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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



May 16, 1901. 



root. Nights when the air is mild and 

 still the sash can be taken off the 

 frame and the cuttings will be greatly 

 benefited by the cool, moist night air. 



As cuttings are rooted, they can be 

 potted up and left out in the frames 

 until needed for planting; indeed, they 

 are much better off out there than in 

 the houses, providing they are within 

 easy reach of the hose. Plants in small 

 pots dry out very rapidly when the 

 sun is hot, and a brisk drying wind is 

 blowing. If stood rather closely to- 

 gether they will not dry out so rapidly, 

 but don't forget that if you stand them 

 too closely they will get drawn up, 

 thin and long jointed, a condition to 

 be avoided above all things. 



Some of the new ones are making 

 nice growth, my favorite of the newer 

 lot being Nellie Pockett, which is one 

 of the neatest habited varieties that 

 has been sent out for some time. Ow- 

 ing to the loose conformation of the 

 flower this variety will probably never 

 rank very high as a purely commercial 

 variety, but the man with a home trade 

 will make no mistake in growing this 

 very handsome variety. 



Eaton is doing nicely and is, we un- 

 derstand, to be largely planted, so will 

 in all probability be largely in evidence 

 at the fall exhibitions. Mrs. Elmer D. 

 Smith and Mrs. Barkley are also bid- 

 ding fair to render a good account of 

 themselves. 



lolantha is nothing to boast of, but 

 it has lots of time ahead of it yet. 



Specimen plants should be potted on 

 from C to 8inch pots as they are ready 

 for it, using good fibrous loam with a 

 little green sod over the drainage in 

 the bottom of the pot. The plants 

 should be kept closely pinched to en- 

 courage as many "breaks" as possible, 

 and frequently syringed to keep the 

 wood soft. 



Dust your plants over frequently 

 with tobacco dust, or spray with the 

 liquid extract, to keep down the black 

 and green fly. The green fly I regard 

 as worse than the black because it dis- 

 figures the foliage much more if not 

 kept down. Brian Boru. 



CARNATION NOTES. 



By this limp you have all your car- 

 nations in the field, and the hardest part 

 of the work is done; but if you want 

 to have good plants to house early you 

 must look after them right along. Be- 

 gin at once with the hand cultivator, or 

 the hoe, and work the surface of the soil 

 between the rows. As soon as we finish 

 planting a considerable patch we go 

 through with the cultivator to loosen 

 up the soil, which gets packed more or 

 less from walking over it in planting. 

 After that we cultivate at least after 

 each good rain, and if it does not rain 

 for a week or so we go over it again 

 anyway. Keeping the soil stirred is far 

 better than watering. I have never been 

 obliged to water carnations in the field 

 because I have always been a firm be- 

 liever in cultivating. 



Some of the first ones we planted are 

 throwing up shoots and pinching must 

 be looked after closely from now on. 

 Such varieties as Mrs. Bradt and White 

 Cloud need close watching to keep them 

 bushy. We will have about six weeks 

 of good growing weather yet, and in 

 those six weeks you want to'produce the 



body of your plants so they can throw 

 strong flowering shoots later on. 



A. F. J. Baub. 



PAN-AMERICAN ROSE SHOW. 



On account of May 20 being dedication 

 day at the Exposition, the date for the 

 opening of the exhibition of tender roses 

 has been advanced one day and it will 

 open on the 20th instead of the 21st, so 

 as to give the immense number that will 

 be in attendance on dedication day a 

 chance to see the roses. The exhibits in 

 place on the 20th will probably be viewed 

 by the largest concourse of people that 

 has ever enjoyed a display of roses in 

 this country. The classes and rules and 

 regulations were printed in our last 



All entries should be addressed to 

 William Scott, Horticulture Building, 

 Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market is in very bad 

 shape indeed. There is a fair amount 

 of business being done for the middle 

 of May, but there is an immense amount 

 of stuff coming in; so much so that 

 at least one commission man had not 

 vases enough to put all his flowers in 

 water when they arrived. Even sweet 

 peas do not sell on sight, though they 

 move pretty well. Last week we had 

 a great deal of rainy weather, which 

 has been rather hard on all stock, es- 

 pecially sweet peas. This week has be- 

 gun more auspiciously in point of weath- 

 er. It is hardly worth while to quote 

 prices at present. 



Bedding Plants. 



