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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Jantjary 21. 1904. 



this on the "q. t.," when the cook has 

 been filling her hollow tooth with 

 something that makes her breath smell 

 suspii'ious, there is nothiiiR that will 

 counteract the odor (juicker than the 

 chewing of a blade of parsley. These 

 and many other uses to which parsley 

 can be put combine to create a demand 

 that must be supplied. 



To supply this demand in winter re- 

 quires a little forethought, as parsley 

 is somewhat slow in the earlier stages 

 of its growth. When sown in spring in 

 the open ground it does not require so 

 long to attain sulBeient size to be fit for 

 use, but during fall and winter it takes 

 about four months from seed to produce 

 fully matured leaves. The best time to 

 sow for winter use is during the month 

 of July. Any garden spot, where the 

 soil is fairly good, will suit. The soil 

 should be forked over and well pulver- 

 ized, the surface being smoothly raked. 

 Sow rather thinly in shallow drills about 

 one foot apart. Firm the soil well over 

 the seeds and if the soil be dry give a 

 good watering. All the attention need- 

 ed until time to take indoors will be to 

 keep clear of weeds and water occa- 

 sionally if dry weather prevails. Xo 

 thinning should be necessary unless the 

 seeds,. have been sown too. thickly. 



About tie middle of CUrtober is a 

 good time to lift the plants, before dan- 

 ger of hard frost. A little frost will 

 not do them any harm but the less they 

 get the fresher they will be. When 

 crowded for space we have often kept 

 the plants protected by covering with 

 boards at night until after the chrysan- 

 themums were cleared from the benches. 

 Lift with a spade in clumps and set 

 about the same distance apart as they 

 were outside. Pack moderately firm in 

 the benches, give a good watering and 

 shade for a day or two until they have 

 taken to their new 'quarters. Once well 

 established an occasional watering with 

 liquid manure or a top-dressing of sheep 

 manure will help to push the growth 

 along. 



Parsley will not stand hard forcing. A 

 night temperature of from 40 to 45 de- 

 grees is quite high enough, a higher tem- 

 perature only induces soft growth, with 

 leaves of thin texture and is almost sure 

 to bring on attacks of aphis. These will 

 sometimes put in their appearance, even 

 at a low temperature, but a few tobacco 

 stems spread between the rows and re- 

 newed occasionally will prevent any 

 trouble from this source. Tobacco pow- 

 der should never be used, as the forma- 

 tion of the leaves makes it very hard to 

 wash off and tobacco is not a desirable 

 flavor for any kind of soup. If it is 

 intended to keep up the supply untU the 

 outdoor article is ready it can be dong 

 in two ways. Either sow seeds in cold 

 frames about the end of July and win- 

 ter over for spring use or sow in flats 

 about November and make a fresh plan- 

 tation in the benches when the plants 

 are large enough. The plants from 

 which the winter supply has been picked 

 are apt to run to seed by about the be- 

 ginning of April, so they can be dis- 

 pensed with then and the supply pro- 

 cured from the younger stock or from 

 the frames. It is short sighted policy 

 to pick too closely at any one time. If 

 the plants are hard cut back growth 

 will be stunted and both quantity and 

 quality considerablv reduced. 



W. S. Crotdox. 



VIOLETS. 



Seasonable Notes. 

 Well, if the holiday season lately past 

 is not a lesson to the violet grower, then 

 I think he will never learn wisdom by 

 experience, for, according to all reports, 

 both as to the quantities picked and the 

 prices received for same, the violet busi- 

 ness is very greatly overdone, and one 

 would well think twice (or three times) 

 before increasing his glass devoted to 

 violets, or starting to grow them, unless 

 for his own trade, where the demand is 

 assured and for which he now has to buy. 

 The day is past when the grower should 

 hold all he can for these special days. 

 Far better is it to send in a rather 



The Moore, Hentz & Nash Silver Cup. 



(Prt'eeoted to Joseph RupieUa- foreiuan for L. A. 

 Noe. Maillson. N. J. atClubMeeurs Jaauaiy 13.) 



•heavy supply for a week or two previous, 

 for, like this year, the price is likely to 

 be better then than on the day itself. 

 This, of course, has reference to the 

 grower consigning to a wholesale market. 



