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The Weekly Florists' Review. • 



MAY 24, 1900. 



his disposal and tliat tie would merely 

 draw attention to the general rules of 

 landscape gardening, which should be 

 followe<l, no matter how small the 

 surroundings might be. 



Beauty, simplicity and harmony are 

 the three principal objects to be sought 

 and when they are attained you may 

 be sure the effect will be jjleasing to 

 the eye. Beaut.v without simplicity 

 would not be attractive, as an object 

 can be beautiful in itself and still mar 

 the effect of a grouping when asso- 

 ciated with others that do not harmon- 

 ize. 



In planting flower beds, he depre- 

 cated the bringing together of the 

 strong primary colors, such as red and 

 yellow, and held that such sliouUl al- 

 ways be separated one from the o.hsr 

 by some neutral color, such as green, 

 white or gray. Trees should always 

 be planted so as to show the full 

 beauty of each individual specimen 

 and never crowded together. 



In the case of small grounds, mate- 

 rial should be used sparingly rather 

 than attempting to make it appear to 

 be a forest of trees and shrubs. Often 

 small lots are so completely filled with 

 plants that not a square foot of lawn 

 is to be seen, and colors that would be 

 beautiful alone or in moderate quan- 

 tity are completely lost through the 

 immense number used. 



He criticized the planting in many 

 public parks, the introduction of ob- 

 trusive buildings into such grounds, 

 and paid his respects to the landscape 

 "architect," saying: "His sharp and 

 angular lines are just the ones we must 

 avoid in landscaping. Nature's beauti- 

 ful flowing curves are the most attrac- 

 tive." 



The major part of the paper was de- 

 voted to aquatic gardening, extracts 

 from which will be found under an- 

 other heading. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



All stock, should be propagated by 

 this time, that it is proposed to plant 

 out next month, and as soon as rooted 

 it should be taken from the sand, and 

 potted up or put into Hats. In the 

 rush of work at this time the young 

 plants are too often neglected and al- 

 lowed to get weak and spiudley before 

 they receive any attention: and though 

 the recuperative powers of the mum 

 are great, there is a limit to every- 

 thing. 



If planting can be done as soon as 

 the plants are ready, the quickest way 

 is to put them into flits, but if the 

 house is not at disposal for some time, 

 it is better to pot up into 2-incli pots, 

 and on into 4's even, to keep them in 

 a nice, healthy, growing condition. It 

 takes more time, but it is time well 

 spent. The young plants should be all 

 outside now, and if a frame is not 

 available, they will do equally as well 

 in a sheltered position anywhere 

 handy lo the hose. I say a sheltered 

 position, because if the position is ex- 

 posed the hot sun and drying winds 

 dry the plants out too rapidly, and 



unless you stand over them with the 

 hose they get hard and woody. Golden 

 Wedding sometimes get rather yellow 

 in the foliage when it is outside and 

 so does Pennsylvania, but careful 

 watering will easily remedy this 

 trouble. 



The old stand-bys, Robinson. Bon- 

 naffon and such, are making their 

 usual good growth, and Morel and its 

 sports. Lady Hanham, Mrs. Ritson 

 and Charles Davis are making their 

 usual good growth of flower buds. I 

 lind it impossible to get a good shcot 

 ou these fellows till the season is far 

 advanced. 



Madam Carnot, with its sport G. J. 

 Warren, is susceptib'e to a leaf disease 

 which carries away all the bottom foli- 

 age. It seems to be const. tutional 

 and hard to overcome, but as long as 

 the plants are making good top growth 

 it need not worry one very much. 



The new Colonel Appleton seems t~> 

 show Dailledouze as one of its p r- 

 ents, habit of growth and foliage be- 

 ing very similar, and Go'dmine just 

 as certainly shows the Modesto b!ood. 



White Bonnaffcn is making bird, 

 leathery foliage that should protrct it 

 from many ills. 



I think there will be a much bjtter 

 demand for chrysanthemums th's fall 

 than for several years past. There 

 will be more exhibitions, particu'arly 

 in the east, which always stimulates 

 the sale cf good flowers, and every 

 year there is an increasng number of 

 people that look for mums in the fall, 

 just as much as they do' for aspara- 

 gus in the spring. 



BRIAN BORU. 



planted in a geometrical design was 

 especially effective, the varieties mak- 

 ing an excellent color combination and 

 being well graded as to height. 



We present herewith a diagram of 

 this bed. showing the way in which it 

 was planted and the varieties used. 



In planting beds of this sort, the 

 height of the varieties when in blooin 

 must be carefully considered. In one 

 bed an error in memory as to height 

 resulted in the planting of a border of 

 tall ones around a center of shorter 

 ones, with unpleasant results. 



We therefore asked Head Gardener 

 Stromback to give us the average 

 heights of the varieti ;s he employs, 

 that we might put them on record. 

 The figures follow: 



Keizerskroon, 18 inches. 



Yellow Prince, 1.5 inches. 



Pottebakker, white, 14 to 13 inches. 



Chrysolora, 13 to 1.5 inches. 



Rembrandt, 13 to 15 inches, 



Coleur Ponceau, 14 inches, 



Vermillion Brilliant, 13 to 14 inches. 



Cottage Maid, 12 to 14 inches. 



Rose Grisdelin, 10 to 11 inches. 



He has a bed of the double tulip 

 Blue Flag just coming into bloom and 

 this supplies a good succession for the 

 single tulips. 



THE GLUT. 



Shaumburg. May 20, 1900. 

 My Tear Frient: You say it is 

 some long dime since I wrode you a 

 lEdder. I agree mit you berpectly, but 

 I haff not hat de insburation to wride. 

 Under de. bresent gonditions off de 

 florists' bisness insburation is a scarce 









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A Butterfly of Tulips. 



A BUTTERFLY OF TULIPS. 



We reproduce from the Brooklyn (N. 

 Y.) Eagle the accompanying engraving 

 of a bed of tulips in Prospect Park, 

 that city, planted to represent a but- 

 terfly. It must have been a very br 1- 

 liant affair. The paper states that the 

 design contained 5.<i00 bulbs, including 

 2,380 Belle Alliance, 1,S25 Chrysoora. 

 nfiS'La Reine and 2:'A) Vermillion Bril- 

 liant. The work was done under the 

 supervision of John Aitkeii. 



BEDDING TULIPS. 



The tulips have mad* a gorgeous 

 display at Lincoln Park, Chicago, this 

 spring, and one large square bed 



ardickle, esbecially de beer mit de 

 rations, it is so few und far between 

 dot one has no insburation for any- 

 ding. 



Excuse me a minute — a customer! 

 Cheap sgate; he puys for 15 c?n s a 

 dutzend roses. Dih you efer see any- 

 ding like it? Dat a "first-class" (?) 

 Ilorits should demean himself so much 

 und stoop so low as to sell a dutzend 

 roses for 15 cents? Well, it I didn't 

 do it somepody else would, so I might 

 as well .get de money und pe sadisfled. 

 Whose fauld is it dot we sell roses for 

 15 cents a dutzend? Is it your fauld? 

 Is it mine? Dot is a question which 

 has been de supject off more argu- 

 mentation dan de Porto Rican bill. 



