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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Seetembeu 3. 190S 



e pound sulphate of copper. 

 Dissolve the copper in the ammonia in 



then jar or iron i 

 through tin or galvanized iron. \\ ben 

 I put away in a jar and cork 

 up. Half a pint of this in In.-; 



gus, and if no Eui "is well 



to water the Band 1" & 

 of cuttings is put in. "He that puts 

 in a fresh lot of sand for every batch 



8 id the 

 bum i "•' ii i" n Ithoul sand. 

 - \iv. 23. 



Seasonable Work in Plant Houses. 



This is about as late as it is advisabli 



to put in the last batch of poinsoitias. 



i quicker if you 



had a little bottom heat. As I 



marked lieforo, tin- single plant hi 



.hop: 



take the plants from the i utting bed and 



put them in the pans, be- -■ tl ej will 



I unlikely to grow .-it all evenly. 



Choose the) te I n j have got Btarted 



in 2%-inch pots. They will show then 

 about what their growth is going to be. 

 It will soon be time to sow cyclamen 

 seed, at any rate to procure the seed. I 

 am not at liberty to advertise any par- 

 ticular strain, but there is such a differ- 

 ence! And to buy cheap seed of cycla- 

 men is such a terrible mistake, as it is 

 with till florists' flowers. If thi last 

 shift is not given to your cy< ai en, " 

 should be. A feu extra sized plants may 

 be desirable in 7 or 8-inch pots, but a 

 6-inch pot plant is what sells best. \ 

 light bench plunged in tobacco stems is 



the soil, but it needs frequent spraying 

 and shading for the lirst week. 



Cf yon planted on a bench in the spring 



a lot of Boston ferns, or still better, 



. or Anna Foster, and they have 



grown to be fine plants, you should lift 



ii< i m . Soon the dema nd will begin. 



and it is not fair to lift a plant from 

 the bench today and sell it tomorrow, 

 stop growing on account 

 of lifting. Lift and pot 8 ad replant the 

 bed with young stock, unless you want it 

 foi seme mere important stock, but 1 

 think it will be a long daj before this 

 beautiful and useful class of ferns is 

 overd ■.. 



That was a verj prai tieal pa 



ilture, read bj Mr. Crabb, at 

 Milwaukee, but he did not touch on the 

 greatest pest we know of in their cul- 

 ture, the little black or brown aphis. It 

 is a miserable, greasy little devil, unlike 

 either the common greenfly or the black- 

 fly of the chrysanthemums. Perhans 

 there are as many species of aphis in 

 the world as there are religions, anyway, 

 this violet enemy is hard to kill. Fine 

 tobacco dust sprinkled into the crown 

 of the plant is the best preventive we 

 have found. Put it on after you have 



watered and the leaves have becoi b 



as it can remain there until you water 

 again. This is the time that the fly is 

 getting in his best licks, if there at all. 

 For other points read Mr. Crabb 's pa- 

 per carefully- 



A year ago at this time and many 

 weeks Inter many of us were on the anx- 

 ious seat, hoping that every day would 

 be the end of the coal strike. In the ag- 

 gregate the loss and injury to stock and 

 the extortionate price of coal or other 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



House of Breitmeyer's Sons' New Rose one month after Planting. 



the place for them now. Little, it any, 

 more shade will now be needed. An ideal 

 cyclamen is one with compact, spread- 

 ing leaves and the flowers well above the 

 foliage. When you fire, a temperature 

 of 50 to 55 degrees is about right. Bou- 

 vardias should be lifted early in the 

 month and planted on a bench "in five or 

 six inches of rather light, rich soil. They 

 are slow to get started in cool weather. 

 If all the roots and fibers are saved in 

 lifting, the bou\. bold of 



i n> . I"', ., -. 



i dollars. A few wen 

 gins and had their lamps trimmed, bul 

 the majority did not. This yea. 

 fuel. If not cheap, it is at least plenti- 

 ful, Don 't be late in lighting your fires. 

 It is not heat you want so much as a 

 healthy circulation of air, win 

 a little fire heat can give. We lighted 

 a big steam boiher a week ago for roses, 

 and deeply regret that we ever let it out 

 William Scott 



Feeding the Plants. 



With the advent of September and the 

 taking of the buds comes the necessity 

 of encouraging the plants by means of 

 a liquid fertilizer, or in some other man 

 ner. to help finish off the crop in good 

 shape. I am aware thai some growers 

 make the soil rich at planting time .and. 

 with the possible exception of a light 

 mulch of rotten manure, the plants get 

 net hing else. So treated the plants pro 

 duci very medium-sized flowers as com 

 pared with plants thai ;nr encouraged 

 with liquid fertilizer, because by the 

 time the growth is completed the soil is 

 I. The eh. \ -anthemum is a 



gross f ler when well rooted, and when 



the bud is swelling is the time that the 



dra i the plant is heaviest and the 



feeding most effective. 



Liquid made from sheep or covi drop 

 pings is most generally used. I have 

 found that about a bushel of sheep man- 

 ure with a good shovelful of soot placed 

 in a sack, and soaked in a barrel will 

 make a satisfactory brew and if not til 

 lowed to stand too long before being 

 used the first time can be used for two 

 or three waterings. Cow manure does 

 not soak so well through a Back and 

 should be put right into the water. Soot, 

 on the other hand, unless it is scattered 

 over the surface of the bed, should al- 

 ways be enclosed iu a sack or it will 

 float on the water and not soak properly. 

 The soot I am referring to is. of course. 

 the imported article, called Scotch soot. 

 which is obtained from burning soft 

 coal. The native soot contains less am- 

 monia and is not so beneficial, though 

 I believe it is sometimes used. Soot has 

 a wonderful effect on the foliage, mak- 

 ing it dark and healthy, and has the ad 

 vantaee of being perf.'.th -. i. 



A 4-inch potful in fifty gallons of wa 

 t. t is a safe proportion to use of either 

 of thi -. . and their judicious use will 

 gri atly improve the quality of the Hon 



el's. 



I d I.e. line the plants seine care inusi 

 be ■ sen ised, as varieties differ radically 



in the quantity they n I. \ verj 



strong, viger.e.s variety, like Eaton, ... 

 the new Mrs. Thurkell, will not stand 



such heavy f ling as a m. .re delicate 



grower, i ause theii stronger rooting 



system may pump up more nourishment 

 assin date. V,.u will 

 j ■ tice, ii you are feeding 

 heavily, that on the more vigorous kinds 

 a bud will h.-r. and there partially sevei 

 it- If from the stem as though some one 

 had cut the stem half way through with 

 a knife. This is nature's method of 

 checking the excessive flow of Bap and 



is a strong hint to sti :eding that 



particular variety. Feeding to 



! a 



menial grower, although once in a 

 while a growei trying to get some exhi 

 bit flowers oversteps the mark. 



New Varieties. 



The new kinds mentioned so highly in 

 these notes last year are all making 

 splendid growth and many of them will 

 undoubtedly become leaders. None of 

 our American varieties approach then) in 

 vigor and ease of culture, \ 

 Richardson, Mrs. Thurkell, Mrs. T. W. 

 ii, I i .i Salter being espi iall 



