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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



pack them so that each bloom will eonie 

 out of the box as fiesli as it went into 

 it. Tlie best way we liave found is to 

 pack in layers and lay each row of 

 blooms on a pillow aboiii J of an inch 

 thick, placing the pillow, which is made 

 by rollini; ii|i .1 -li.-.t nf paper, just be- 

 neath thr ,.,}\\. I'.i.k only one layer 

 in each ln,\. nii]v-~ \.iu can put in a 

 false boll. Ill .ni.l , l,:.t ihciu so thai no 

 bloom can move annunl .iml w.mU hn sc. 

 Place plenty of dam]) li — n. |.;ip,i lu- 

 tween the 'stems, but .1.. n-l -|.iinklc 

 water on the blooms, as llial lakes the 

 lustre otT of them. The bloom should 

 be cut and the stems stood in water at 

 least 12 hours before packing and in 

 many cases it is better to allow the 

 blooms to develop their size in the cel- 

 lar instead of on the plants at this time 

 of the year. 



Cutting. 



Sor 

 fade 

 tain 

 shine of ea 



quite badly before the lib 

 their full size in ll.is w. 



best arowini; season. If .sales are good 

 at tliis season the temptation is strong 

 to lake another crop from the plants be- 

 fore throwing them out, but it is more 

 profitable to plant a house for summer 

 blooming than to curtail the growing 

 season of the winter Iilrmnur-i. Young 

 stock also is sure U> -hll.i ri.i,.,.l.-i ably 

 by standing in the |".i~ Iimiiil' llic hot 



attended to. 



The soil b.'iii;; HOW ill til roiidilinn lo 

 be placed on I be bi-nclic.-.. Ihc bciiclics. if 

 old, should Ik; thoiouglily dean.sed by 

 playing the hose on them with suliicient 

 force to remoye all old soil from joints 

 and cracks, and uivcn a good coating of 

 hot lilnr »a-l,: ibi-. uliib- a.tiir^ a. a 

 good |ii .— I \ .11 n r, .i\.,, i|<-lMi\- iii-c.l- 



mend iruxiiiv -iilplnir «ilh IIh' \ia-li In 

 preyenl fungoid growth. Whether there 

 is any eflicacy in this I do not know, but 

 Ihe e.Npennient is cheap and quite harm- 



Css t, 



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\i\iu\i- 



eft 



Group of Palms and Foliagi PUnts by Wm. Duckham, Gardener to D. Willis James, 

 at the New York Show. 



should be cut as soon as all the petals 

 are unfolded and put in a cellar where 

 the temperature is belui-in 4."i an<l .ill 

 degrees, where the.y will kir|i L;n'"iii'j 

 for a week or more. Ilriiiiiiilici . in.i. 

 that you should show tliciii when llicy 

 are at their very best. Last year at one 

 of the show* I saw two vases of red car- 

 nations; the one lot was just about as 

 large and fine as those blooms were 

 ever lo be while the other lot was evi- 

 dently picked about a day before the 

 exhibition and of course the first men- 

 tioned lot won. I saw bulb l<its the 

 next day and when I saw ak. iil liia' half 

 of the prize winners a-bep I bad 

 learnt a lesson. It makes ik, diUVreiue 

 how fine they were or will be, but you 

 want them to be their very finest when 

 the judge is at work. A. F. J. Baur. 



ROSES. 



Planting. 



bench for drainage ought to be covered 

 over to |ircyent the soil from running 



ki^e 



near the bottom ; fill the bench fiush, 

 then mark off along the sideboard the 

 distances the lines are to be apart, allow- 

 ing for Brides, Meteors and varieties of 

 about the same growth one square foot 

 to each plant. Beauties will require one 

 and one-half feci. To give each plant 

 an e,|iial am. anil ..f spa.,, aii.l Ii..ibl Ihev 

 ,I,.,iiM 1..^ |.k.nl..l -.. Il.al tl,.' liiM's wiil 

 11111 .'illaa .lia'j..Mall\ a.i..~~ 111.' bench 



ing. syringing, etc. 



