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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



TOPPING FOR CHRISTMAS CROP. 



Wlirn should carnation topping cease 

 to bring in the main crop for 

 Christmas? P. W. 



■ ■ i .ii diffei ence in varieties 

 regarding the length of time it takes to 

 produce a crop of blooms, and I would 



. i tins i n. jn i i \ much more 

 accurately if I knew what vari 



There are varieties that natur- 

 ally produce their heaviest crop of 

 blooms during midwinter, beginning at 

 al«nit November l in I.! and keeping it 

 up until well into March, when another 

 crop of sin. ois stai is up and these come 

 in during April and May. Amon S 

 these varieties are White Cloud, Lorna, 

 America. Mrs. Potter Palmer, Mrs. 

 Hra.lt. G. H. Crane and Lawson. The lat- 

 ter two varieties eonie into bloom quite 

 earl} in the fall and bloom steadily until 

 hot weather stops Hum. All these vari 



.•tics will n I little in ii. . stopping in 



the fall to induce them I ic into a 



heavy crop around Christmas. It the 

 plants are of good size and well estab- 

 lish..! Y.m should Hive them all the en- 



be 



,st off 



s like V 



■hrist 



heavy crop of blooms from them at that 

 time. Both produce a crop of blooms in 

 a shorter time than most varieties and 

 if you can see the young shoots begin to 

 run up by November 1 you can safely 

 expect, them to be blooming again by 

 Christmas. 



This is where the larger grower lias the 

 advantage over the smaller man. He can 

 grow twenty-five varieties, and each in 



Christmas demand with a full supply, 

 but he can select varieties that are nat- 

 urally at their best at that time. Other 

 varieties will be in lull crop early in the 

 fall or late in the spring, or just when 

 these varieties arc between crops, etc. 



For instance, you may grow Crane 

 for early fall and winter up to February 

 1. when it. will likely |.e oil' crop. Mrs. 

 Palmer does not come in as early as 

 nit it is a much finer bloom and 

 is in lull crop after December 1 and 



keeps up better in hot weather than 

 i i in. America will fill the place ot 

 Mrs. Palmer, too. Flora Hill will come 

 into bloom by September 1 if it is plant- 

 ed the first, week in August, but it will 

 lie on crop l..\ Decembei I, when White 

 Cloud ..lines in and remains until April. 

 at » liieh time I Mil Hikes n up again and 

 keeps it up until replanting time. Dor- 

 othy and Crocker are both fine in the 

 fill I, when Lawson is still too short in 

 stem to be of any account. Dorothy 



i lis itself quickly after the .-rep is 



cut and will give a fine winter cut, while 

 Crocker needs considerable coaxing t < > in- 

 duce it to run up to flower during mid- 

 winter. .Mrs. Lawson eomes to the front 

 iib.iut December 1 and holds the boards 

 until hot spring weather, when Crocker 



i es In again and makes all the other 



pink ones "look like thirty cents." You 

 e;i a easily see h..u much more difficult it 

 would be for a grower I.. have a good 

 supply of blooms from one varietv 

 through the entire season than it is from 

 three or more varieties, and the more 

 you add to the list the better your 

 chances are for a continuous cut, provid- 

 ing you do not choose too many varieties 

 of the same habit. Y.ni can, however, 

 by careful topping in the fall make al- 

 most any variety come in with a crop 

 of blooms for Christmas, but you must 



Greenhouse of Frank 



quantity, so that he is sure to have 

 among his list \arieties of widely differ- 

 ent habits and he is sure at all times 

 to have .a few varieties in full bloom. 

 He can allow each variety to choose its 

 own time for blooming, merely keeping 

 the plants in good health. By judging 

 accurately the right quantity to grow of 

 each variety, according to the time it is 

 at its best," and the demand there is for 

 the blooms at that time, he can manage 

 to meet the market with whatever quan- 

 tity it requires. He does not need to 

 grow his varieties so as to meet the 



Sros., Beardstown, 111. 



know each variety, as they differ greatly 

 in the time they take to grow and per- 

 fect a crop of blooms. Some will need 

 holding back, while others will need coax- 

 ing right along. A. F. J. Baur. 



Louisville, Kt. — C. H. Kuuzman and 

 wife have been spending a two weeks' 

 vacation at Baltimore. 



South Bend, Ixd. — Treanor & Eettic 

 are putting in a big new hot water boil- 

 er, made by the Superior Machine and 

 Boiler Works. Chicago. 



THE U. S. CUT FLOWER CO. 



1 beg to advise you that the United 

 states Cut Flower Co. has selected its 

 location in Klmira. On which they propose 

 to erect, in the course of two years, 

 about two million let of glass for the 

 purpose of growing cut flowers to snpplj 

 the trade of the United States. 



I may state right here that the United 

 stiites Cut Flower Co. has no connection, 

 financially or otherwise, with the Dale 

 estate, of Canada, but hopes to be al- 

 ways in friendly touch with the same. 

 The system of construction adopted by 

 the United States Cut Flower Co. is prac- 

 tically the same as is used by the Dale 

 estate, in Brampton and the general busi- 

 ness will likely be conducted along the 

 same lines. The excellent railway facili- 

 ties offered by Klmira, and being con- 

 venient to the great fuel renl. I of He 

 United States, naturally makes that city 

 a desirable location for a plant such as 

 we contemplate erecting. The general 

 management of the same will be in the 

 hands of "yours truly." The principal 

 stockholders of the United States Cut 

 Flower Co. are residents of Xew York 

 state and Xew York city. Believing 

 that the demand for cut flowers is hkely 

 to continue for many years the stock- 

 holders look forward to a very profitable 

 business in their new venture. 



Wm. Aloik. President. 



ASCHMANN IN EUROPE. 



It was a pleasant summer Sunday. 

 August 30, when, with my son Howard, 

 I stn.lle.l through the beautiful city of 

 Antwerp. The streets are wide and clean 

 and shaded, and we came upon a loveh 

 park, with a splendid band making sweet 



Iks 



front of the taverns 

 surrounding the park were occupied by 



I pie enjoying light refreshments and 



the florists of Antwerp had set up their 

 tents along the Btreets and were making 

 up bouquets and floral designs tit remark- 

 ably low prices. Chrysanthemums, roses. 

 carnations, dahlias, gladioli, tuberoses 

 and the beautiful tuberous rooted be- 

 gonia were the favorite flowers. A beau- 

 tiful bouquet, eighteen inches high and 

 over, made up with roses, carnations and 

 asters, and filled on the back with ferns 

 and asparagus, could be bought, for 30 

 cents in American money. In another 

 pari of the park the pot plants were ex- 

 hibited and sold, principally araucarias 

 ami palms. All were doing a thriving 

 business and we watched them with much 

 interest. They were nearly sold out by 

 night. Tin. .itv of Antwerp grants the 

 privilege of selling at the park only to 

 the florists. 



We went from Antwerp to Ghent, the 



azalea plantati f Belgium, where 



beautiful weather favored us. There are 

 7ini to sun florists in Client and vicinity. 

 each having from six to one hundred 

 greenhouses. We visited the principal 

 places and were quite surprised to find 

 them fitted up with till the latest improve- 

 ments. The growers there .are very ac- 

 commodating, appreciating the Americans 

 very highly. It was no trouble to them 

 tii show us around, showing us every nook 

 and corner, explaining their heating, air- 

 ing and watering arrangements, all of 

 which were interesting. In the end we 

 were always invited to some beautifully 

 fitted up apartment, where refreshments 



loing a rushing business 



