- 

 in" plants is passe; the hedge- row shows 

 olf much better. Hide the pots and use 

 some sort of cloth in front that will 

 bring out the color to bettor advantage. 

 We will continue this subject with 

 illustrations next week. Ivicka. 



EASTER PLANT ARRANGEMENTS. 



Ill this week's issue we present five 

 engravings from photographs of Easter 

 plant arrangements seen this taster at 

 the establishment of Mr. C. A. Samuel- 

 son, Chicago. „ . . 



No. 1 is a jardiniere 18 by 8 inches, 

 filfed with Clothilde Soupert and Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses, nine plants in all. 

 Color of ribbon, a pleasing shade of 

 green. The selling price of this ar- 

 rangement was $8.00. 



No. 2 is a birch bark basket, 21 by 

 10 inches, handle 31 inches high. It is 

 filled with nine plants of Clothilde Sou- 

 pert rose, a little asparaffiis added, and 

 dressed with pink ribbon t^ nmirli ili.- 



BEAUTY CUTTINGS. 



Can you tell me why my Beauty cut- 

 tings turn yellow after they have been 

 in the sand about three weeks and are 

 calloused ? My stock is in splendid shape 

 and the foliage is the deepest green in 

 color when the cuttings are put in the 

 sand. Inquires. 



It is as much a puzzle to me as it 

 seems to be to Inquirer. We experience 

 the same trouble just now, though we 

 feel sure we treat our cuttings the same 

 as before. We have had some very warm 

 and windy days that we thought might 

 have had some effect on the cuttings. 



Yet I am inclined to think the prin- 

 cipal cause may bo in the wood itself. 

 Cuttings from rank growing plants seem 

 more inclined to act in this way than 

 those from sturdy plants that have had 

 the full sun. Cuttings made in fall and 

 January generally do well. They nat- 

 urally 'have the best chance, as far as 

 temperature is concerned, but aside from 

 this I believe the condition of the wood 

 ha< a wreat deal to do with it. 



U. STAUcn. 



summer bloomers which are planted in 

 solid beds will from now on outclass 

 Brides and Maids on benches. It would 

 be well to consider whether it would 

 not be wise to throw out some of the 

 houses or benches and plant in young 

 stock. This would give the young plants 

 a good start and put us in a position to 

 commence cutting some from the young 

 stock by the time the hist house is 

 thrown out. 



Early Planting. 

 We are now planting one house of 

 each of the leading varieties, though we 

 feel sure the old roses would still pay 

 well till after Decoration Day, but we 

 know that the early fall trade will much 

 more than offset the present loss. High 

 grade flowers will always bring a good 

 price, but you cannot have good long- 

 stemmed flowers early in the season if 

 planting is deferred too long. 

 ^ U. Stauch. 



Easter Plant Arrangements. No. 2. 



color of the roses. It was arranged to 

 sell at $10.00. . 



No. 3 is a birch bark jardiniere, 10 

 by 6 by 6 inches, filled with Primula 

 obconica and cyclamens, the sash being a 

 pale lavender to match the primula 

 flowers. It contains eighteen plants and 

 was arranged to sell at $7.00. 



No 4 is a green braid jardiniere, 21 

 by 8 by 5 inches, filled with lilies and 

 Primula obconica. The sash is open 

 work lavender ribbon. It was arranged 

 to sell at $12.00. , , ,, v 



No. 5 is a green braid basket, 13 by 

 12 inches, with a sash of green ribbon, 

 and is filled with five lily plants, a few 

 cut stems being added to give fullness. 

 It was arranged to sell at $10.00. 

 AN EMPLOYES' ASSOCIATION. 

 An Employes' Association is what we 

 need. Keep the ball rolling! M. R. M. 



ROSE NOTES. 



The Young Plants. 



The clearing out of the Easter plants 

 will have given most growers sufficient 

 space to work up their young rose stock. 

 This important matter should always re- 

 ceive our closest attention, but on most 

 places every bit of space is so crowded 

 before Easter that it seems almost im- 

 possible to give their young rose plants 

 sufficient room. Do not defer giving the 

 young plants every possible chance to 

 make a healthy and sturdy growth. June, 

 our main planting season, will soon be 

 here, and it pays to get the plants 

 benched early. Two months' growth dur- 

 ing the summer are worth twice as much 

 as in the fall. 



Summer Bloomers. 



Kaiserin, La France and other good 



CARNATION TROUBLES. 



The varieties of carnations that I have 

 are Flora Hill. White Cloud, Jubilee, 

 Scott and Daybreak. Until February 

 the Flora Hill bloomed freely and with 

 nice blossoms, but since that time they 

 grow to grass (I think you call it). 

 They look very thrifty, but no flowers to 

 speak of. I send you samples of it, also 

 of the Scott. You notice they are sprout- 

 incr all along the stalk and send out too 

 many buds. The Scott blooms quite 

 freely right along, but as you will also 

 notice the stalk is full of young sprouts. 

 The Jubilee and Daybreak seem to be 

 all right, only at times the blossoms are 

 smaller. , , , , •, 



They were planted in rich black soil, 

 with "one-third of well-rotted manure. 

 During winter they received two mulches 

 of well-rotted manure, the first cow and 

 the second cow and hog mixed, and two 

 coats of slaked lime, as directed in your 

 journal. I kept the ground loose, and 

 kept the temperature until February to 

 an average of 55 degrees at night, since 

 then from 48 to 50. I have used liquid 

 manure only once, last week. They grow 

 as follows: White Cloud, 2-10 high; 

 Flora Hil^, no blossoms; Jubilee, 2-5; 

 Scott, 2-10; Daybreak, 2-1. L. A. G. 



The sample shoots of carnations came 

 in good order, and they show that there 

 is nothing seriously wrong with the 

 health of Mr. G.'s carnations. The small 

 blooms are due to negligence in disbud- 

 ding and the F. Hills failing to bloom is 

 likely caused by the changing of the 

 temp"eraturp. 



You should at all times remove all the 

 buds except one bud to each flowering 

 stem, and usually the large center bud is 

 the best one to have, but if it is injured 

 in some wav, one of the side buds will do 

 almost as well if it is taken when quite 

 small. Remove the buds and shoots 

 from as much of the stem as you expect 

 to cut with the bloom and that should 

 be low enough to keep the plant com- 

 pact. It will help to keep the succeed- 

 in<r "rowth upright, and the shoots from 

 the main body of the plant will give bet- 

 ter satisfaction than those starting half 

 wav up the stem. 



Mr. O. made a mistake when he re- 

 duced the temperature to 50 in Febru- 

 ary, after having kept it up to 55 degrees 

 up to that time. White Cloud, Jubilee 

 and Daybreak were not affected very 

 much by the change, because they enjoy 

 a cool temperature, about 50 degrees, but 



