MAY 19. 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



945 



i-eacheci. This is the way to plant, 

 whether it be a geranium, carnation, a 

 Norway spruce or an elm tree. 



Sow your first sowing of primula 

 end of this month; also Primula ob- 

 <-onica. they sold pretty well last win- 

 ter. 



In conclusion, although carnation 



houses have done finely without any 

 fire heat for more than a month it is 

 the poorest economy to let your fires 

 out in the plant houses. A little fire 

 heat and plenty of ventilation should 

 be the order of things till June 1. 



WM. SCOTT. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES. 



Propigating. 



The great bulk of cuttings if not al- 

 ready in the sand, should be put in as 

 soon as possible. For late work, of 

 course. June is early enough. but plants 

 for the main crop cannot be prepared 

 any too soon. Cuttings will root out in 

 cold frames all right now if the glass 

 be shaded and they are frequently 

 syringed, and will be better outside. 

 In fact unless one has a good, cool 

 propagating house, well shaded, young 

 plants, too. if put out in the frame for 

 a week or two. harden up wonderfully 

 and are in a good deal better condition 

 for planting than they would be it kept 

 inside, where they are too often stood 

 close together and get drawn up. 



Planting 



should be begun as soon as the early 

 varieties are ready. Use a good fi- 

 brous loam to fill the benches and if 

 you must use manure, let it be well 

 rotted. We don't believe in using any. 

 It is not necessary and in fact is often 

 a cause of trouble if care is not used in 

 watering. It you are growing many 

 mums the early varieties are better if 

 they have a house to themselves, then 

 in the fall when the application of a 

 little heat means a big difference in the 

 profits by getting the flowers earlier, 

 it can be done without any detriment 

 to the main crop. 



When all are planted in the same 

 liouse all necessarily receive the same 

 treatment. It only one house is used 

 we would suggest planting the early 

 kinds at the warm end. The indiscrim- 

 inate rooting and planting out of vari- 

 ties all mixed up cannot be too much 

 condemned. To get good results atten- 

 tion must be paid to season of flower- 

 ing, relative heights, colors, etc. In 

 addition to the early kinds the dwarf- 

 er. more delicate of the midseason va- 

 rities should be planted this month. 

 Our Bonnafton are planted, and others 

 we would recommend to be benched as 

 soon as possible are Mrs. Jerome Jones. 

 Mrs. Robinson. Golden Wedding. Penn- 

 svlvania, and Ivory: in fact, to get the 

 best possible results. May is a good 

 month to bench most all kinds except 

 the very strongest. Exhibition flow- 

 ers cannot be expected when the plants 



have only four or five weeks in which 

 to make their growth. 



The distance apart to plant every 

 man must settle for himself, taking 

 for his guide the quality of flowers he 

 wishes. For finest flowers 10 inches 

 each way is not too much. Then the 

 sun gets a chance to ripen up the 

 wood of each plant in the middle and 

 at the back of the bench equally with 

 that of the plants in the front row and 

 ends. C. TOTTY. 



THE PAEONIA. 



I I'riim advance sheets of the Florists' Manual. \>\ 

 W'ni. Scott.] 



We sometimes laugh at our old- 

 fashioned friends for calling these 



lengthy remarks. They should have a 

 deep, rich soil ; you cannot overdo it on 

 either point. If planted for commer- 

 cial use. four feet apart is as close as 

 they should be placed. They will 

 flourish for a number of years undis- 

 turbed, but every fall a good sprink- 

 ling of manure over the surface and 

 forked or cultivated in the spring, will 

 help them retain their vigor. 



The flowers of the paeonia are in 

 .good demand every season and if you 

 have plenty of room a tew hundred 

 plants will be quite profitable. The 

 white and different shades of pink are 

 the favorites. There are hundreds of 

 varieties, and many beautiful ones 

 that are called single, some being quite 

 single and others having a small dou- 

 ble center with an exterior row of 

 large petals; these are very beautiful 

 and can be called the anemone sec- 

 tion. 



The herbaceous paeonias are the 

 hardiest of hardy plants. The best 

 time to divide and transplant to in- 

 crease the stock is in October and 

 November, or very early in the spring, 

 as soon as the frost is out of the 

 groimd. A small section of root with 

 an eye or bud will in three years make 

 a large clump. When planting small 

 pieces in the fall be sure to get them 

 well down in the soil; let the bud be 

 an inch below the surface, for the 

 frosts will be sure to raise them u]). 



Paeonias seed freely and if the seed 

 is sown as soon as ripe and the little 



Tree Paeonia Queen Elizabeth. 



handsome perennials "Pinies." but old- 

 fashioned catalogues sometimes spell 

 the name "Piony," and that comes 

 pretty near it. 



The cultivation of the herbaceous 

 section is too well known to need any 



plants kept in a cold frame the fol- 

 lowing winter and planted out in the 

 spring, they will flower the second 

 year. For the commercial florist it is. 

 however, must better to buy roots of 

 both these and the tree section. 



