November 11, 191] 



HORTICULTURE 





Seasonable Notes on Culture of 

 Florists' Stock 



AZALEA MOLLIS 



Uen1 for forcing all thr 



,', as they have 

 some very charming colore noi Been in the evei 

 ones. Pot them as boob as . >u receive them, give a 

 good soaking of water ots, and tore away in 



some coldframe and keep cool until they are wanted for 

 forcing. They can be forced into blooming in 6 or 7 

 week* it* given a I ire of about 55 degrees at 



night with a i arough the day with 



Sunshine. Swinge freely and the plants will break 

 a\va\ quickly. When the flowers are all nieely expanded 

 they will last longer and be hetter for the custom 

 kept 10 or 15 degrees cooler. It does not pay to start 

 too many together as they do not keep so long as tin 

 Indian azaleas. 



GLADIOLI FOR FOECING 



All the small-bulbed gladioli such as Colvillci The 

 Bride, Peach Blossom, Crimson Queen, Mathilde, Blush- 

 ing Bride and others that were started in September 

 and grown in a cold frame, if not already removed to a 

 cool greenhouse should be so treated now. They should 

 stay there until after the first week in January when the 

 boxes or flats will he well-filled with roots and a top 

 gondii started. Don't give them too high a tempera- 

 ture for it will only make them grow weak and spindly 

 and the flowers will lack substance. Keep the temper- 

 ature as near 50 degrees at night as possible as this is as 

 high as they seem to care for. Some weak liquid ma- 

 nure about once a week will help the size of the flower. 

 Some time during this month all the large-bulbed kinds 

 such a- America, Augusta, Mrs. Francis King, Shakes- 

 peare, Brenchleyensis, and others can be planted in 

 boxes which should be from 6 to 8 inches deep or they 

 can be planted where the chrysanthemums have been. 

 Planted an ram the last of this month until mid- 



dle of December i ! I be ready to cut about the 



middle of March. It i- better to make successive plant- 

 ings about every two weeks thereby prolonging the season, 

 They like a good rich compost, say about two-thirds of 

 well-decayed sod and one-third well-rotted barnyard 

 manure. Give them ten inches between the rows and 

 four inche □ the bulbs will be ample. Maintain 



a free circulation of air when possible. 



I, HUM M.ULTIFLOROI AND GIGANTEUM 



Pot these bulbs as soon as you get them as they don't 

 gain anything by being left lying around and as Easter 

 comes on April 7th next year it will take all their time 

 to make roots ami ird forcing later on to have 



them on time. The pots gem rally used are 5 or 6-inch 

 according to the size of the bulbs. Place them beneath 

 a bench in a cool house where they will not get much 

 drip, as that is sure to sodden and sour the soil. See 

 that the soil is just kept moderately moist. In eight 

 or ten weeks they will have made a few roots. These 

 lilies want very little water until they have made some 

 good roots, but wl have filled their pots with 



roots they will want an abundance of water. Give them 

 a bench in a cool house when they have made a growth 

 of a few inches. The giganteums that you want to re- 

 tard for later should bi n a cold frame and pro- 



tected with Bash until after the New Year and th< ■ 



hi have, with plenty of ven- 

 ion. 



: should bo 



i ■ her so as to have 



riant- thai i 



filled wit 1 1 i'P'y ot v 



If thr and well |">i bound they 



should be repotted into 7 or 8-inch pots, using a rich 



part of broken up 

 eow manure, with a good sprinkling of line bone and a 

 little soot. I'.< ; i : !i I . .■, n on in a 



cool house with plentj of light, by spring they will be 

 blooming freely and will make good salable I 



Now is a good time to insert a batch of cuttings 

 as these will make excellent stock when grown on up to 

 a 5 or 6-inch for late spring flowering and especially for 

 Memorial Day. 



PEEPAEING LAND FOE NEXT TBAB 



Every florist who has land in which to grow his stock 

 should always make it an aim to restore to the soil some 

 of the organic and mineral substances which have been 

 taken away by previous crops. The first thing that 

 suggests itself is manuring as an expedient in upholding 

 its fertility. Now is a good time to give your land a 

 liberal dressing of coarse barnyard manure and by plow- 

 ign or digging now instead of in the spring you will 

 gain a whole lot in texture and fertility. This is about 

 the only means of bringing heavy soils into proper con- 

 dition for early planting. The freezing and thawing 

 that it goes through during the winter makes it free 

 from all acidity and sogginess and leaves it in a finely 

 pulverized form for final preparation in the spring. Give 

 your crops a change from one piece of ground to another 

 every year as the nourishing substances essential for one 

 particular kind of plants differ from those needed by 

 another. Some flo -tablishments have quite a 

 lot of land under cultivation so can reclaim their worn- 

 out land by running if in grass crops for a few years 

 when it will again be fit a- tillable land. For those that 

 ly a comparatively -mall parcel of land and can- 

 not afford to let it lit 1 idle for tin- time there is nothing 

 better than oil plow following a flcr 

 an ordinarj plow loosei lower layer of soil and 

 fairly well intermixing the two. Where the ground 

 ana is very limited there i- nothing better than the 

 more thorough going procedure of trenching, with a 

 heavy coat of manure intermixed with the surface soil. 



ROMAN HYACINTHS FOE CHRISTMAS 



To have these bulbs in flower and in good shape for 

 Christmas they should first of all have good roots with 

 a top growth of two or three inches before they are 

 brought into heat, othc . will be a failure, 



them a temperature of 50 di >r the first ten 



and do aegri , i up until the flowers ire well ope 

 they should expand their flowers full open in a house 

 is much cooler with plenty of fresh air. They 

 should be alb" 6 to 7 weeks to pert' 



selves. 



Mr. Farrell's i ' - will lie on tlie following 



Cattleyas; Cinerarias: U ugalnvllleag ; Forcing I risi-< ; Lily of 



the wirrter 



