. The Weekly Florists' Review, 



the first week in Mav. a time wlu'ii flow 

 eis are very desirable. It was planted 

 live years ago and has been wrapped in 

 straw every winter. Tliis may not he 

 neeessary in the ease of speeinioiis shel- 

 tered by everiireens. but a good root 

 nniUhing is. I tliink, advisable, though 

 this i)!ant never had any. It came safely 

 through the memorable winter of lSi)8!)!i. 

 during whieh so many of our foreign ai- 

 quisitions (and natives, too) lost their 



The large white and purplish flowers 

 of .Magnolia Soulangeana cover the tiee 

 bef(ue a single leaf has apjjeared. and 

 they add a most attractive feature to our 

 northern landscapes. It is certainly di- 

 serving of a much wider popularity than 

 it now enjovs. 



This hybrid originate<l with .M. Sou- 

 lange, of France, wdio stated its parents 

 to be Jr. conspicua and AI. gracilis, the 

 latter the pollen parent. But Nicholson 

 in his Dictionary of Gardening says it 

 is probably a natural hybrid between 

 JI. conspicua and M. obovata. \Vc will 



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Chicago. .Tames .Jexse: 



CHRYSAN THEMUMS. 



naia\ing 



Ig. piled 

 luantit^ 



uj) anil nii.xeil witii a I 

 of old decomposed cow manure and a 

 small quantity of leaf mould and sand,\ 

 loam. After ihc i)ilc had laid about twV 

 weeks, it wa- moved and loincd again 

 and it reccivcil a lliinl niuviiii; licfori 

 being used. 



"Tn in-iiir iMit.H ,l,,n,KiL:e the follow- 



i- Ik 



o-hes 



wide \\cic nailed K.gclhcr. .mi as to form 

 a V or trough, and one of these was 

 placed between every other row of plants, 

 the rows being ten inches apart, and the 

 plants eight inches apart in the row. 

 Over the >uiface or spaces between these 

 1 [lit ahoul two inches of roughly brok- 

 en soil which had not been thoroughly 

 rotted. These means assured good drain- 

 age. 



"Of course, the watering and syringing 

 was carefully done, and it was a!wa,vs 

 done in the morning. At no time after 

 the cuttings were made and potted the 

 first time did the plants have any arti- 



The shield is very clearly worked out 

 and there will be no dillicult.v in naming 

 the flowers used. The i)ieture showing 

 the use of palms and flowers at the bier 

 in the Albert Memorial ('li:iiirl will, we 

 think, have more than a |ii "li --ic.nal >ig- 

 .iili.;ince to many of on. i.-.hln-. who 

 still claim Great Britain a- their naiive 

 land. 



The small pictures show mii' llmist's 

 treatment of the cro.ss and llie liai|i on 

 this occasion. 



■'About Sept. 1.5 I applied a top dress- 

 ing of the same compost about an inch 

 tliick. Some of the plants were grown 

 to single stem and some to two steins, but 

 no stem boie moie than one bud Those 

 ,iciwn on the -.ule benches were in 6 inch 



CARNATION NOTES. 



I!y the time these notes reach you 



us will be about through with llie main 

 \y..i\ nf the -priiig rush. Of emu-..' yai 



(.'11. Mil, Ml ;,- |M..-il,le iiiiiil iIkii ,|av. as 

 lie '■ I- --" Me> iImh ,11 liny kind 



JIdw unlei 1 iiilu, It 1, ilmt wc have no 

 scarlet wiiiel, xmII -i.,ii,1 the heat of our 

 sinnmers like ,..iih nt the whites and 

 pinks do. A red Ethel Crocker would be 



I lev maker. We are now finding out 



-vh.ii :i grand summer variet.v this is. 

 I III liliioms right now arc as large as in 



li,i I. II llie t,. -1 |i,iil, e i,i;j into this 



111. 1 1 I ' I 111 |H e-ciii I'lei :i 1 1 ill i, about 

 the i)iil,\' wliite \aiiely thai i- producing 

 good blooms, White Cloud being a poor 

 hot weather variety. 



Many of the benches might as -n-ell 



n the benches to thor- 

 i\v out before taking it out. 

 ing the soil out don't pile it up 

 .1 lieap, but spieiid it not in a layer 

 ml eighteen im he- ,,i t\\., feet deep, 

 I allow it to free/,. 1 h.nciuiihlv next 

 it.^r. Then -pie;.,! ,.„ ;, ^ 1 enat of 



House of Chrysanthemums Grown by Mr. J. C. Gilmore, Gardener to 

 Hon. S. B. Elkins, Elkins, W. Va. 



more, gardener to Hon. S. B. Elkins, El- 

 kins. W. Va. In response to our request 



re gives n.. tlie fellnwing de- 



Alr 



■■ I lie elltllie.;- Weie -1 1 llrl, .(1m Hit MaVCh 

 1-t. and «l,ell Kleted Uele |H.lted in 2*- 



inch pots. In due time they k>'Iv shifted 

 to 4-inch, and then to .5-incli. using only 

 ordinar.v good soil and not any special 

 compost or mixture. The plants were 

 transferred from the 5-ineh pots to the 

 bench about July I5th. This is a cen- 

 ter bench which is 8 feet wide and 60 

 feet long. The soil was sod cut from 

 an old pasture field, which liad been 



"There were no imperfect blooms in 

 the hou.se and quite a number of the 

 Howers measured 7 to 10 inches; there 

 were practically no small blooms. The 

 foliage was clean and extra good and 

 remained so until the plants were 

 through blooming,- 



ENGLISH FLORAL WORK. 



We present herewith several more pic- 

 tures of floral arrangements .seen at the 

 funeral of Queen Victoria. The two larger 

 pictures are from photographs and the 

 two smaller ones are reproduced from 



r.s- Chr 



it will answer very well for pottii 

 young carnation plants. 



I Ih ( iieiiil to use none that had 

 (-.(I < ,11 nil i(ins growing on it, and 

 iiiii-i ( ill e lien It well. A good plan 

 ■ -('N( (111- (11 rye or something else 

 li h make- (|uiek growth on the soil 

 i!e it i- -|(iead out and when in full 

 will, aliiiiii a foot high, pile "it up. 

 i- will make it almost as good as fresh 

 (d. Unless the soil is quite \\ea.vy wc 

 lix in only cow and sheep manure, as 

 lese do not lighten the soil as much 

 s stable manure does, and be sure to 

 Id some lime. 

 Xext time .vou house your carnations 



I. Ill Id'jelllel in tlle -nine IKIUSe thoSB 



■ SO 



1 ! It Nell I .1 II ell! lleh ,il|||,l \ liin-t ilf yOUr 



111 .i-(|- -.11.11 .iliei- Deedv.ili.in Day'and 

 eet them into shape for planting again 

 early. If there l)as been much trouble 

 with anv kind of insect or disease you 



can use the -.trnngrst kind of disinfect- 



aiii widiiail -a. ulieiiiij am ^,i,,d stoek, 



'I'iie ll ill-e- -1 Ill lie 1 I K ■ K M I U 1 1 1 V ClcaHed 



(.111 and fiiinieated willi -nl|.liur every 

 Slimmer, and a good coat of whiten-ash 

 put on all the benches and walls. A 