The fateful 10th of May has passed 

 and this week finds the bedding-out 

 season in full swing. Heretofore the 

 work has been chiefly on a small scale, 

 but now the big beds that have been 

 gorgeous with hyacinths, daffodils and 

 tulips are nearly ready for their sec- 

 ond planting. An exception to this is 

 seen in some fine late beds in favored 

 spots, and in the beds planted with the 

 plum-colored tulip Gesneriana. This 

 variety is exceedingly handsome and al- 

 though a single, very durable, remain- 

 ing in perfect condition for a long time 

 when the weather is favorable. 



Some very effective beds are seen 

 planted with tulips and pansies; where 

 separate colors are used this combina- 

 tion gives scope for great variety of 

 rich effects. 



Thaddeus N. Yates & Co., of Mt. 

 Airy, have a large stock of bedding 

 plants. 



Variotis Items. 

 John Burton has a well grown lot of 

 young Beauties in small pots. The 

 sash bars are up on his new range of 

 glass. 



George Leikcr, of Lansdowne, has five 

 houses devoted to carnations with the 

 e-xception of one bench each of sweet 

 peas and callas in pots, which have paid 

 well. His carnations include Jubilee, 

 which he considers the best red, and 

 which looks well; Ethel Crocker, Mrs. 

 Bradt and a white seedling of his own, 

 a free bloomer of fair size and stem, 

 not intended for dissemination but for 

 own use. 



Casper and George L. Pcnnock have 



broken ground for two new houses. It 

 is understood that they intend planting 

 Beauties exclusively this season. 



Joseph Bevis is cutting very fine 

 Brides and Bridesmaids from two-year- 

 old plants in solid beds. 



David Anderson has one Beauty 

 house planted and will plant the other 

 this week. 



It is rumored that both Charles S. 

 Price and P. W. Whiteley will plant 

 little or nothing besides American ISeau- 

 ties this season. 



We have all noticed the steam ash 

 lifter that works so well in transfer- 

 ring the ashes in an endless chain of 

 little scoops from the cellars of the 

 City Hall to the wagons on the street 

 above. Such an arrangement would be 

 a boon in many of our greenhouse plants. 

 It was said that Mr. Montgomery had 

 an economical method for the work in 

 operation at the Waban Conservatories; 

 certainly our methods here are crude 

 and old-fashioned. Will not some of 

 our bright inventive minds give us an 

 adapted form of these endless scoops 

 that our steam boilers can run, some- 

 thing simple and not too expensive? 



The feature of the Germantown Hor- 

 ticultural Society meeting last Monday 

 evening was the vanilla orchid beans 

 exhibited by Michael Punch, gardener 

 to Roberts " Le Boutellier. Addresses 

 were delivered by Edwin C. Sellett and 

 George Kedles. The June meeting of 

 the society will be a notable one. 



Phil. 



Trade Conditions, 



A tremendous cut of roses and an 

 even larger one of pinks is coming in, 

 and there is also quite a supply of a 

 mixed variety. Heavy sales are made, 

 but at a very low figure, and every 

 street corner has a busy fakir forcing 

 goods upon the public at the lowest 

 rates yet touched, even by them. And 

 we must expect things to keep this way 

 for a couple of weeks, I presume. 



Green material of all kinds except 

 adiantum has been scarce for a few 

 weeks, and hardy ferns were really out 

 of the market for a few days. But 

 Henry M. Robinson & Co. have now re- 

 ceived heavy shipments from the South 

 and can now supply an unlimited quan- 

 tity. They expect to handle three mil- 

 lions of them before the middle of June. 

 These figures are big enough to interest 

 Morgan or Carnegie. 



Various Items. 



J. J. McCormack has opened a plant 

 auction at the corner of Franklin and 

 Oliver streets. He puts out a brave 

 little flier announcing a great variety 

 of goods and advertising sales every 

 Wednesday and Saturday at 10 a. m., 

 to be continued as long as they are well 

 attended. 



A few years ago two brothers, George 

 and Arthur Delay, were well known to 

 the florist trade of Boston. George was 

 on the ill-fated steamer "Portland" and 

 his body was one of the few washed 

 ashore. A few days ago Arthur died 

 of consumption, with which he had been 

 suffering for several months. Through 

 the kindness and thoughtfulncss of 

 Henry M. Robinson, our leading dealer 

 in hardy supplies, a fund of over $100 

 had latelv been raised for him, which 



