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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



varieties of I., longiflorum; they 



ually tapei i base to summit b 



eel are no( as pronounced 



i Eoi ms. 'I'll, stem foi -. 

 . b i ■ i -I i blai 



shape, the tube is -1 and the i 



- ill.' peliailth I- hit Lie. 



flowt rs. b\ reason of tli 

 last longer than those i 

 lit L luiicillornin. \\ i 

 i ime is takes to force, i 

 tion in this respecl mi 

 longiflorum and I.. Hi 

 ii.ii. I\ . how ever, disease 

 lent in this i. inn as it 



H - in. In i.. Li: mm it- hut also a- a parent, 



both male 1 female, from which to 



i aisi i.. .' :. i in- t In. mull crossing w ith 

 othei varieties of I., longiflorum. 



In the greenhouses of the Department 

 of Agi i.uli in., there arc al present sev 

 era! combinations between this plant and 

 the most ap] roved forms of I,. Harrisii. 



Sum,, bulbs of this little-known varie- 

 ty which were planted oul in the open 

 during the autumn of 1901 along with 

 othei I., longiflorum ami L. Harrisii 

 plants, t.. tesl their hardiness and bloom- 

 ing periods ami also to learn of their 

 adaptability to the soil of this section, 

 thai they were not only hardy, 

 but that I In- I.I.iihiiiiiu | ,.| I,,,] Xl ,,„ i,'. n 

 days i„ advance of the carlie-t of the L. 



Two dry 

 riod oi 

 <l, i clopmi 



LEADING CANNAS. 



In his paper before the Florists ' I lub 



of Philadelphia, Antoine Wintzer, of the 



Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa,, 



ga\«- an analysis of the canna lists of 

 fourteen leading catalogue bouses. The 



total of \:n i.i i,.- listed Has 1'los,. I,, ;;oii 

 but mosi of the lists contained no mo--" 

 than fiftx sorts. Italia was the onlj 



sort listed in .'lory f tin- f..ni 1. . n 



catalogues'. Following are the varieties 

 listed by four or more: 



.; Buttercup. ..... I irl it 



l 1 . I... - 1 1.-. ..[..,■ -...,. !i R 



10 Chicago. t i:. .i.ii-i:.. 



B 



5 David Harum. ti San 



' Dul Mai li. ..r. ...-I i i s... .... in. . h: u 



AV( 



PIPING, 

 ding i i . i . 



ate 

 uith boiler slir.l an. I propnyntinj; house 

 adjoining an old house. There is about 

 4,000 feet of glass surface in the aew 

 houses, two of which air t., bo used for 



inch flows and 2-inch returns. We shall 

 lia\.- to provide for 20 degrees below 

 zero. Also please advise how nianj 2- 

 inch pipes will be needed in the pro- 

 pagating house, 5x30, with north wall 

 l ! _. feel high and double boa raed ! 



11. & S. 



For the new I -. - described an ar- 

 rangement of hot water beating pipes as 



jram will I ffective. 



e there will be three 



flov mains and three 

 i-inch pipes. In the 

 .tion bouse three lines 

 in.] two lino- of _' inch 

 liins of 2-inch returns 

 For the propagating 

 mr linos of 2-inch pipes 



Henry W. i I 



FROM OUR ENGLISH EXCHANGES. 



The Gardeners' Chronicle. 



ik- to which 

 in such a 

 - to hold 

 bus treated, 

 orded water 



noble 



posse 



n in. -,,i becoming 

 -. aparl from their 

 no interesting as 



. . t i 1 1 , , u , ■ . 1 1 1 , one 

 imparatively little 



of a huge prothal- 

 iii. i deeply lobed, 

 ? brow n spot .■ . .!-.■- 

 : Tli.'.v grow „. ,t 

 is ..i trees to which 

 ippress .1. an. I mosi 

 ■sets < moan- of 



hi. — l.hue added 

 roductive of ben- 

 all, of three dif- 



limo affects the 

 ill. heavy soils, 

 ° a il. ..-dilation 

 ig it- deposition 

 thus making 

 noil-, and easier 

 lime ha- a solu- 

 oioinpo-od rook 



The 



-nil- in tin. pio lu.tioii ot nitric a.i.l. 

 ami if this acid accumulates in the -oil 

 bc.\ oiol a certain p. int it causes i he us 

 pens I a.t i\ itj in t In- nitrift ing fer- 

 ment- and in jure- the growing crop; 

 in other words, it make- the -oil -our. 

 Lime i- capable of combination with 

 tin- aei.l. thereby preventing it- accum- 

 ulation in a tie. -tat.- ami keeping the 

 -oil sweet. Excess of humus and lack 

 ..i drainage also directly cause a sour- 

 ness of -oil that ma; be collected by the 



Sweet Peas -The besi dozen varieties 



i - reef peas as voted by twenty-seven 



cultivators are Black Knighi (23 votes), 



Blanche Burpee (21 votes), Coccinea l IS 



dreade. 



perfect 1; 



\el ■ 



espondent writes 



iieiiinlicr leaf disease 

 me should be a\ oid- 

 iderate temperature 

 ition adopted, the 

 being too much 

 I be seed remains 

 disease and there is 

 roduction from that 

 i.m of disease, there- 

 n the hands of the 



fear of it- in 

 source. The prevei 

 fore, i- a matter 

 cultivator. 



Ori s — M. Linden, the well known 



orchidist oi Brussels, believe- that de- 

 generation of orchids in cultivation i c- 

 curs only where the plants have ben 

 ba.lh c-t.ibli-hc.l. The first two vears 

 after impoitat in his opinion, de- 

 cide the future of the plants; if by that 

 time thev aie perfectly established ami 

 healths, the-, an- likeh t.. remain so 



nude,- suitable conditions, but if thev 



are ill c litioned then, their future life 



will be but an existence, lie condemns 

 leaf-mold a- a i ...liiiL' medium. The 

 plants seem to do well in it at first, but 

 Lit i i.e root- rot in it. l.a-t veai he 

 -aid: "We i.\[. 1 inden and i, is 'skillful 

 grower M. Van ( niiwenbeiohe 1 do not 

 believe that the material, the sustenance 

 foi lb, plant, i- of primary importance 

 in orchid culture. Whether the plants 

 are cultivated on blocks I attleya-i. in 



pot-, in green u 

 mold, or in the 

 a \ .a \ secondary 

 manure and wi 

 Aeration, the ai 

 at different -lac 

 period, and a I 

 -titute tin- chief 

 Linden then sav 

 bid conditio,,, 'i 

 that it will ino- 

 i;moumi'-' . 



.--. li 



leaf 

 ■odium, is 

 I- need no 

 hem any. 

 me given 

 he resting 

 lire, eon- 

 ess.- M. 

 chid i= in 

 ■ nnagnnm 



