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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



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Marriage of Philip Scott. 



That redoubtable ten pin champion, 

 Philip Scott, has been bowled out. He is 

 no longer a bachelor privileged to fre- 

 quent the alleys at will, but must now 

 ask permission of his wife and will in 

 future probably be restricted to two hours 

 once _ in two weeks, and the Denver 

 team's hopes of achieving distinction at 

 Buifalo have gone glimmering. 



Miss Simpkins, who is now Mrs. Scott, 

 had already been with the Park Floral 

 Co. several years when Philip first 

 landed in Denver. In the year and a 

 half since that time he has had ample 

 opportunity to see her under all the try- 

 ing conditions that arise in a retail 

 store. He held out manfully, but had to 

 surrender at last. The weddin? took place 

 on the evening of June 4th at the home 

 of the bride's parents in Berkeley and 

 Ben Boldt fairly outdid himself in the 

 decorating. "Billy Crowe," also with the 

 Park Floral, devoted the whole afternoon 

 to the creation of the bouquets and Peter 

 Crowe of Utica sent some of his famous 

 "Bardi" adiantum for the occasion. The 

 bride was showered with gifts galore, 

 and it was evident that both bride and 

 groom were great favorites with their fel- 

 low employes and with Mr. Valentine, 

 their "old man." 



If Willie and Davie will now follow 

 Philip's lead, "Great Scott" may, in a 

 measure, be consoled when the time comes 

 for him to surrender his charming daugh- 

 ter. Judging from appearances it is 

 only a question of which one she will 

 select from among the many. In the 

 meantime here's to the health "and happi- 

 ness of Philip and his bride. Drink 

 hearty. j. 



Gkeenfield, Mass. — E. B. Beals is 

 closing out the stock in his greenhouses 

 here and will remove to Springfield, 

 where he has bought the Eastern avenue 

 greenhouses and of which he takes pos- 

 session July 1. He has been in the 

 florist business in this" citv for the last 

 20 years. 



THE HOLLYHOCK. 



Those who possess a collection of hol- 

 lyhocks should place them (March) in 

 a greenhouse or vinery. The hollyhock is 

 regarded mostly as a hardy plant, and 

 therefore not in need of glass protection. 

 I tried, at one time, to treat it as such, 

 but found to my cost that it would not 

 stand severe frosts. Seedlings will pass 

 through a severe winter without harm 

 if they are well established. For in- 

 stance, sow the seed early in the month 

 of May in a cold frame, or on a gentle 

 bottom heat, to cause a quicker and 

 better germination. When the plants 

 have been pricked out in boxes, and are 

 large enough in the months of July or 

 August, plant them at not less than 

 three feet apart, and they will be fine, 

 sturdy plants, with the leaves hugging 

 the ground. Such plants will stand al- 

 most any amount of frost. 



The older plants which have flowered 

 and have been cut down are diflferent. 

 There is an old thick stem on these, 

 with some growths clustering around the 

 neck, and this stem dies down from the 

 top, after exposure to severe frost; and 

 as the outer covering of the stem parts 

 from the woody portion, the growths 

 gradually die with it. A good way to 

 treat old stools of the hollyhock is to 

 dig them up, and plant in an ordinary 

 garden-frame in rich loamy soil, and if 

 some leaf-mould can be mixed with it 

 to keep it open, so much the better. 

 They may be planted quite closely to- 

 gether, and have a covering of litter if 

 very severe frosts set in. 



