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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



PLANTS FOR TABLE USES. 

 A friend of nun,' on atei ed a com- 

 petition at a large show for s.\ table 

 plants. His plants were all first-class, 



and he seemed certain of gi ag the 



firsl prize, when, lo and behold, the 

 judges disqualified his .-xhil.il because 

 he hail included a fern a pretty, well 

 balanced plant ..I' Pteris cretica all... 

 iineata. in the regulation "i inch pot, says 

 :< writer in Hi.' Hardening World. Alter 



that one feels inclined t.. ask the qnes 



tiun, ' ' What is a table pla ill .' ' ' \\ I'M, 



1 maintain that a table plant is a well- 

 balanced plant in a put of 5 inches or 

 less in diameter, whether a foliagi ot 

 flowering plant or fern. 



We are all acquainted with the stereo 

 typed half-dozen table plants of our 

 shows, which invariably include an Ala- 

 lia Vciti-hii. Panilaims Veitchii, two 

 Crotons, ami generally two .lin.-a-nas; 



they, however, are hard to beat as Pol: 

 age plants. The first named is a light 

 and graceful plant; tin- second, with 

 green ami u hit.- foliage, is an i.l.-al table 

 plant. Some of the draceenas an- very 

 useful, such as -Miss Glendinning, Mr. 

 Freake, Salmonea, Aurantiaea and 

 ( o.l. li. -ana, which make Dice, well-bal- 

 anced plants. Tin- eroton, when well 

 grown to bring out the exquisite ...lor 

 tng, cannot be surpassed as a table 

 plant, tin- variety is so great ami the 

 coloring so rich anil telling. Among 

 the l.i-st. with narrow, graceful loaves, 

 may be mentioned (lol.len King (a Sit 

 perh variety), Golden Gem, Warrenii, 

 I'ict iii ata, Aigbnrth Gem, Her Ma. j. -sty, 



Mrs. Dorman, Mrs. McLeod, Weisn 



and Hawkeri. 



A splendid table plant is Panax Vic- 

 toria-, with green and white leaves, mak- 

 ing a light and elegant plant. Panax 

 plumosa is a green variety, and makes 

 a well-balanced plant. Evodia elegans 

 is another neat green-leaved plant; As- 

 paragus plumosus nanus. Chirita aspa 

 ragoides, Maranta major. Maranta 



hit. -a. and Cypexus alternifolius varie 

 gatus ar.- a few more suitable subjects 

 from the stove. Manj of the palms are 



useful in their early stage, the best be 



in- < s Wi-d.h-liaiia and plumosa, Kl'll- 



tia Belmoreana and Forsteriana, and 



some of the caryotas, especially soboli 



fera. 



Some of the berry-bearing plants are 

 very effective. Mention may I., made 

 of Ardisia erennlata, a scarlet-berried 

 plant which retains its berries all the 

 year around; Solanum erispum, a well- 

 known plant, and l.-ilicarpa purpurea, 

 with long, slendei branches laden with 

 small purple berries in mid-winter. 

 Among the hardier green-leaved plants 

 that do well in a cool greenhouse may 

 lie inentionc.l -\ralia Si.-liol.lii, lira 



csena congests,, I 1 Haageana, D. rubra, 



I), austi-alis. ('arcs japoni.-a \ ariegata, 

 Eulalia japonica. Grevillea robusta and 

 Abutilon Savitzii, all making ni.-e. 

 evenly balanced plants. One objection 

 to ferns in. say. 5-inch pots is that they 



are usually t lense for table work, 



though, of course, there are exceptions, 

 and tin- varieties of the Pteris cretica, 

 I't.-ns iremula. Adinntum cuneatum, A. 

 c. grandiceps and A. c. gracillimum 

 make good shapely plants, and would 

 look well on n large table. 



Where flowering plants are wauled 

 during the winter months for tablework 

 nothing can lie better than the winter 

 flowering begonias, winch .-an lie flow- 

 ered in almost any size ..f pot. Some 

 of the best are Gloire d.- Lorraine, the 

 white variety. Caledonia, Corallina and 

 Ideala. Acalypha hispida, Gardenia 

 radii a us. Euphorbia jacquiniasflora, 

 Poinsettia pulcherrima, with its bright 

 scarlet bracts, ericas in variety, Aphel- 

 an.lra aurantiaea. Boezlii, with a flower 

 spike much resembling a miniature 



Lobelia cardinalis. l.ilanthe Veitchii, 



Clerodendron fallax, and nutans, the 



white variety, ami Cattleya Bowringeana. 



For low-growing plants, for use in 



saucers, which are of ten very useful and 



effective, some of the sclagiuellas are 

 well adapted, such as S. apoda, S. 



Kraussiana. and S. Kraussiana aurea. 

 Nertcra depressa, a delightful little 

 plant when covered with its Scarlet ber- 

 ries, and I'ani.-um \anegatum, as small 

 plants in thumb-pots, can be made) into 

 miniature groups on a huge table. The 

 ni.i-t suitable subjects for the purpose 

 are crotons. which will need to be kept 

 plunged in boxes well up to the light; 

 tops of well-colored colons, which root 

 very quickly; Asparagus plumosus and 

 A. Spieng.-ii seedlings, Pteris serrulata 

 and cretica, Adinntum cuneatum seed- 

 lings, I'anux Victoria-, draca-nas in va- 

 riety, and I'nla.lium argyrites ami I '. 

 ernbescens minus. When calanthes are 

 used they should be flanked with as- 

 paragus or Adiaiitum cuneatum to hi. li- 

 the bare stems, which combination pro- 

 duces :. charming effect as a centerpiece 

 in a silver bow I. 



Media. Pa. — Jerome Harley, of Village 

 View, is adding two new greenhouses 

 to his plant. 



Charleston, 111. — After two firms 



had failed in the flower business here. 



Miss Etta -l. Not! started in eight \.;.is 

 ago and has built UTJ a very prosperous 

 trade, producing part of her supplies 

 under 3,500 feet of pla." sin- has been 

 having an "opening" this week and en- 

 tertained many visitors 



Phoenix, Arizona. — There is no com 



mercinl glass in this locality. What l.-u 

 flowers arc grown here are produced 

 either outdoors or under lath. American 

 Beauty and many other roses grow to 

 perfection under these conditions, ex- 

 cept for about two months, January and 

 February, when we depend on Los An- 

 geles. Ream Brothers say that nursery 

 business only awaits a more uniform 

 water supply, the building of the Tinto 

 dam. 



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