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The Florists^ Review 



17 



New Modern Front and Night Window Display of the Spokane Florist Co., Spokane, Wash. 



caii.'i will 1l()\vcr this season. Gcuni 

 (•Oc(-iiiciini M I's. ]jiailshaw is i;i;iii(l for 

 I'Uttliij,^ Sown now, it will llowcr the 

 lir.st year. 



Wliile you can tirow |ililo\'(\s Iroiii 

 seed, I woiiM mlvisc buyiiii^ sonie plants 

 of (losirablu varietios. Oiu-c you iiave 

 thoni you can in future yours propa- 

 p;ate from cuttings in the sprini;. Plant 

 soino lily of tin; valley pips. These in- 

 crease rapidly and are invaluable, (live 

 them a little shade, feonies you should 

 liny roots of from some specialist, and 

 .also of the Geriiiaii iris and .lapaiiese 

 iris. The y(dlo\v lily you menticni is 

 ])iobably IIein<M()callis llaxa. JJuy loots 

 of this. It is an easy doer and soon 

 makes a hu^o cluni]i. 



l'hysoste>;ia Viroiniana is tine foi' 

 cutting. It comes easily from seed. 

 AmonL,^ other useful things ;ire the 

 hardy asters, or .Michaelmas daisies. A 

 nii.veil packet will "ive you a fin(> assoit 

 ment, llowerinjj; the secoinl year. Aiie 

 nioue Japonica alba is a. ^raiid tall 

 flower y(ni sho\dd buy )dauts ot'. The 

 l)olt(inias, like lat isi|ii:Mii:i, 1 leiiaiithus 

 ■Soleil d "Or, tritonias, t lialid i iinis and 

 qnite a iiwnibei' of idlier jdaiits are tine 

 to cut from. 



In hardy buliious llowci's. 1, ilium can- 

 li'iiini anij I,, speidosuiu, Spanish and 

 l.n^li-h ir'-, niont iiret ias, whnli need a 

 ■'viiilet tnnlrii; cottaL'e and I'arwin tu- 

 lip,- ai'd ii:ire;--i .art' ;i few you shoubl 

 pla.;t ill the t'all. Moutbretiiis are bet- 

 1' !■ ii' left until sjirin^. Then tlu're are 

 ji.an-ies. double daisies and fcu'^et nie- 

 iiots. whiidi, sown in July and AuL,nist, 

 are better if wintered in a franu*. 



I'l'epaie the ;;roiiiid \vell for peren- 

 nials. Strong' sorts like larkspurs are 

 bi^st in iiurseiy rows ;i foot apart. 

 ^^'eaker llowcrs can 'jio in beds. ]!;%• 

 sowin^f now, later transferring; to flats, 

 hardciiinrr oft" and planting; out early 

 in Afay, you can i^et fine field stock of 

 niany varieties the first season. A 

 trade jiacket may contain all you need 

 r>f most varieties, but of sucdi varieties 

 as larkspurs, or delphiniums, it w-onbl 

 be better to buy more. I may have 

 named more varieties than you want to 

 try, Init I have omitted many excel- 

 lent ones. Give the "round a lieavv 



coat ol' nianuie, keei* widl cultivated in 

 snmniei' and L;'i\e a winter mulch ol' 

 s(Uiie sort when the ground freezes up. 



C. \V. 



ASTERS OF MERIT. 



Would it be all rii^ht to sow (^iieen of 

 the ^farket aster now.' W'liat \ari(dy 

 would you ad\ise to follow it, so that 

 I Wdiild have cut (lowers until about 

 the middle of .Xiiuust.' How \vould 

 .\st(Mniuin <lo.' ,\bout the middle of 

 .\ui;ust and through September 1 have 

 Improved (!iant ('re<;o in bloom. This 

 \ariety vvill be my last. The vouhl; 

 jilauts will be trans]pianteil once oi- 

 twice ;ind then placed in Ll inch or •'; 

 inch jiaper \<n\<. 1 can plant in the tieid 

 alxnit May b") or Lin, alter all daiiLier ol 

 fi-ost is pa-t. .\. L. .Mo. 



QiHMni ol' till' Market is the bevi ,.;ii!\ 

 aster. ^'ou c;in follow this with Aster 



iniini or ('oniet. ('rei;o will be irood 

 later. The finest all-around late sorts 

 aie \'icd; 's I 'laiichin'j; .and .\nierican 

 I'.raiic hinu'. Sow (^)ueen of the .Market at 

 once for an early ci'op ;ind plant outside 

 aliout May lo. 'i'hey will be just as 

 •.'ood if transplaided into ll.ats and from 

 tliiMH' direct to the fi(dd as il' you ^o to 

 the L,'reatly imreasi'd Labor of ]iotting 

 them. ' ('. W. 



BLIGHTED NARCISSI. 



1 am enclosing souie >t:!ll%s ot' Trum- 

 pet ni.a.jor iiairi--i .and >-liould like to 

 know the cansi; i.f the-e hi i'_di t i li L,' as 

 tliey do. I'. l'..---ia. 



I ,-liouM s;i\ the naici->i had either 



been Kept t Iiv ;i1 the iiicit in the 



(■.•|i|y -t.aiji"- I'l' uiowlli or. liaiie prub- 



a!ily, the bnlb- weic heati'd in transit 



I'loni aliiiiad. A ^ I many n;ir'cis<us 



bhibs ;iii' riiTi'itei in this WAV this sea- 

 son. ( '. \V. 



In the New Store of the Spokane Florist Co., Spokane, Wash. 



