Septembeh 12, 1001 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



449 



Bed of Geraniums at the Pan-American Exposition. Exlubit of Jas. Vick's Sons. 



fully as possible, so as not to destroy 

 the fibrous roots more than is absolute- 

 ly necessary. Give a large enough pot 

 not to crowd the roots too much and 

 shade from the sun for a few days until 

 you can see that root action has com- 

 menced again. Bri.\n Boru. 



CANNAS AT THE PAN-AMERICAN. 



Mr. Vaughan has an extensive assort- 

 ment of cannas ; among them ma"ny new 

 ones. Among those occupying beds by 

 themselves are Dwarf Florence Vaughan. 

 This has the identical flower of the well- 

 known variety, but is from 18 inches to 

 2 feet shorter in growth, and I am in- 

 clined to think gives a greater abundance 

 of flowers. A large oval bed has been a 

 grand sight for a long time. I think it 

 a most valuable variety. 



N. Jarry Desloges has green foliayc, a 

 large floret and large spike; medium in 

 height; an orange scarlet in color. 



David Harum I have before spoken of. 

 It has dark bronzy foliage, medium in 

 height, and it is particularly early, which 

 I think is a good quality in any canna, 

 and extremely free. The color is a pure 

 beautiful scarlet. There is a blending 

 between the flower and the foliage in 

 this canna which is most pleasing. 



Charles Molin has green foliage, me- 

 dium in height, large spike; color a red- 

 dish salmon, with a slightly gold edge to 

 the petals. 



Francis Eeif, green leaf, medium 

 height, a particularly free bloomer and 

 color an orange scarlet. This is a most 

 beautiful canna. 



Victory, large green foliage, tall in 

 habit and very large flower with an im- 

 mense spike. It is one of the earliest to 

 bloom after (planting. The flower is an 

 intense deep orange, with a mottled yel- 

 low throat and edge of petals. We con- 

 sider this one of the very finest cannas 

 of recent introduction. 



Mme. Alfred Blanc, medium in height, 

 green leaves, color almost pure salmon, 

 with edge of petals and throat yellow. 

 This is a most vigorous grower, and 

 gives a great abundance of bloom. 



J.*onard Vaughan, dark bronzy foliage, 

 and tall in habit. A beautiful scarlet 

 Hower, slightly lighter than David Har- 

 um. and very "free. 



Chicago, green leaf, medium to tall; 

 the color can best be described as a russet 

 orange. Several of these cannas are in 



small beds, and, although they have been 

 carefully and constantly watered, there 

 is not quite the chance to see them at 

 theirbest that there is in large masses. 



Conard & Jones have several very 

 promising varieties. Buttercup is quite 

 dwarf, bright green leaves, and very free 

 bloomer. The color is a pure golden-yel- 

 low without any markings. We know of 

 no other like it, and there must be room 

 for it. 



Niagara is a dwarf in habit and a very 

 stout grower ; a free bloomer. Flowers of 

 the Queen Charlotte type, but a much 

 heavier spike; a very striking variety. 



George Washington, green foliage, 

 dwarf habit, and particularly free bloom- 

 er. Large round petals, deep scarlet in 

 color, almost crimson. 



This firm has a large circle, 24 feet 

 in diameter, filled with two varieties 

 which they call American pedigree can- 

 nas. They have been photographed, and 

 I hope to have the correct names. They 

 were not early to bloom, but for the past 

 month have been one of the most at- 

 tractive beds on the grounds. The cen- 

 ter plants have grown tall. Nearer the 

 edge they are dwarf. According to our 

 color chart, they are almost a pure pink, 

 but a lady, who is a judge of color, tells 

 me they are a cerise-pink. They are 

 very striking varieties, and, in a large 

 mass, a most pleasing sight. 



Wm. Scott. 



FORCING GLADIOLUS. 



A correspondent writes that he has a 

 house of chrysanthemums, and asks if 

 they can be succeeded by gladiolus. He 

 thought once of growing sweet peas after 

 the mums, and perhaps some Astilbe jap- 

 onica. He also adds that he has only 

 boiler power to keep them up to 50 de- 

 grees in cold weather and hardly that. 