If bone is to be, u.sed as a fertilizer 

 now is the time to begin it. To get the 

 immediate benefit the bone ought to be 

 cut fine. To some soils it is absolutely 

 necessary, and, in fact, all soils are bene- 

 fitted by its use. Twenty pounds to a 

 b..ii.b loii\4' f.cl -.■.Ills to be about 

 111.- i.'.|;n-ii.' .iin..niii I.. II-.' at this time. 

 S|ii.'a.l It .-x.'!]!; I'll th.' -mface and pro- 

 ceed l.j plant. Tlieie is no need to stir 



it tKiough the soil, as the act of planting 

 leaves as much around the ball as is 

 needful, and the subsequent stirring of 

 the surface and watering will carry the 

 rest of it deep enough into the soil for 

 the young roots to find. The bone should 

 be specially prepared for greenhouse 

 work, and not the coarser kind used by 

 farmers, which is in many of the cheaper 

 kinds cut with a.'ids. It is also better 



plant 



no deeper than just sufficient to 

 the ball. This will leave a little 

 sirin aroiinrl the jdant. which 



I 1.1' I. 'II 111 tliai .\ ay ill! the bench 

 .'- -1 11 i iii'_> W ..t.'i , ., li plant care- 

 aii.l -l.,ul>, ..iil\ ai.. 1111,1 the ball, 

 111 mil.' 1 1,1- iii.lu i.lual watering for 



.•\. r\ ki i^hl .ki\ . kill ii.'iei' so late 



ali.'iii ikii'ili.' plants will not 



11,,.' I., .h \ li.'i..!.' iiiLtlil. There is 

 .'-il\ ,.1 -liailin- >.,iiii'j slock that 

 '.'II piiip.'il\- liaiiill.'.k li..wever hot 



■al li.'l aia \ k.'. I ai .till and judi- 

 ual.'llll'j all'l -MlllL'Ill-. with all 



1 I li.'\ .all -. I k.'iii^ .ill that is 

 il. Il'.ar.'.l li.i pi,.|..'il\ they will 

 iiito muwth at oiiee ,111.1 make quite 



PACKING AND DELIVERY OF 

 PLANTS. 



Faulty packing has been the subject 



■ \aii,.ii- .' a'lil- l.\- ...rii-spondents 



■ Till l;i Ml w. ;.n.l tl,'.' lap-.'s of ship- 

 'I - lia\ ,' I,,'. 11 .1 11 I, I/,', I 111. .re or less 

 iii-ii,'all>. a,,, I ,k,iiki'i'-- tills has not 

 'I'll .k 11.' \'> It h.ait reason. 



Sii, Il iiii-i il .'- as that of using an ex- 

 i'iii,l\ h.aw k.ix, the freight or express 

 .ai'j.'s .111 wliH'li iiiav nearly amount to 



and 



But the lumber bill on account of 

 licking cases is no small item to the 

 lippiie.. fl.ii'ist, an. I the euslcims of the 



a. I.' Ill ..111- ...iiiiliy ,1.1 n..l at present 

 ll.AV .1 aiix .'liar.,;e keiiii.' made for 



looked 



^pon as perfectly proper among the 

 European trade, and also among nursery- 

 men in our own country. 



The sliipjiiiv,' of plants i„ pots also 



iiiak.'- -.Ill,,' a.klilk.ii 1.1 III.' .'\penses of 



th.' -Iiipp.'i t Ik,' la,t tkal a much 



.MiMliT .11. '.I .'I k..\ -iia.'.' I- I'.'.iuired and 



terial. 

 of packi 



\\aiiii vveather the cost 

 la 1,1 1 ally much less than 

 |.ii a I I lie latter season 

 k. iiia.le as nearly air- 

 .'. a 11,1 also carefully lined 

 kii. --.'- ..f paper or with 

 1 - .1 i.'lt paper, such as 

 1 liiiinL'. and in addition 

 ,\, 1 . I I'-Mclsior is placed 



lalerial with the extra 

 ,'upied in doing the job 

 lost of winter packing 

 Is lo nearly 10 per cent 



