646 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



October 24, 1901. 



MISCELLANEOUS 

 SEASONABLE HINTS. 



Hardy Plants. 



FioTii now till freezing >ip time is 

 tlie best season lor transplanting nearly 

 all till' best liardy perennials. I know 

 of no important exception except the 

 pyretlirum, which should have been 

 propagated in May or June and planted 

 out in September. Mr. Charlton, of 

 Kochester. N. Y., and there are few 

 better authorities than he on herbaceous 

 plants, as well as being an all round 

 gardener, remarks that the tenuifolia 

 type of piEonias should always be trans- 

 planted in the fall. 



Although most of our hardy peren- 

 nials are very hardy a protection of 

 some litter or leaves will well repay 

 the labor. Remember that you do not 

 divide or transplant every year and 

 with some not oftener than in five or 

 six years, therefore the soil cannot be 

 dug too deeply or too well enriched. 

 Most of us have more time for the next 

 two or three weeks than we have in 

 the spring, so make use of it now and 

 although few act entirely up to the old 

 axiom, it is still golden advice to never 

 put off till tomorrow what can be done 

 today. 



Wintering Bulbs and Tubers. 



When you lift your dahlia roots cut 

 off the tops seven or eight inches above 

 the ground, shake the soil off the tubers 

 and store in some cool dry place. Be- 

 neath a bench in a cool house will do, 

 but put them on boards and avoid drip. 

 On shelves in a root-house is the very 

 best place but we don't all have root- 

 houses. 



Gladiolus corms keep very well in 

 any shed where it is above freezing. 

 I am sure I have seen gladiolus bulbs 

 frozen in the ground and l)eing undis- 

 turbed come round all riglit, but when 

 out of the ground they want no frost. 



We used to think it scarcely worth 

 while to keep over the Caladium esculen- 

 tum bulbs. Thev are certainly very 

 cheap, but as we lose none now we think 

 it worth while to dig them up, cut oflF 

 the tops and lay them on boards be- 

 neath a rose or carnation bench. Treat- 

 ed in this way you will lose none. 



Bananas are now largely grown for 

 tropical beds. It is the Abyssinian spe- 

 cies (Musa ensete) that is most suit- 

 able. You can not winter them ip a 

 growing state. They would take up 

 more room than they are worth. They 

 get covered with thrip and red spider 

 unless constantly syringed, and even if 

 you did produce fine leaves during win- 

 ter they would be blown to pieces wlien 

 first put out. Trim otV tlir l,.a\cs and 

 some of the roots and ~I"M- ;i\\ay in 

 some shed with their voni- i.i\,.iiil wiih 

 soil and only enough inni-tuic tu keep 

 them alive. 



Araucatias. 



You will be getting in some plants of 

 Arauearia excel sa about now. They 

 don't want a warm, moist house unless 

 you want them to make a quick, soft 

 growth, which is not at all desirable. 

 After a week or two of careful treat- 



ment, avoiding draughts and with an 

 occa^iional syringing, they will do well 

 in a light house, medium temperature 

 and plenty of fresh air. They are most 

 assuredly a good plant for the dwell- 

 ing house with anything like decent 

 care. 



Boston Ferns. 



If you planted out a lot of young 

 Boston ferns in June to make plants 

 for winter sales you should now get 

 them established in pots. The best 

 plants are grown entirely in pots but 

 planting them out is a quick way to 

 get a plant. Give them the fullest light 

 after they are established in pots; they 

 want no shade. 



WiixiAM Scott. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 



The white and yellow Fitzwygram. 

 being one of the earliest varieties grown, 

 we commenced cutting from the bench 

 the 1st of October and they were all 

 gone by the loth. We then reserve our 

 stock plants, both for making our own 

 stock for another year and such as we 

 would wish to sell, from the best and 

 healthiest plants as well as those that 

 produced the most perfect flowers. And 

 in that way we think we keep our grade 

 of flowers better than in keeping "any 

 kind" of stock plants. 



Lady Harriett and Primo have all 

 been cut and sold by the 20th. Berg- 

 mann being planted on the bench come 

 earlier, I think, than those in pots, 

 grown in the same house, so that the 

 Bergmann in the bench have been cut, 

 while those in 6 and 7-inch pots, grown 

 mostly to three flowers on a plant, ex- 

 pecting to cut them, have not all ma- 

 tured yet. They will last a week or ten 

 days. The Glory Pacific are in full 

 sway, there being quantities of them at 

 this season of the year and will be 

 until the 1st or loth of November; then 

 there will be less. 



