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The Weekly Florists^ Review 



December 2, 1897. 



The temperature above noted should 

 be the niaxinium for this plant during 

 the winter nights, and there is less lia- 

 bility to attacks of red spiders and thrips 

 if the house is kept down to 50° and 

 thorough syringing is given every bright 

 day. 



No alami need be felt if the moisture 

 hangs on the leaves of the araucarias 

 over night this being a favorable condi- 

 tion for many plants of the Pine faniih-, 

 in witness of which the magnificent 

 growth of coniferous trees in the States 

 of Washington and Oregon ma}- be in- 

 stanced, these States having probably ihe 

 greatest rainfall of any portion of the 

 Union. 



The requirements of the trade in differ- 



and moisture as the cyclamen, and from 

 the improved strains offered by the lead- 

 ing seedsmen some very large flowered 

 and showy specimens may be grown. 



The seedlings of last summer should 

 now be in their blooming pots (5-inch to 

 6-inch pots usually), and during dull 

 weather need careful watering, a go-as 

 you-please application with the hose be- 

 ing out of the question. The primulas 

 are but little troubled by insects, with 

 the exception of green aphis, and this is 

 easily controlled by the jiroper and regu- 

 lar use of tobacco stems. 



The double white Chinese primula w^as 

 once a valued portion of the cxit-flower 

 stock, and in ti.e apprentice days of the 

 wiiter, many a weary hour has been spent 



Ncphrolepis Davalloides Furcans. 



ent localities vary greatly, and therefore 

 the choice of flowering and fruiting 

 plants for the retail business must be 

 made in accordance with the needs of 

 the locality, but it would seem as though 

 some nicely-grown cyclamens would 

 find a ready market anywhere. These 

 plants should be coming into bloom now 

 in readiness for the holiday trade, and it 

 is well to remember that at this period 

 especiall}', care must be exercised in wa- 

 terin.g, the flowers being easily injured 

 by too m\ich moisture, but requiring 

 plenty of fresh air whenever the weather 

 permits. Well-grown cyclamens are 

 very satisfactory as window plants, and 

 last a long time in bloom providing the 

 room in which they are placed is not 

 kept too warm, but where a dwelling is 

 kept up near to the 80° mark, as many 

 modern homes are, it is rather unreason- 

 able to expect a cool-grown plant to 

 flourish. 



Chinese primulas are also good slock 

 in some places, and can l>e handled nicely 

 under verv similar conditions as to heat 



in picking and stemming primula flowers 

 for funeral work, but that ilay is long 

 past and the primula has settled down to 

 the prosaic level of a low-priced pot plant. 



The early crop of Lilium Harrisii 

 should now be moving along rapidly, and 

 will stand a fair amount of heat, 70° at 

 night not being too much after the buds 

 show, but in such a temperature aphis 

 also grow rapidly, and frequent applica- 

 tions of tobacco water will be needed. 

 It is quite convenient to have a few Har- 

 risii flowers to use during the winter for 

 home trade, but the large markets re- 

 ceive quantities of such flowers of late 

 years, and consequently no very high 

 prices are now realized by those who grow 

 them. 



Up to New Year's the cold storage pips 

 of Lily of the Valley are likely to give 

 the best results both in flowers and foli- 

 age, but after that time the new crop of 

 pips is generally .satisfactory, providing 

 they have been well frozen and kept moist. 



A steady temperature of .85° in the 

 forcing frame is plentj- for this purpose, 



and will bring the Lily of the Valley up 

 enough for removal to cooler quarters in 

 twentv to twentv-three da}-s. 



W. H. Tapun. 



NEPHROLEPIS DAVALLIOIDES 

 FURCANS. 



The sword ferns have become deserv- 

 edly popular of late years, from the fact 

 that they are easily managed, readily 

 propagated, and in the case of several of 

 the species and varieties can be relied 

 upon as house plants. 



These general characteristics apply very 

 well to the subject of our illustration, 

 N. davallioides furcans, one of the strong- 

 est and most rapiil growers of the genus, 

 and an admirable plant in any size from 

 a 6-inch pot upwards. The fronds of this 

 variety grow to a length of three to four 

 feet, are usually of a pale green color, and 

 both the tips of fronds and also the indi- 

 vidual pinnules are forked, thus giving a 

 somewhat crested appearance to the fronds 



As this variety does not seed very 

 freely, it is best propagated from the 

 stolons or runners that soon surround an 

 established plant, this process being facil- 

 itated by planting out the stock plants in 

 light soil in a house in which a tempera- 

 ture of 60 degrees is maintained. 



W. H. T.4PUN. 



OUR GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 



1. O. W. Frese, Chicago. 



2. W. E. Lynch, Chicago. 



3. A. G. Prince, Chicago. 



4. C. W. JIcKellar, of Vaughan, 

 McKellar & Winterson, Chicago. 



5. E. H. Hunt. Chicago. 



6. E. H. Giesv, of Lockland Lumber 

 Co., Lockland, O.' 



7. E. E. Peiser, of Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., Chicago, 



8. W. E. Dovle. Boston. 



9. R. W. Cliicas, of Clucas & Bod- 

 ditigton Co., New York. 



10. G. H. Peiser, of Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., Chicago. 



11. J. A. Evans (Challenge Ventila 

 tor), Richmond, Ind. 



12. F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y. 



13. \Vm. ¥. Dreer, Philadelphia. 



14. Wm. F'. Gude, Washington, 

 Pres't-elect Society of American Florists. 



15. O. P. Basse'tt, of Ba.ssett it Wash- 

 burn, Chicago. 



16. Walter Mott, with H. A. Dreer^ 

 Philadelphia. 



17. Chas. Tottv, Jladison, N. J. 



iS. A. T. Bod'dington, of Clucas & 

 Boddington Co , New York. 



19. Adam Graham, Cleveland, O., 

 President Societv of American Florists. 



20. C. W. Ward (Cottage Gardens),. 

 Queens, N. Y. 



21. L. A. Teagle (Challenge Ventila- 

 tor), Richmond, Ind. 



22. P. J. Hauswirth, Chicago. 



23. A. Ringier, with W. W. Barnard 

 & Co., Chicago. 



24. Flint Kennicott, of Kennicott 

 Bros. Co., Chicago. 



25. A. Gude, Washington, D. C. 



26. Chas. F. Feast, Baltimore. 



27. A. Herrington, Madison, N.J. 



28. Lloyd Vaughan ,of Vaughan, Mc- 

 Kellar & Winterson, Chicago. 



29. J. D. Eisele, of H. A. Dreer, Phila- 

 delphia. 



