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The Florists' Review 



17 



will come along in ample time if placed 

 in the greenhouses a couple of weeks 

 before they are needed. Where bull)s 

 are kept outdoors they will be, in many 

 cases, still buried in ice and snow. This 

 is just as we would wish it to be, for 

 suc'ii stoclc can be kept back nicely. 

 Murillo tulips, Victoria and Golden 

 Spur narcissi are likely to be the lead- 

 ing bulbs in pans the coming Easter, 

 with a probability tliat many species 

 will have passed. 



Easter Lilies. 



If the lilies have buds which are 

 two to three inches long April 1, they 

 will come along all right for Easter if 

 given a minimum of (50 to G5 degrees 

 and are freely syringed. If the buds 

 can only be seen standing erect and 

 clustered thickly together, they are 

 late and need all the heat you can give 

 them. Of course we may have a warm 

 April and, in such a case, three weeks 

 in that month may be worth as much 

 as the whole of JNIarch, but weather is 

 a most uncertain factor and it is not 

 wise to take too much for granted. 

 Giganteums are always inclined to be 

 a little too dwarf and some shade on 

 the glass will help to give them the 

 necessary length. 



if the' buds in Lilium candidum can 

 be counted April ] they will be on 

 time, but remember this lily will not 



tolerate hard 



forcing; 



50 degrees at 



night should not l)e exceeded if blooms 

 of uood si/e and substance are wante<l. 



Calceolarias. 



Keep the calceolarias cool, no mat- 

 ter wiiether you are growing the 

 herbaceous varieties or the rugosa, with 

 its intermediate forms, of which 

 Stewarti is still the best. It is of no 

 use trying to force calce(darias. You 

 will simply ruin them if you do so. 

 A cold, clammy-feeling liduse seems to 

 suit them to a nicety. Wlien the pots 

 are well filled with roots use liquid 

 manure, quite weak at first, a little 

 stronger as the spikes develop. If the 

 leaves are at all pale, use a little soot 

 water to tone them up. Never omit 

 fumigation. Do it once a week in or- 

 der to be on the safe side. 



Marguerites. 



If you want some large, bushy mar- 

 guerites to ilowcr from the first of De- 

 cember onward. ,take some cuttings 

 now. The old Paris daisy with snmll, 

 white flowers, or Chrysanthemum 

 frutcscens, is far ahead of all others 

 as a pot plant. These cuttings will 

 throw flower buds all summer, but 

 keep them picked off and give the 

 plants the necessary })inching, plung- 

 ing them outdoors through the sum- 

 mer. These plants will be lnrg<^ and 

 bushy before fall and will flower as 

 early as December or as late .-is "May, 

 according, to how much you pin<h them. 

 The yellow marguerites and the large 

 white varieties, such as (^>ueen Alex- 

 andra and IMrs. dander, do not make 

 nice, shapely pot plants like the old 

 variety, nor will they bloom as early 

 "♦"tif as freely. 



Shading. 



While we have spells of dark weather, 

 the sun is now getting quite strong and 

 some shade on palms, ferns and other 

 foliage plants is nccessnry. Kerosene 

 and white lead makes a neat and eas- 

 ily applied shade. It can be made thin 

 to apply with a force pump or can be 

 put on with a long-handled whitewash 



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WHO'S WHO 



IN THE 

 TRADE- 



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FRED COWPERTHWAITE. 



Hi:X von niecl Fred ('()W|ieit hw.-iite :it llie Xiit KOial KlnxMM' Show you ;i!v 

 ;,t iii'icitx ti> tire lit liini all the (|uestions tli;it yoii hnve been chokinL; ii|. 

 inside vou from the moment vou step] ed within tiie door oi' tliat wonderful 

 exhibition-thai "s what < ■ow].ertliw;n1e is tiiere lor. to lire .|ur>tion^ at. I'roh 

 ;iblv you know a hit of men win. iiin answer i|Ui'st ioii'> if yon gi\e them tune, 

 i,ut' iH)W m;inv do xmi know who can e(;in(> ri-ht -hip bang back at you with the 

 answer, the I'iuht answer, everv tiuu>.' I'.iit tlnit "- Cowperthwriite. He scni- to 

 have his i^reat store (d' knowied-e all c;ird i ndesed in his uiiinl. where he .-an 

 -et it outsat a moment's notb-e. That "s whv ih.'v made him elmirman of tlie 

 T'ommittiM' on Inl'ormation for .\meiica's -re.-ile-t -how. .\nd it's wiiy li(> is a 

 popular lecturer before the garden '(dubs aioiiihi I Miihhbdphia, wliere they h:i\e a 

 linbit ol' tivinu to hecKle the spenker. It .:in"t \»- 'lone with Cowpertliwaile. 



bru<li. t)nl\- a tliin sliade should be aji- 



plieil as yet. Some or(diids, especially 



-n(di as are in llower, will need shade, 



also lloweiiiiLi plants of any variety 



whicdi it is desired to retard. It is im- 



]tortant to sh:id<' newly potted cuttings, the property and the p.a\iae 



liut this is better in the form of ( het>-e- 



( loth or something moxable. I'.nther 



than a pcrnianeiit roof shade. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Alvin, Tex. -Negoti.atiouv are pend- 

 ing li\ whiih the vecei\ el shi|i of the 

 .■»' ,\1\ iii-,I,ap:inese Nursery < 'o., which has 

 Tieeii in the i-onrts for a \ear aucl a 

 half, will be terminated, a<-<-ordiug to 

 pajiers tiled in th(^ l'",le\enth liistiid 

 coiiit in Texas. An older was i-siiei| 

 b\' th(> court directing the <ale ol' the 

 nursery and otliei' property ot' the coin 

 ]iany ni\ar .\lvin within thirty day<, 

 datini: tt'din Mai'ch ]'.'<. When the re- 

 ceixcr \vas apiiointed the a-sets of the 



conijiany were sai'l to amount to >_'iiii,- 

 (MK) and tlie liabilities $lli>.nno. \',v 

 good mana'_:ement and -ah's of prop 



( rty at dilVerent times. ;ill the cieditoi- 



,ni'e being satisfh>d. The final sale ot' 



(■111 of .-ill 



d<dds will teiinin.ate the i c .'ix crsh ip. 

 'i'he biisine-s. of cour-e. wii! be .(Ui 

 tinned by the ]ui rchasei's. 



Springfield, O. .\t ;i recent meeting 

 of the Sprinutiehl I'lori-f-' <'lui. tree 

 plantini; in lie' cit\- \\a> di-cn-sed \'y 

 lhe members. As a -tep to lietler the 



conditions peita iniiii;' to this wurk and 

 to bring alioiit an oi'i^.'ini/ed effoi't, a 

 coinmittiM' consisting of (it^orge If. .Mel- 

 lon, (M'orm' 1 ». Leedh^ .and Artlnir .1. 

 Todd w;is .appoiiiteil 1o ri^comini'lid to 

 the .ity tliat a foie-l.-r l,e appointed. 

 IJ. II. Slurpliy, o\' Urbana, and Thomas 

 McP.eth, of this city, discussed the 

 planting <d' ti'ees, and A. C (.eedle 

 spoke on ttie same subject. 



