.tiiv 30, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



347 



MISCELLANEOUS 

 SEASONABLE HINTS. 



Some Outdoor Crops. 

 We see in several trade notes of last 

 eek's issue that "sweet peas are al- 

 iosI ovei and stems verj short." Ex- 

 ■ i i growers • f I his fat ot ite flower eon 

 der thej should now be al their best. 

 mi have them grown and staked and 



I the I i done, and it is a pity to 



ve up all care and lei them go to seed, 



ir I have seen i e than one season 



i 1 1 -i t we were very thankful for a good 



to say here that when I say a good soak- 

 ing 1 mean it. A daily sprinkling, just 



ei gh to wet the surface, is. I think. 



\mm-,. than nothing for any plant. Give 

 them a soaking mice a week and hoe !"■ 

 fore the ground i- baked, n there is 

 room left to hue. If the growth so 

 covers the ground that you cannot hoe 



ml to 



foliage" The spike i- all 



nf any. or very little, foliage. You maj 



have the -; ignorant or unthinking 



young man yourself. If so, don't sweat 

 at him. Once corrected, he will not ,1,, il 

 again. 



Watering vs. Cultivating. 



In connection with outdoor watering, 



•I. Y. Lambert in last week's issue, in a 



communication relative to watering lid, I 



carnal ion,, says among other things that 



could our little plants exist 



for two i ths without a 



I I,, rnaj id grow much, 

 e and grow some. And M i- 



Ihc 



-ult ,,f frequent hoeing ami the resulting 



moisture that rises to the ts of the 



plant. 1 quote the following from Mr. 

 Lambert's article: "I suppose it will he 

 conceded thai cultivation will not pro- 

 duce moisture. At best, if the cultiva- 

 tion lie shallow enough, a layer of fine 

 soil will lie secured at fin- surface which 

 will prevent rapid evaporation and so 

 aid in conserving the moisture in the 

 soil. It al-o prevent- the growth of 

 fungus at oi just below the surface." 

 I always thought it wa- universally 



a- i- produced by hoeing, is what allows 

 ami assists evaporation, the very reverse 

 oi preventing it. In fact, as I under- 

 stand the theory and practice of this 

 important operation, the more free and 

 rapid the evaporation from the surface, 

 the freer and more constant is the rise 

 of moisture from the earth beneath. In 

 any ordinary soil, even in hard clays. 



Hollyhocks. 



-ay that although we fre- 

 ged and before planting 



[lyhock plant- in coppet 



are -till suffering from the 



:u-. which ahmit ruins 



you see these handsome 



fall we will begin at birth, or directly 

 after their seed leave- unfold. Now is 



a g 1 time to sow the seed, whether 



Mm iii, iioinj; to winter them in a cold 

 frame or in pots in a cool house. It is 

 also a favorable time to sow many of 

 the In aim, nm- plant-. They will lie 

 large enough to winter in frame and 



Azaleas. 



This i- about the time when your 



azalea- plunged out of door- a 1 watch 



ing. They are, or should he. still grow- 

 ing. You may have thought when you 

 plunged them out two weeks ago that 

 i Ins had lots of room, but they soon fill 

 up. if healthy. Don't let them crowd. 

 Plunge them over, and while so doing 

 put half an inch of half-rotted dairj 

 manure with a third of its 'hulk of bone 

 meal on the surface of the pots, fn very 

 hot weather one watering in twenty-four 



At White Fish Bay. near Milwaukee. 



The S. A. P. will be given an Outing here during the Convention. 