 What is rather worse, he says that the 

 house is shaded, during the winter 

 months, in the mornings, by a shed and 

 barn. 



I would say that the gladiolus would 

 be not at all a satisfactory crop. Al- 

 though some of my friends will disagree 

 with me, I think that gladiolus can only 

 be profitably grown among carnations or 

 something of that sort; so I would dis- 

 miss the consideration of gladiolus. 



If near a good market the sweet peas 

 would do very well, providing you got 



them onto the Ik 

 chrysanthenniin- \ 



you would SciU I 111 



so they would lir 



iniediately the 

 . To do that 

 inch pots now 

 rlcd when the 



Aslilbe is very ea-il\ lihhvii. and, as 

 it is not very protital.lc am tiriio, but 

 mostly at Easter, tlirn- w.iuM i„- no need 

 of putting it on the bench until after 

 New Year's, and then you would want 

 something to succeed that at Easter. 



ir in a location where there is any de- 

 mand for geraniums, I would rather get 

 a lot of geranium cuttings. Get them 

 rooted at once; keep them in small pots 

 until the chrysanthemums are gone, 

 which you can almost do in a cold frame, 

 then shift them into 3-inch and later 

 intn 4inch. You could grow quite a lot 

 (if a-till.<- at the saiiic time, because the 

 •-■'a.Miiiiin- wniil.i iim| .■(•i-upy all the 

 li"H-,. iiiiiil tlirir la-t -hift, which, as 

 Ka-ti I is larly, wmilil la- plenty of time 

 aft,T that event. 



I think I could make more money out 

 of the house in that way than I could 

 with either gladiolus or sweet peas. Some 

 Japan longiflorum could also be grown, 

 but do not attempt, in that temip«rature, 

 to get them in for Easter; but, by keep- 

 ing them out in a frame, protected until 

 New Year's, and then brought inside, 

 they would come along for Decoration 

 Day and pay very well. 



Wm. Scott. 



STOCKS-CANDYTUFT-IRIS. 



Please tell me time of sowing seed and 

 culture of stocks and candytuft. Also 

 best method of handling iris. 



The Ee\iew is the very best trade pa- 

 per that comes to our notice. Iris. 



In answer to "Iris" we would say that 

 there are several varieties of stocks, and 

 their treatment differs. The Brompton 

 stocks, which give you the largest spikes, 

 are sov^ti in August, must be wintered in 

 a cold-frame, and, if planted out early in 

 the spring, will flower the following 

 June. Not much grown in this country, 

 but in the cooler parts of Europe are 

 most wonderful. There is a tall growing 

 strain, which in the days of short- 

 stemmed flowers, were much used for 

 funeral designs, and which lakes four or 

 five months linm liinr <ii sowing till 

 flowering, liainidt iiani'' the variety. 



The best for the tiini-t is a good strain 

 of the ten-week varieties. We grew these 

 largely some years ago, and had a fine 

 strain of white. It had flowers about as 

 large as a Degraw carnation! We made 

 the lirst sowing in August, and again in 

 Xdvrmbcr; and, for Easter, sowed in 

 oaily January. Sow in flats, transplant 

 into" 2-inch, and sliift latia iiiln 4-ineh, 

 and occasionalK' Ih.- -imim.-i plants 

 into 5-incli. A li^'l.l h am uiih a little 

 spent hops or mltin inanin.'. wa- added. 

 Pot firmly. At all tiin. - -t-. 1.- want the 

 fullest light and ncMi . \. a ,.ii il,i.'iees at 

 night. They are tnail.'.! hmIi u-w ene- 

 mies. Fumigation is all that is neces- 

 sary, but they are liable to stem-rot, 

 which necessitates careful watering. 



Irises are very easily managed plants. 

 All of them except the Spanish section, 

 which has a bulb resembling a crocus, 

 are herbaceous plants, and can be divid- 

 ed and transplanted either in the fall or 

 spring. A moist, low ground is best suit- 

 ed to them. They spread rapidly, and 

 are very hardy. The .Spanish irises are 

 imported in the fall, and can be planted 

 .IS soon as received and should be pro- 

 tected with leaves or litter. 