Have you been over your houses now 

 since you finished your holiday picking, 

 cleaning up all the old leaves, looking 

 after the sow bugs, snails, aphis, etc.? If 

 not, do not neglect it, as an ounce of pre- 

 vention is worth a pound of cure. Look 

 the borders over carefully, pull out and 

 burn any questionable plants, any that 

 are' not right healthy and that did not 

 yield a good crop of flowers for the holi- 

 days, as you do not wish to propagate 

 from any such plants. If you fail to do 

 this now they will soon be starting with 

 their spring growth, and the first thing 

 you know, when you go to making cut- 

 tings, you may not be able to tell these 

 poor plants from the others ; in fact, 

 they frequently make the larger growth 

 and tlie greater quantity of cuttings. 



It will soon be time to take cuttings, 

 and here, again, if you wisli nice healthy 

 stock, do not make the mistake of think- 

 ing any old sand will do for this that 

 you have used for the past year or so. 

 Have nice, fresh, clean sand that has 

 never before been used and is not full of 

 germs and a good propagating place for 

 disease. 



Keep your temperature as nearly even 

 as is possible. Of course it takes a lit- 

 tle extra care this season, when the 

 thermometer outdoors goes from 22 de- 

 grees below zero to 32 above in perhaps 

 twenty-four hours' time, but this is one 

 of the violet grower's pleasant experi- 

 ences. 



While we are having no bright, clear 

 days as yet, still we should have them 

 before long, and then you will find that 

 the watering may be done a little 

 oftener, also a little more heavily, as a 

 good bright sun will use up water fast, 

 especially when the ventilators are open. 

 To keep your violets of good size and 

 good color watch your ventilators and 

 heating pipes closely, for if you do not 

 and let the stock get too warm you will 

 soon run the plants out and get off 

 crop, lose color and stem, etc., and of 

 course you wish to hold till Easter is 

 over, when you have no further use for 

 them. R..E. Shuphelt. 



MADISON, N. J. 



The annual smoker of the ilorris 

 County Gardeners' and Florists' Society 

 was held on Wednesday evening. Janu- 

 ary 13, and passed off with the usual 

 great succ€ss. A short business session 

 was first held, when the newly elected 

 officers took their stations, as follows: 

 President, Wm. JIcAIillan; vice-president, 

 M. AIcNulty; treasurer, Wm. Charlton; 

 secretary, Samutl Bedstone. The re- 

 port of the treasurer showed that all 

 bills were paid and that a balance of over 

 $500 remains in the treasury, an encour- 

 aging condition of finance compared with 

 many societies operating in a larger cir- 

 cle. During the business session ilr. 

 Herrington presented the silver cup of 

 Messrs. Moore, Hentz & Nash to the for- 

 tunate winner, J. F. Eusicka. In ex- 

 planation of this award it should be 

 stated that for several years the firm 

 above mentioned has made it its busi- 

 ness to award silver medals to the 

 actual growers of the first prize exhibits 

 of roses and chrysanthemums at the an- 

 nual exhibition. This is, so far as I 

 know, the only prize in the country that 

 is given solely as an encouragement to 

 the ■ ' jiian behind the gun, ' ' and Messrs. 

 Moore, Hentz & Kash deserve the praise 

 that is so frequently given them for this 

 kindly action. This year Mr. Eusicka 

 was fortunate enough to win three out 

 of the four medals, and consequently it 

 was decided to buy him a silver cup suit- 

 ably engraved as a fitting memento of 

 the occasion. The other medal, for the 

 chrysanthemums, was won by Samuel 

 Bedstone, the genial secretary, who also 

 won it last year. Mr. Herrington also 

 made a pre.sentation to J. Austin Shaw, 

 the representative of the Beview, which 

 on investigation proved to be an im- 

 mense bunch of celery. Thereby hangs 

 a tale, but as SipUug remarks, "that's 

 another story," 



The evening was wretched and the out- 

 of-town attendance, as might be ex- 

 pected, rather slim on that account, but 

 those who elid attend were well repaid. 

 The claret punch, for which this club 

 is famous, was in evidence, brewed by 

 A. Herrington and C. H. Totty, and ru- 

 mor has it that some of the boys are 

 not yet down to normal conditions. 



The entertainers were fine anel the only 

 thing to be regretted was the fact that 

 Mr. Duekham, always a shining light at 

 this event, was on this occasion confined 

 to his bed with sickness. B. B. 



