JUNE 2, 1S98. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Jacqueminot that he nan import 

 cheaper than he can propagate them 

 himself. He will this coming season 

 try a few hundred Crimson Rambler 

 as an Easter plant. He found that pe- 

 largoniums of the newer types went 

 well last Easter. 



Miscellaneous. 



Among his carnations gladioli are 

 now in bloom. The bulbs were plant- 

 ed as soon as received last f.iU and he 

 began to cut flowers about May 1. He 



oval bed, the surface of which was 

 covered with Tom Thumb sweet 

 alyssum, and every two feet was dot- 

 ted in a cockscomb. It was a "pin 

 cushion" bed. and very striking and 

 pleasing it was. 



When to be used as a bedding plant, 

 sow seed of this celosia in March, and 

 as soon as the little plants can be 

 handled transplant into flats one inch 

 apart. When still larger they should 

 be shifted into 3-inch pots, from which 

 they can be bedded out. 



If grown as a pot plant, shift from 



Cockscomb (Celosia Cristata.) 



does not believe that the gladioli in- 

 jure the carnations in any way and 

 feels that what he gets from I he gladi- 

 oli is practically clear gain. 



He grows large numbers of chrysan- 

 themums for flowers. Hasn't had 

 enough encouragement as to pot 

 plants to make him believe it would 

 pay to grow them. 



He has a lot of tuberoses potted up 

 to use as a "filling in" crop during the 

 summer. 



He expects to rebuild several of his 

 "houses this summer. 



■CELOSIA CRISTATA (COCKSCOMB). 



(From advance sheets ot the Florists' 

 Manual, by William Scott.) 



This handsome celosia is not as oft- 

 en or generally seen as its striking 

 and novel appearance deserves. It is 

 seldom seen in our greenhouses, per- 

 Tiaps because when at its best the 

 glass structure is a hot, sweltering 

 place, August and September being 

 its usual time of flowering. Our hot 

 summers suit the cockscomb as it 

 does all of the celosias, for they 

 Hike heat. Last year we saw a large 



the 3-inch to a 5-inch pot, which is a- 

 large as they should have, or a 6-inch 

 at most. In growing a specimen in a 

 pot, the prime object is to get a fine, 

 broad head on a very dwarf plant, and 

 it is almost impossible to attain per- 

 fection unless they are grown in hot- 

 beds, with their heads near the glas^. 

 When the heat of the bed is entirely 

 gone, shift and remove to a fresh one. 

 They like heat at the roots as well as 

 at the top. When growing freely, and 

 particularly when forming their im- 

 mense "combs," they must never be 

 stunted from lack of water; and from 

 the time they are in 3-inch pots, to 

 insure a more even moisture at the 

 roots the pots should be plunged. They 

 want little shade, and that not till ths 

 end of May; then it should be only 

 during the hottest hours of the day. 

 Their successful culture can be sum- 

 med up thus: A very rich soil, abun- 

 dance of water, perfect light, and a 

 warm, humid atmosphere. 



Few insects trouble them. If aphis 

 appears, manage to give them a mild 

 smoking, even if they are in a frame. 

 A cockscomb poorly grown is a very 

 commonplace plant, but when done to 

 perfection it is a wonder. 



OUR LONDON LETTER. 



I From our London Correspondent.) 



New Daffodils. 



At the first April meeting of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society the. Rev. 

 G. H. Engleheart showed a beautiful 

 group of his new seedling daffodils or 

 narcissi. Of these three were each 

 given a first class certificate. One was 

 a splendid acquisition named Lady 

 Margaret Boscawen. The fiuwer is 

 like Sir Watkin, but the segments are 

 creamy white, reminding ong of the 

 bicolor Horsfieldii. 



Another dainty flower is White 

 Queen, well named, because wholly 

 white, with the shape of Sir Watkin. 

 Another fine kind is a hybrid of the 

 poet's narcissus race, named Poeticus 

 Homer. The segments of this are 

 snow-white, measuring when spread 

 out four inches, the crown margined 

 with a rich crimson color and orange 

 at the base. Lucifer is an addition to 

 the Star or Incomparabilis group, yel- 

 low with an orange cup, and a lovely 

 flower is Oriflamme, conspicuous for 

 the deep orange scarlet color of the 

 cup; a brilliant hybrid. 



Messrs. Barr & Sons showed at the 

 same meeting two hybrid daffodils, 

 which were given awards of merit. 

 One was a rich yellow trumpet kind, 

 named Lady Helen Vincent, and the 

 other named Apricot, a gem amongst 

 hybrid daffodils, a small biiolor, the 

 trumpet of a soft apricot shade, very 

 charming and distinct. 



A Good Decorative Plant. 



From what I have seen of the new 

 variegated dracaena named aurea stri- 

 ata it will become a very popular 

 plant over here. It is not unlike the 

 variegated aspidistra, the leaves very 

 broad, arching somewhat and striped 

 with a gi'eenish yellow color on a deep 

 green gi'ound. It was shown by those 

 well known plant nurserymen, Messrs. 

 Hugh Low & Co., of Enfield. 



The Hybrid Cinerarias. 



There is no question at all that these 

 are the coming flower, and I have late- 

 ly seen many beautiful groups. They 

 are the outcome of crossing the spe- 

 cies such as C. cruenta with ihe gar- 

 den cineraria, but otherwise they are 

 very distinct. The hybrids are won- 

 derfully free, the flower stems tall and 

 spreading out in a free and graceful 

 way, smothered with sm.ill flowers, 

 varying in color from white to deep- 

 est blue. 



A SIMILE. 



"Some men are like flowers," said 

 the good Samaritan, as he lifted up 

 the pedestrian who had been downed 

 by a banana peel. 



"How is that?" ruefully a^ked the 

 assisted wayfarer. 



"Because they are sometimes raised 

 from slips," was the reply. — Rich- 

 mond Dispatch. 



