AiiiUST 8, 1001. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



291 



Prize- Winning Baskets at the Recent Exhibition at Newport, R. I. 



blooms are soft and easily bruised, lime. 

 \'an der Cruysen is much ttner, aud a better 

 deeper, but more difficult to bring into bluom 



the liufsL ijiuk uue aud forces 

 Deutsche Perle, white, which 

 without difBculty, is also good. 



be had 

 mand is 



but the dt 

 rery limited. 



CvcLAMEX. — A well - grown and well- 

 bloomed cyclamen Is a very saleable Christ- 

 mas plant and brings a good price ; in fact. 

 ■Christinas is the only profitable time to have 



oyrl: II i.liiii^ w liich readily bring $lli to 



«L't , I i -ale. at Christmas, drop 

 to li ■ I 's the week after, with 

 vpr\ ! ■ .'.|. i i The best way to grow 



loam, and the addition of a liberal sprink- 

 ling of bone meal. 



Begonia Gloike de Lokuaixe. — What a 

 grand addition to the list of Christmas 

 plants this dainty, elegant, glorious begonia 

 is ! My townsman. Edwin Lonsdale, on his 

 exhibit at our last fall show, said : "This is 

 not a century plant, but it is the plant of 

 the century." That sounds a bit enthusi- 

 .astic. but is quite allowable when all the 

 good points of the plant are considered. The 



here it 



pro 



yoking plant to the propagator, who expect- 

 ed to strike cuttings in the winter time and 

 could get no suitable wood ; it does nothing 

 but bloom In winter, and it is May or .lune 

 before the wood which makes good cuttings 

 comes' up from the base of the plant : then it 

 roots freely and plants struck at this time 

 may be grown into fine, bushy specimens in 

 six or eight-inch pots by Christmas. Tops 

 taken from these plants in Aiigust and Sep- 

 tember make fine plants in four-inch pots l)y 

 Christmas ; it should be only lightly shaded 

 in summer, and given plenty of air. but does 

 not like much water on the foliage. It 

 makes a tine subject for dinner table decora- 

 tion when grown in round or oval pans. 



eighth leaf mould. 



Boi:GAiNviLr.EA SANDEnii. — This is a fine, 

 showy plant and can be had at Christmas 

 if the wood be ripened somewhat in Septem- 

 ber, and then forced in a night temperature 



best flowering condition at Christmas ; it 

 was. however, more valuable before the ad- 

 vent of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, which is 

 vastly superior. 



PttiMULA cHiNENSis. — A fine strain of 

 these should be popular, although Mr. Wm. 

 K. Harris, of Philadelphia, who had de- 

 veloped, by years of .selection from the finest 

 European strains, the best commercial type 

 of Chinese primula I have seen, was com- 

 pelled to give up growing them about ten 

 years ago, because he could get only 25 

 cents apiece for grand plants in 6-inch pots. 

 I think that now. when the demand for 

 <~'liiistnias j>laiits is so much greater, it 

 v.i'iil.l i,::\ - nne to take up their careful 



I I : i:''i'i .h ii\ Balfouhii. — This plant is 



y< ii II <l ii.aiitiful and can be had in 



I ' ■- iii.is it given a good 



ii III ■ : I ;i 'm wood in September. 



I ' Ill a night tempera- 



iMrii.i :.. I Ins is a plant which 



has almost diui'IU'd "Ut of cultivation: it is 

 deliciouslv fragrant, and I am sure that 

 ■ Its in 5 or 6-inch pots, in full 

 eet with a ready sale at good 



bloom, would meet wi 

 prices. 



Erica.s. — Several n 

 for Christmas. E. Wi 

 the best : but as I ha' 



these are admirable 

 had little experience 



ground ; 



I 111^ ; planted in open 

 lly in September, shad- 

 d then grown in a cool 



ed for a few d 

 greenhouse. 



Geranium. — Some of the finer semi-doub 

 varieties, such as .Tenii Viand, -Mphon 

 Ricard and simil.u s,,iis, it will grown 

 6-inch pots would In' -.ili:ililr iiiiil are amoi 

 the best of our wiiHl..« |. lam- 

 In addition to ihr pLini- I \,:,y,- name 

 lilacs (Charles X. and .\la^^ 1 i . ir, r- avi< tl 



best), lily of the valley. 1: i i.nih 



early tulips, etc.. may be t.i i n 



these bulbs, when grown In i i 



very useful in the basl;i i - ■ i i ii.i- :ii 

 flowering plants now so iM.i.ulai .at il 

 holidays. These baskets aud plateaus . 

 flowering plants, in combination with brig! 

 foliage plants, such as dractenas. croton 

 pandanus. etc.. with terns and other grac 

 ful forms, offer largest scope for the fliirist 



of a floral artist will be coupled with this 

 work in much the same way as we now 

 speak of a masterpiece by Gainsborough or 

 Titian. 



The number of species of flowering plants 

 suitable for Christmas, as at present grown, 

 is quite limited. .What a grand thing it would 

 be if we could force at Christmas as great a 

 variety as we can at Easter, and I believe 

 that this is quite pussihl.'. I dn iu)t see 



can not be had at Chrisiimi- W h.ii an ad- 

 dition, for instance, to tlir list nf ilnistmas 

 plants would be the now famous Crimson 

 Rambler roses ! And why could 

 "ifted from the open 



in October or 

 s^ember aDd. after having made some 

 roots, be allowed to stay outside until put 

 to sleep by the cold weather and then car- 

 ried over, entirely dormant, until the fol- 

 lowing year, when it could be started late in 

 September or early in October, and brought 

 into bloom by Christmas? And the same 

 treatment would apply to mydrangeas, genis- 

 tas, etc., and to Anna Alexieff, Magna 

 Charta. Mrs. .Tno. Laing and other free- 

 blooming roses. The hardy flowering shrubs, 

 too. such as duetzias. weigelias. for.sythfas. 

 flowering almond, etc., would be amenable 

 to like treatment. 



The .lapanese cherry, also, which cam^ 

 into such favor last Easter, could be suc- 

 cessfully treated in this way and would be 

 very valuable. If done in a large way the 

 I>roportionate cost would not be too great. 

 I vtn-ily believe in the near future we shall 

 see in operation such cold storage facilftjes 

 as I have suggested, and it will not be with- 

 out profit to the operator. 



I will now close in the hope that some of 

 the older and more experienced men in the 

 audience will correct any mistakes I have 

 iny good Christmas plants 



tted. 



N. D.— Fred He 



123 feet long. 



Wichita, Kan. — The seed men in Kan- 

 sa.s are now having their inning. The 

 farmers are buying some stares out. 



