JULY 13, 1899. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



145 





New Canna Tarrytown. 



who will want a particular color, or 

 who objects to some other. 



The hardy perennials I alluded to 

 for present sowing are aquilegia (col- 

 umbine), of which there are some 

 grand species and varieties; the Can- 

 terbury bells, digitalis (fox-glove), 

 daisies, coreopsis, delphiniums, Gail- 

 lardia grandiflora, lychnis, Dianthus 

 barbatus, rudbeckia, scabiosa and 

 many others. 



Pansies. 



The florist whose place is limited 

 cannot afford to grow pansies by the 

 acre and sell them at $2.00 a hundred, 

 but if you do have to grow any in the 

 field without the protection of glass 

 they should be sown by the end of 

 this month so they can be transplant- 

 ed early and make strong little plants 

 before winter sets in. There were hun- 

 dreds of thousands of pansies frozen 

 out in Western New York the past 

 terrific winter. A covering of hemlock 

 boughs would, I believe, have saved 

 the great majority of them, even if 

 not put on till New Year's. 



WM. SCOTT. 



NEW CANNA TARRYTOWN. 



We are pleased to be able to send 

 The Review a fine illustration of the 

 new canna "Tarrytown," which we 

 consider one of the finest in cultiva- 

 tion. The picture shows a charming 

 corner in the nurseries of the F. R. 

 Pierson Co., at Scarborough, N. Y., 

 and the cannas shown are all of the 

 variety we mention. 



It is a superb canna in every way, 

 splendid for bedding, because it is 

 sturdy and dwarf, magnificent in ef- 

 fect, for its flowers are produced in 

 great plumes of charming red, which, 

 when massed, are sufficient to cause 



deep contemplation and profound ad- 

 miration. We have had considerable 

 experience with cannas before, and 

 from the World's Fair to the time we 

 compiled the list for the American 

 Florists' directory we have seen hun- 

 dreds of varieties grown side by side 

 with this kind, but for general effect, 

 and all that goes to create and en- 

 hance beauty, give us "Tarrytown." 



IVERA. 



RUBBER TREES. 

 Will you please tell us how to 

 shorten up some rubber trees that are 

 getting too tall for convenience. They 

 are five feet high and growing very 

 fast. Can we stop them as we do 

 chrysanthemums? If so, how high 

 above the pot should they be cut? 

 Can we root the piece taken off? If 

 so, how? We see something in the 

 florists' papers about this once in 

 awhile, but nothing explicit. J. W. M. 



You can shorten the rubbers where 

 you choose. If 5 feet high and you 

 cut out only the last made joint they 

 are liable to break only at the last 

 three or four eyes and leave a long, 

 bare stem. If you cut off 2 feet then 

 they will eventually make a better 

 looking, busy plant. 



The eyes of the ficus do not break 

 as quickly as some of our soft-wooded 

 plants or many trees, but they do ssnd 

 out their lateral growths if nipped at 

 the top. 



If you will shorten the plants about 

 18 inches or 2 feet you can e:isil\ 

 make a fine young plant of the top 

 that is cut off. The surest and easiest 

 way is to cut the stem upwards and 

 inwards till the stem is about half 

 severed and the cut 2 inches long. 

 Put a small piece of wood in the cut 



to keep it open % or *4 of an inch, 

 fill in the space with sphagnum moss 

 and then tie the same material around 

 the stem where cut till you have a 

 lump about as big as a duck's egg. 

 Keep the ball of moss continually 

 moist. In 6 or 7 weeks you will see 

 roots protruding through the moss. 

 In about 7 or 8 weeks they will be 

 fit to sever from the plant, cutting off 

 just below the moss. Pot the new 

 plant at once and keep away from 

 strong sun and draughts for the first 

 three or four weeks. WM. SCOTT. 



DETROIT. 



We will in this article take a trip to 

 Log Cabin Park and Pontiac; so let us 

 go to our starting point, the City Hall, 

 and catch a Woodward avenue car, 

 marked Log Cabin, and one that 

 is open on all sides, with nothing 

 to obstruct the view. We spin north- 

 ward upon the finest residence street 

 of the Convention City. A few 

 blocks from our starting point and 

 right in the heart of the city we 

 pass through Grand Circle Park, con- 

 taining six acres, lying on both sides 

 of the avenue. This beautiful spot is 

 only two blocks from the convention 

 hall. 



Now we leave the business portion 

 of the town and are flying past fine 

 residences and large lawns of velvety 

 green, for these are the homes of the 

 wealthy; many of them counted 

 among the millionaires, but good pub- 

 lic spirited citizens for all that. After 

 reaching the city limits, if any are so 

 inclined they may stop off at the 

 greenhouses of Mr. F. Holznagle, who 

 as a rose grower is given the first place 

 by all of his fellow craftsmen in the 

 city. His place is always in good 

 order. 



From here out we pass through 

 country scenery until we reach Log 

 Cabin Park, which consists of 132 

 acres, presented to the city by the 

 Hon. T. W. Palmer. In all probability 

 a trolley party for the ladies and those 

 not interested in bowling will be ar- 

 ranged for Friday to take in this park. 

 Here is the famous log house for which 

 the park was named, and which con- 

 tains many ancient relics over 100 

 years old; showing the tastes and oc- 

 cupation of the older settlers of De- 

 troit. The park board have made 

 many improvements upon.a portion of 

 the park, consisting of an artificial 

 lake, a cascade of rock and have 

 planted a nursery of various shrubs, 

 etc., for the growing of its supplies 

 t'nr the various parks and boulevards. 



But to me the chief beauty of this 

 spot is the natural part of it. in which 

 one finds cool, refreshing shade amidst 

 the great trees of the forest, under 

 which at one time Chief Pontiac was 

 wont to lead his braves, and after 

 whom the city of Pontiac was named. 

 Pontiac, with its numerous lakes and 

 hills finishes our trip. Here we may 

 visit the greenhouses of the Pontiac 

 Floral Co., quite an extensive estab- 

 lishment. Just outside the limits is 



