The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



54 J 



Flowers at the President's Funeral. The Vault at Canton, O. 



Deeonvposition of the petals also takes 

 place if the plants have been overfed, 

 but this trouble occurs very -.lil.iiii willi 

 the average florist, the sli"i i" mu- j. ii 

 erally on the other foot in In- ■■!-'■. .i- 

 either on account of lack .pt iium .h \,r- 

 cause he thinks the big flowers don't 

 pay him his plants are generally under- 

 fed rather than over. 



After the buds are showing color we 

 like to maintain a temperature of from 

 45 to 50 degrees. Anything higher is 

 unnecessary and anything lower is liable 

 to cheek the development of some va- 

 rieties. 



There is a small thrip which is much 

 in evidence just now. whicli works 

 among the [irl;il>, ■■licwiiig or sucking the 

 coloring iii;iilir nni ,,|' the petals and 

 causing a llnw. i In liccome verv un- 

 sightly ill ;i -linit iMiio. Tliis "thrip 

 seems to lui' m Mlliiiilv for (lie white 

 varieties m el-i- tlir .liiniane i>i more 

 apparent mi llu- uliilr-. Tt is not very 



numerous ii il]i> linii-.- lia~ 1 ii wrll 



fumitratcd f.ir llv. nii.l nm L.mn.illv l,r 

 got rid of l,v lLin.l|,i.kiii- ii .; .Iili-ciit 

 search is madf on s('\(ral -iic. .'-^ivo 

 mornings. 



Mid-Season Varieties 

 Are greatly benefited by frfi|iii'iit ap- 

 plications of lii|iii(l iiiaiiiiic now tlial the 



but never iiiaki- thr iiii-lals.' oi L'iviii'j; 

 the plants a sti.mg d/.-e al any lime 

 to try and make up for lost time. It is 

 the greatest kind' of a mistake. Let the 

 liquid be weak and apply it every time 

 you water at this time rather than giv- 

 ing a strong dose and giving several ap- 

 plications of clear water in between. 



If liquid is applied too strong and the 

 soil happens to be rather dry the ef- 

 fects are painfully apparent in a 

 gnarled, twisted stem and a blasted bud 

 or deformed flower. It is always wise 

 to put a little Mil|diiir on iln- steam 

 pipe as soon as liiinj ha- i iir begun. 

 This will keep ibuMi iln- unMrw which 

 is almost certain to >tiikr in lo a great- 



er or less extent along the bottoms of 

 the plants where the foliage is dense 

 and llif >nii cannot penetrate. Apply 

 111. -ul|ilnii with a, paint brush, drop- 

 |iiiii; a liiil. of it every four feet or so 

 aloiiL! a -ingle pipe. If too much is 

 used it is liable to cause the color of 

 the pink varieties to fade and give the 

 flowers a dull; bedraggled appearance. 



The season of 1901, by the reports 

 from different sections of the country, 

 will show an improvement in flowers 

 generally, the growth being as a general 

 thing dwarf and in good condition. 

 Brian Boru. 



VIOLETS. 



In the Florists' Review of Sept. 12 

 there was an article on the use of nik- 

 oteen for aphis on violets. Will you 

 kindlv state what proportion of niko- 

 teen and water to use. A. H. 



T suppose that A. H. alludes to some- 

 (liiinj 1 vaid alioiii the use of nikoteen 

 on \inl,'|s. Tlir foliaL'e of violets is very 

 siisic|ilildi- to liaini: for instance, com- 

 mon Bordeaux mixture, which you can 

 use on roses and carnations and many 

 other leaves, is destruction to violets. 

 It will burn them right up. Nikoteen 

 is a very strong solution and for use 

 on violets it can be used at a strength 

 of 300 of water to one of nikoteen. Some 

 use what is known as the rose leaf ex- 

 tract of tobacco, which you can use 100 

 to 1. William Scott. 



GERANIUMS. 



When lifting your old geraniums it 

 is a mistake to pot them in large pots 

 or boxes. Take off nearly all the foliage 

 and pot into very small pots in sandy 

 soil and jibice in the coolest house you 

 have for a few months until they hard- 

 en and form new roots. If then potted' 

 or boxed up they speedily respond and 

 give plenty of cuttings. 



If you want to work up a stock of 



new and choice varieties these can be 

 planted out on a sunny bench after their 

 season of rest and by making toothpick 

 cuttings during February, March and 

 April a stock can soon be worked up 

 for spring sales in 2A-inch sizes. 



J. 0. E. 



AZALEAS. 



Azaleas for Christmas, such as 

 Deutsche Perle, Simon Mardner and 

 Vervaeneana, should be placed in a 

 lather cool house after being received, 

 but a week later they should go into 

 a temperature of 65 to 70 degrees at 

 night until in bloom, and then be hard- 

 ened a little. When the conditions are 

 not just right to maintain the proper 

 temperature try a mild hotbed in the 

 house and -with the right amount of 

 watering and svrincing they will be 

 hastened aburj. It rairfnll\ attended to 

 those not Iluiii- tli.> n^iht larilities in 

 piping may v''' lln'm in -'II li'jlit. 



The main thing in making a hotbed in 

 the house is to see that the material is 

 well prepared, and this should be done 

 before bringing it inside. t ^ it. 



J. 0. E. 



PANSIES. 



For spring sales we must have large, 

 bright flowers, and' having obtained the 

 right strain of seed a little eare should 

 be used in making up the beds, which 

 must be well drained and properly en- 

 riched with old rotted manure, bone 

 meal or horn shavings. 



The seedlings should never be allowed 

 to become "drawn" before pricking off, 

 and if the plants appear too thickly in 

 the spring no time should be lost in 

 transplanting farther apart. 



.After trying various methods of sow- 

 ing the seed I have adopted the follow- 

 ing: I sift clean sandy loam to a depth 

 of three or four inches, water well, sow, 

 an.l cover with boards elevated above the 

 bill. When the seeds begin to germinate 

 the covering is removed and the bed 

 watered frequently. J. 0. E. 



