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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Aprii, 24. 1902. 



FROM OUR ENGLISH EXCHANGES. 



The Gardeners' Magazine. 



IxiAS. — October is generally regarded 

 as tlie best month in which to pot ixias. 

 Place six or eight bulbs in a five-inch 

 pot. affording good drainage and using 

 a compost of loam and peat, or light 

 loam and leaf soil, with sand. Cover the 

 bulbs with about an inch of soil, and 

 after potting, stand the pots on ashes in 

 a cold frame, and give but little water 

 during winter. As soon as growth ap- 

 pears, a light positiou on a shelf in a 

 cool greenhouse will be suitable, giving 

 water with care, so that the plants do 

 n'ot suffer either from drought or excess 

 of moisture. Ixias are never a success 

 when forced; indeed, they resent warm 

 treatment, for they are all half-hardy, 

 and in the southern counties or other 

 warm parts they are quite hardy in light 

 soils. After fiowering, and when the 

 leaves have finished growing, gradually 

 withhold water; a><^cold frame will suit 

 them, only putting the lights on in wet 

 weather. When the bulbs have full.v rip- 

 ened, either lay the pots on their sides 

 till autumn or shake out the bulbs, and 

 store them in a cool cupboard. 



Nitrogenous Manures Fop. Sweet 

 PEAS.^Theoretieally neither sweet peas 

 nor culinary peas require nitrogenous 

 fertilizers, as by means of special nod- 

 ules on their roots they are able to draw 

 supplies of nitrogen from the atmos- 

 phere. Practical gardeners are, however, 

 mostl.v well aware that dcepl.v trenched 

 and heavily manured ground is the best 

 for these crops, and that such rooting 

 medium necessarily contains nitrogenous 

 matter. Then also it has been found 

 that for sweet peas an application of 

 nitrate of soda at the rate of half an 

 ounce per square yard is of great ad- 

 vantage as soon as the seedlings are well 

 through the soil. This is quick acting 

 and they then seem the better able to 

 work for themselves as compared with 

 others not treated. After this early ap- 

 plication dressings of concentrated nitro- 

 genous manures are best withheld. 



Forcing German Irises. — Not only 

 all the German irises, but nearly all al- 

 lied rhizomatous kinds are amenable to 

 gentle forcing when properl.y prepared 

 for that pui-pose. The preparation con- 

 sists in potting up sturd.y pieces in 

 spring, preferably .just before flowering, 

 and at the same time removing the flow- 

 er spikes. These irises commence to 

 grow and root freely about flowering 

 time, and it is desirable that all this 

 work should be done in the pots or pans, 

 and not in the open ground. After pot- 

 ting plunge the pots in soil or ashes, up 

 to the rim, water carefully, and give 

 slight shade during the middle of the 

 day for a week or so. Subsequently noth- 

 ing beyond watering will bo needed un- 

 til early in the new year a portion of 

 the batch is placed in a cool greenhouse, 

 to be given a little more warmth as soon 

 as the spikes appear. Well rooted speci- 

 mens will appreciate a little liquid ma- 

 nure. Lifting and boxing clumps in the 

 autumn, for forcing, is rather a wasteful 

 method, as after such disturbance many 

 of the growths refuse to flower when 

 placed under glass. 



Crete, III. — G. Heinrich intends to 

 branch out and will open a store at Chi- 

 cago Heights. Miss Anna Brockman will 

 be in charge. 



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 Rose Plants in best 

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WHITE. Per lOO Per luO 



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Kalb 1.5U 2.50 



Robinson 1.30 2.00 



Ivory I.:i0 2.00 



Queen 1.50 2.50 



Jerome Jones .. 1.30 2.00 



Gr. Buettner 1.30 2.00 



V7anamaker 1.30 2.00 



Chadwiek. flue 2.50 3.50 



YELLOW. 



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October Sunshine 2.00 2.60 



Col. Appleton 2.60 3.00 



Golden Trophy 1.50 2 00 



WhiUdin 1.30 2.0« 



YELLOW. Per 100 



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 Bounaffon. extra large Stock.. .$1.30 



Pennsylvania 2.00 



Yellow Jones 2.00 



Golden Wedding 1.75 



Yellow Ivory 2.00 



Gold Mine 2.50 



PINK. 



Montniort 1.30 



Glory Pacific 1.30 



Perri n l.iiO 



Morel 1.60 



Murdock 1.50 



Autumn Glorj- 1.50 



BRONZE. 



Lady Hanham 1.50 



Per 100 

 2!^-ln. 

 $2.f'0 

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 2.50 

 2.50 

 2.50 

 3.00 



2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.0O 



ROSES FOR FORCING. 



An exceptional fine lot of 200.000 Plants In 2h4. 3 and 3>«-ln. pots. 



2H-ln. PerlOO Per 1000 



White Ivory $3.00 



Gates 3.00 $25.00 



Maids 3.00 25.00 



Brides 3.1.0 25.00 



Meteors 3.00 25.00 



Perles 3.50 30.00 



$15.00 

 40.00 

 10.00 

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STEVIA, R. C, per 100 $1.50 2^-in.. per 100 $2.50 



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 If not in stock 



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SOFT PLANTS. 



We have a grand coUection of Soft Plants, such 

 a«; AKeratums. Asparagus. Wax Plants. Hibiscus 

 Sinensis. Ferns in variety. Flowering Begonias, 

 Sanseviera, Manettia Vine. Gardenia. Cissus. 

 Jessamines. Abutilon. Cyperus. Oxalis Orteiesi. 

 Heliotrope. Fuchsias. Swainsona. Cbryt^anlhe- 

 mums. Violets. Hardy Flowering Pinks. Ameri- 

 can Wonder Lemon, Calla Lilies, Moonflowers, 

 GreviJlea. Palms, over 50 varieties of Geraniums. 

 Baby Primrose, etc.. etc. 



If you are in need of anything in the way of 

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