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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



February 27, 1902. 



expensive, right colored baskets or- 

 vases, can not only be used to display 

 your stock in a cheap and effective way, 

 but they will stronglj' appeal to the 

 wise instead of the dried mossed up 

 baskets of the past. 



It is very much to be desired that 

 exhibition committees, or the American 

 Carnation Society, offer prizes for ex- 

 clusive carnation decorations at the 

 principal shows. Many times retailers 

 feel inclined to use these flowers for 

 table decorations, etc., at exhibitions, 

 but the average judge would prefer 

 mums or roses. We will discuss va- 

 rieties and designs in the near future. 



I VERA. 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 



It is now only three weeks till Easter 

 and any crops that seem tardy should 

 be pushed along to come in at that time, 

 if possible. With the fine bright weath- 

 er we are having and the days getting 

 longer there is no danger of weakening 

 stock, if it is in a vigorous condition, 

 by raising the night temperature 4 or .'> 



lemperature the frame should be kept 

 at. stating when to admit the first crack 

 of air and when to increase it, and how 

 long the plants should be in the frames 

 before removing them. If the young 

 rose plants need water, would it be 

 harmful to open the frames before the 

 scion has united with the stock? 



W. A. B. 



The question of the care of newlj- 

 grafted stock is one which it is diffi- 

 cult to answer in a satisfactory man- 

 ner, so many, many circumstances have 

 to be taken into consideration, such as 

 the condition of stocks, scions, the kind 

 of pit or frame to be used, etc. 



Success can be had under ordinary 

 circumstances by keeping the tempera- 

 ture of the frame at 00 to 64 degrees 

 for the first eight or ten days or until 

 the majority of the scions are united. 

 Some propagators use a higher temper- 

 ature with good success, but for Brides 

 and Bridesmaids this is sufficient. Dur- 

 ing this period it is a good plan to 

 open up the frames for a few minutes 

 morning and evening, to change the air ; 

 it docs no harm unless left open too 



cannot answer the above questions with- 

 out doing so, yet I suppose it is well, 

 as such articles as this are not writ- 

 ten for old growers who already know 

 how, but for the new readers of the 

 Review, and those who for various rea- 

 sons have never devoted their time and 

 attention to this particular branch of 

 the greenhouse business. 



I would advise a grower that has a 

 demand for violets to try and grow his 

 own if he has the time, room, suitable 

 soil and location. At the same time 1 

 should not encourage him too much 

 about his success, for I don't think I 

 will be contradicted when I say that 

 the,y are the hardest and most uncer- 

 tain crop to grow under glass; yet, 

 given a good crop and a fair market, 

 you feel amply repaid for the care and 

 labor bestowed upon them. You may 

 say that all this is a digression, per- 

 haps it is, but if you are at all short 

 of time and help my advice would be 

 not to attempt to grow them, for they 

 must have care and lots of it, and that 

 when they demand it if you expect to 

 make a success of them. 



.Dorothy. 



Crocker. 



Flowers Sho^tm at Indianapolis Last Week. 



degrees, with a corresponding raise in 

 day temperature during sunshine. 



Generous applications of liquid food 

 will also help to develop the crop more 

 rapidly. Beauties especially respond 

 quickly to liquid feeding during bright 

 weather. Beauties and Meteors l>eing 

 gross feeders, ought now to be getting 

 it regularly once a week. They can use 

 it much stronger and more frequently 

 than Brides and Bridesmaids. One-half 

 pound of salts of ammonia dissolved in 

 twenty gallons of water and applied 

 once a week to backward crops also 

 helps. 



While increasing the temperature, ven- 

 tilation must be strictly attended to. 

 The temperature should not be raised 

 by withholding ventilation, but by turn- 

 ing on an extra pipe at night. Increase of 

 temperature means more water and syr- 

 inging. By careful and judicious treat- 

 ment along these lines oops can be ad- 

 vanced at this season a good week with- 

 out detriment to the stoek. Eibes. 



CARE OF GRAFTED ROSES. 



Please tell me how to care for young 

 grafted roses in the frame, giving the 



long. As soon as uniting has taken 

 place air can be given gradually and 

 the temperature reduced till it reaches 

 50 degrees. This will require about five 

 days, when they can be removed to the 

 bench. 



While the plants are in the frames 

 the,y require very little water until air 

 is admitted. When put on the benches, 

 if the drainage is good, they will re- 

 quire frequent watering and syringing, 

 especially during sunny weather. 



RiBES. 



VIOLETS. 



We have been asked to give "complete 

 cultural methods employed from first to 

 last, with kind of house, soil, etc." 

 Well, there are "many men of many 

 minds," but for the house, it is general- 

 ly conceded that an even-span north and 

 south house is the best, all things con- 

 sidered. Later we will give our ideas of 

 a model violet house, though they may 

 not coincide with every other grower's 

 ideas, as there are always surrounding 

 cironnstances to modify such plans. We 

 may necessarily repeat much that we 

 have at pre\ious times written, as we 



Soil. This should be prepared a year 

 in advance. You want a good, heavy 

 sod from a field that has been well cul- 

 tivated and enriched and that has not 

 had any greenhouse stock grown thereon 

 or soil spread upon it from the houses. 

 You will then have all you wish to 

 do to keep the plants when set out, in 

 such a state as you desire, free from 

 aphis, etc. Haul this to where you ex- 

 pect to pile your soil to mix it for 

 houses, and pile it up in alternate layers 

 with the manure, as 3-0U do all of your 

 greenhouse soil. We take about six 

 to eight inches, including the sod, if 

 the soil is good, and the field has had 

 good, deep cultivation. We prefer a 

 good, medium loam, although we have 

 grown good violets in a light, sandy 

 soil ; in fact, grew them in the latter 

 entirely the first few years that we went 

 into violet growing, though now we find 

 we can do much better with a heavier 

 soil. 



For manure, there is nothing that we 

 have tried, that, taken all in all, equals 

 good cow manure, although we have tried 

 other kinds with fair success. If your 



