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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



JuLV 4, 1001. 



soon as the hot weather coiiips they dry 

 up. You .see them sprouting out tlieir 

 buds and leaves and you tliink they are 

 all safe. Now is the time they collapse. 

 All these should be well looked after 

 during the hot summer months. I be- 

 lieve greatly in mulching, whether it be 

 an Austrian pine or a maple tree for the 

 first season. A good nnilcliing of any 

 stable manure or two inches of spent 

 hops, then you can water tliem with 

 real benefit, for evaporation does not 

 take place and the ground is cntiniuilly 

 moist. 



Sowing Grass Seed. 



It might be worth mentioning here 



that it is often considered impracticable 



Violets. 



We are plantingour violets this week. 

 This is a little later than the date when 

 some of the best growers begin planting 

 them, but I have found that it answers 

 the purpose about as well. In place of 

 taking off all the glass we have found 

 by taking out every third run of lights 

 that it does very well, shading the re- 

 mainder heavily. This, keeps the house 

 much cooler than it would with all the 

 glass in or .ill nut. P,y nn im-nns tr\ist 

 the soil lli:il III- 'jiii\Mi \iiil.i- last 

 year. Ours an- |.|:iiiiril m -nli.! i-nls and 



we remove sivi i-ii;lii in. Iir- nf top 



soil because wc liclieve the violet roots 

 have gone down to a good depth, filling 



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 PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. 



to sow lawn grass seed in summer, be- 

 lieving that after the 1st of June you 

 must stop until the latter ].;iil <i .\ii'jnst. 

 That all depends on wliiiliii \.iu li:i\r 

 the use of the hose. On tin l':iii \nii'i- 

 ican grounds last j^ear t;ia--. ^r.-.l was 

 sown every day from the 1st of June 

 through the hottest days of summer. It 

 was simply a matter of sprinkling. It 

 was sown thickly, I will admit, but that 

 is of little consequence if you can obtain 

 a satisfactory lawn, and this same seed 

 sown in the hottest days of July is now 

 a lawn of the finest quality. I mention 

 this so that people who are anxious to 

 sow may not be afraid to. providing 

 they have the hose. If yon have not it 

 would be most unwise to attempt sowing 

 until the end of August. 



in again with a good, heavy loam tha 

 was plowed and prepared last vear. Wi 

 srirrail nliniit tw,, inr-lirs of well dpravr, 



rate of about a 5-ineh pot to a barrow 

 load of soil. We believe that violets like 

 bone dust. William Scott. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES. 



Plant-. tliM xuvr U..I nut ..n llin 

 bencln's in - I -.-a-.m «ill ih.w l.r unit- 

 ing away nn-ely, and this is the best time 

 to put ill your supports. If this is done 

 while tlH> plants are small it is not half 

 so much work, and you don't run any 

 chances of getting your stems crooked or 

 your plants broken. 



Many growers run a wire along on tlic 

 bed close by each row, (iml a i<ir ii-|M>nd- 

 ing wire well up along tin I'lani- and 

 then run strings up. onr Im ra. h simi. 

 This is excellent if you can li\ tin- toj) 

 wire firmly and securely to prevent the 

 string from sagging and getting loose, 

 but if this cannot be readily done a very 

 neat method is to run a single wire for 

 each row about two feet above the bed, 

 and then use wire stakes three, four or 

 five feet long, according to variety and 

 tie the same to the wire. Then you can 

 run your plants up the stakes. While 

 this is not nearly so handy when it 

 comes time for cutting the flowers as 

 if you used string, it is a far better meth- 

 od to use for varieties like Hurrell, 

 that have a tendency to come away side- 

 ways after showing a bud. It is some- 

 times difficult if only string is used for 

 a support to get the stem to start up 

 again clean and straight, when by using 

 a wire stake you can draw your stem 

 into proper position without any trou- 

 ble. 



During the present intensely hot 

 weather the plants should be sprayed 

 over several times a day, or rather, I 

 should say, spray over the entire house, 

 roof, walls and paths and everywhere to 

 keep down the temperature. You don't 

 want to get your plants hard and stunt- 

 ed, which they are apt to do if you run 

 the atmosphere too dry. Y'ou must keep 

 your plants on the move from the day 

 they are planted till they are in flower, 

 then success is certain. 



Keep the beds well watered and re- 

 member that the sides of the benches, 

 which are necessarily exposed to the 

 sun, dry out more quickly than the cen- 

 ter, which is shaded by the foliage of the 

 plants. 



The surface of the beds should be 

 stirred up with a scratcher once a week, 

 oare of course being exercised not to 

 lircak ofl the young roots as they go 

 roiK-hing out into the new soil. Stirring 

 up the soil will kill off the weed seeds 

 tliat are germinating all the time and 

 keep that nasty green scum from form- 

 ing on the surface, which is a sure sign 

 of a more or less stagnant, sour condi- 

 tion of the soil. , 



Tlie caterpillars are unusually numer- 

 11- tills year, and in a bad season the 

 l.( -I iliing to do for them is to use paris 

 •J urn and poison them. Handpicking is 

 tar too slow when the catii pillars are 

 around by the thousand. ;i- liny are 

 this year. While it may imI In pii^-ilile 

 to poison all of them, yon ran ui't i id of 

 a great many that way and pick off by 

 hand what are left behind. 



One pest in particular that has been 

 ,.,.,.,,ntlv iles^vil.f.I and illustrated, the 

 ■■•ji ri nli.iii-r I I Ml I > ' i" I llir "(Jreat Leaf 

 Xnii.liihi. .1 •: ' .1 l.rii,.,name for 



il , ,- |,;Hlnl-l,lli^ :r,,u,'.:,Un^. Kill all 

 Ilir linitnilir- vii sec m the hou-ses and 

 |i:i 1 1 n iilai ly l.mk out for this measly 

 lull. in-i\ inloied moth "Phlyctsenia 

 iiil.iLjalis" 'y.r<./,(„Hs. The lady "bug is 

 doing valiant work in keeping down the 

 black fly. Always learn to distinguish 

 friends from foes among the insects. 



Plants that were planted outside or 

 ,11. • -tandiniz mitsjil,, in pots or boxes need 

 l.,l~ iif s]irayinLr. Always place where 

 ilify will lie fonvpnicnt to the hose, then 

 they are not so liable to be neglected. 

 Brian Boru. 



Burlington, Ia. — Jos. Bock, the flor- 

 ist, has made Crapo Park a present of 

 1,365 bedding plants. 