Glory Pacific to be grown at its best, 



I think, needs a north and south house 

 where it does not get the direct rays of 

 the sun, and being gi-own cool, develops 

 the flower much more perfect and a good 

 clear pink in color. And they can be 

 grown with three to four flowers to a 

 plant as well as one to a plant; as the 

 foliage is so heavy they require more 

 space on the bench between the rows 

 than the other early varieties. We are 

 able to wholesale the best Pacifies at 

 from $1.50 to $2.00 per dozen, while 

 the smaller ones go at $6, $8 and $10 

 prv hnndved. 



!;- liin-i II will be ready to cut by the 

 iii~i nt Nn\omber, from present indica- 



II II-. W.- tliink this a good mid-season 

 wliite. But they are only at their best 

 and most profitable we think, by grow- 

 ing one to two flowers on a plant. In 

 fact I prefer two. as witrh only one on 

 a plant llir ihtU ur.pws ton luin^ and 

 the cMiir t ., Il,■n^. uhilc Hiili nvo to 



sooner. Thev are developing fast and 

 are al;out ih',- size of a saucer. 



\l,-. i:, I), Siniih l,:w promise of be- 

 in- .1 111..- ilrr,,, ml, vllnw. The fol- 

 liijc I- 1 \ri \ I hiiij ilnii .iriild be desired. 



A beiUltllul' ^■U{ lial. Inlia-e Well up tO 

 tlie flower, and stem- In in li.ilf to three- 

 (|iuirters ai an inrh ihirk. ami from 

 three to four feet Imig. Ilicy will be 

 ready to cut in time tor the flower 

 shows, as the blossom is about six 

 inches across now. M. S. Vesey. 



Ft. Wayne, Ind. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



rge 



stem so long and they develop 



TheMarket- 



The cut flower market is becoming 

 active. October weddings have been 

 niunerous to the extent of making Bride 

 roses almost scarce at times. The sup- 

 ply has slightly decreased, thanks to 

 cooler weather, ' and most varieties of 

 flowers show far less waste than a week 

 ago. Shipping orders consume many of 

 our choicest flowers; this city is fast 

 becoming a great center of distribution 

 for cut flowers, which are sent from the 

 New England states to Florida and far 

 west of the Ohio, in satisfactory condi- 

 tion. 



Beauties, for which this city is fa- 

 mous, sell well at from 75c to $3 a doz- 

 en, a few selected $3.50 a dozen. Tea 

 roses are moving better than at any 

 time this fall; $3 to $5 a hundred is 

 the price. Carnations are coming in 

 more freely but there are not enough 

 good ones in the market. White is es- 

 pecially scarce. The buyers complain 

 that in many cases the stems are cut 

 too short; $1.50 to $2 a hundred is the 

 ruling figure for select stock. Violets 

 are improving and sell well. S. S. Pen- 

 nock sent some fine doubles to New 

 Haven for the Yale Bicentennial this 

 week. They bring 50 to 75c a hundred, 

 singles 15 to 25c a hundred. Valley, 

 what about valley? Why, this city will 

 soon become famous for its valley as it 

 now is for its Beauties. 



A. J. Pennock has fairly earned the 

 title of the Valley King; he is sending 

 his brother the finest sprays of this 

 flower ever seen here; great long stems, 

 bearing a profusion of large perfect 

 flowers with deep green folia':;e. that has 

 made at least one of the New York 

 valley specialists marvel. The price for 

 this special stock is $5 a hundred as 

 they run, with the selected held at $6. 

 Asparagus is moving well at 35 to 50 

 cents a bunch. Smrlax ditto at 12 to 15 

 cents a bunch. Chrysanthemums are only 

 selling fairly well; the price has fallen, 

 $1.50 will buy pretty nearly the best 

 dozen offered. 



Caspar and Geo. L. Pennock are send- 

 ing in some Golden Gate to their brother 

 that readily bring 8c. The roses are 

 superb with thick stems and luxuriant 

 foliage. 



Cosmos is good and plentiful. Dahlias 

 are becoming poor. 



Notes. 



Leo Niessen put a fine new wagon 

 (111 till- -lint last week. His name is 

 in -mall Iriiiis on the side, the idea 

 liciiiL: lliai i!ir retail florists prefer an 

 iii.il.trii-i\i' In-ikiii;;' vehicle in front of 

 their slon-; nni uno whose splendor 

 might outrival iln ir - \mi. 



Geo. JI. M -- i.,,i\,(l his first ship- 

 ment of valley tlii- week. 



Fred Eliret's -.vliolesale commission 