Choice varieties may be potted in 7 

 or 8-inch pots, according to the size of 

 the stools: and as the object is to obtain 

 cuttings, they can be more quickly ob- 

 tained from plants that have been win- 

 tered in a glasshouse, from which the 

 frost is kept out better than from a 

 frame. When the shoots are strong 

 enough, they should be cut off with a 

 knife close to the main stem, taking a 

 heel of the older tissue as well. Such 

 cuttings form roots freely in a propa- 

 gating-frame or heated house, but they 

 are apt to rot unless the right method 

 is pursued. Let as many clean thumb- 

 pots be prepared as there are cuttings, 

 and having put a bit of crock over the 

 hole, and prepare some porous soil con- 

 sisting of one part good loam, one of 

 leaf-mould, and some white sand, all be- 

 ing moderately moist, and plant these 

 cuttings firmly in the pots, but do not 

 atford water; indeed, it is better not to 

 afford any before roots are formed, 

 which is the reason that the soil should 

 be rather moist, for if the pots are 

 plunged in moist cocoanut-fibre-refuse 

 over mild bottom-heat, the moisture will 

 be retained for two or three weeks, as 

 the cuttings are. of course, in a glass- 

 case inside of the house. The frame 

 should not be quite closed, or decay in 

 the leaves and also in the stem may 

 sometimes be set up. It is very essen- 

 tial that decayed parts should be prompt- 

 ly removed when noticed. 



Eoot-grafting may be successfully 

 practiced in the spring, the stock and 

 scion being prepared as if for whip- 

 grafting, and they are carefully fitted, 

 and tied firmly with raffia. A short 

 piece of a root is used for the stock, and 

 in potting the graft the top of the root 

 must be covered with the soil, which 

 should be the same sandy, light soil 

 as that used for the cuttings. When 

 fairly established, these young holly- 

 hock plants must be gradually inured to 



the temperature of a cold frame when 

 all danger from frost is over, and re- 

 potted into 5 or 6-inch pots. In order 

 that the best results may be obtained, 

 the plants must be carefully attended 

 to, and placed in the open air in April, 

 and planted out where they are to stand 

 to flower about the end of that month or 

 early in the next. The stations or the 

 bed should be prepared in the autumn 

 by being trenched, and heavily manured. 

 In planting cither hollyhocks or dah- 

 lias where they are to flower, it is bet- 

 ter to at once put in the stakes to 

 which they will be secured, it being bet- 

 ter for the plants, and a saving of trou- 

 ble in the end. At the time of planting, 

 make the hole large enough to hold a 

 spadeful or two of a good compost — say, 

 of loam and decayed manure in equal 

 portions, with manure between the 

 first and second spits. Plant firmly 

 and rather make a slight depression 

 round the plants than a hillock, as in 

 dry seasons water must be afforded. 



In new ground that has not had the 

 benefit of trenching, it will not do to 

 throw the subsoil on to the top, but to 

 stir it up, and mix plenty of good ma- 

 nure with it. Many persons do" not rea- 

 lize the importance of garden ground 

 being well aerated before being planted 

 with anything, either flowering plants 

 or vegetables. Suppose the ground has 

 been trenched in October or November, it 

 will soon have the surface battered down 

 with the rain, and thus rendered imper- 

 vious to the air, and weeds will appear 

 on it; and the proper sort of treatment 

 is to fork it over to the depth of four 

 inches, and in about six weeks fork it 

 up again; but it is better to let it alone 

 until the surface is fairly dry. It may 

 also be forked over at the time of plant- 

 ing, and if some decayed manure be 

 placed around the roots of the plants, 

 it will have a very beneficial effect on 

 them.---J. Douglas, in the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, London. 



GREENHOUSE GRAPES. 



I would suggest to E. S. C. that he 

 bend the last ycai's growth down, which 

 will induce all of the lower eyes to start 

 freely. Afterward the vines may ibe 

 straightened out again. I have always 

 found common cow manure the best fer- 

 tilizer for the borders and beds, both, 

 inside and outside. F. J. Ulbricht. 



A WHEEL HOE, 



Mr. W. E. Hall, Clyde, 0., sends us a 

 sample of his wheel "hoe. It is practi- 

 cally an 8-inch scufile hoe on wheels. It 

 is simple and 'strong and we can see that 

 it could be made to do very eflfective 



work 



well as lots of it. 



Blackinton, Mass. — Geo. H. Phelps 

 will erect two violet houses ILxGO, one 

 on each side of his 20-foot carnation 

 house, adding the narrow houses as 

 wings and heating the three houses with 

 a Dean boiler and 3-inch steel tubing. 



Kansas City, Mo. — The directors of 

 Convention Hall are endeavoring to ar- 

 range for a big flower show in the hall 

 next fall, and are asking the florists to 

 co-operate. 



Detroit, Mich. — Miss Queeney Ferry, 

 daughter of D. M. Ferry, the seedsman, 

 was married June 8 to Avery Coonley, of 

 Chicago. 



