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The Florists^ Review 



May 11, 1016. 



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Memorial Day Crops. 



The weather during the present year 

 has been quite erratic. In spite of the 

 late date of Easter, many growers 

 faildd to flower many of their lilies and 

 other plants on time, and it will need 

 dosV-att^mtion from now on to time 

 Memorial day crops properly. Gladioli 

 can be cut when the first flowers show 

 color and held in a good, cold cellar for 

 eight or ten days. 



Spiraeas, or astilbes, will stand much 

 heat, and if at all late should have it 

 now. They can scarcely be over- 

 watered. Double feverfew will advance 

 rapidly if given a brisk heat, and 

 candytuft can be similarly forwarded. 

 Stocks are an important Memorial day 

 crop. They can be kept cool and 

 shaded well if sufficiently advanced. 

 Failing this, give them more heat at 

 once. It is important to attend to these 

 crops now. They net excellent money 

 if they can be had for the holiday, but 

 are largely unsalable when it is passed. 



Outdoor Fests. 



Outdoor pests will soon give consid- 

 erable trouble. Green or black aphis 

 can be easily controlled by the use of 

 whale oil soap, kerosene emulsion, 

 Aphine or one of the nicotine extracts. 

 On fruit trees Black Leaf 40, a highly 

 concentrated form of nicotine, proves 

 more effectual than any other remedy. 

 The lace-wing fly will soon appear on 

 the under sides of the leaves of rhodo- 

 dendrons. To properly control it sev- 

 eral sprayings will be necessary and 

 the spray must be directed below the 

 foliage. Aphine, Imp soap spray and 

 whale oil soap are all good for the lace- 

 wing fly. 



Cutworms have already appeared. A 

 good poisoned mash is the best remedy 

 for them. Take one-half bushel of fresh 

 shorts and mix one pound of Paris green 

 through it thoroughly. Squeeze the 

 juice of three lemons over the mix- 

 ture and cut pulp and rind fine and add 

 to it. Then add a couple of quarts of 

 molasses and three and one-half gallons 

 of water. Add the two last quite 

 gradually, while stirring. Lay this mix- 

 ture aronnd the haunts of the cutworms 

 towards evening, so that it will be nice 

 and fresh for these night marauders. 



Window Boxes. 



The use of window boxes increases 

 yearly and florists can further boom 

 this branch of their spring trade by 

 filling one or two sample boxes and 

 having them on exhibition at their 

 store or greenhouses. Try to secure 

 orders for these and do the filling now. 

 Even a few days in a greenhouse will 

 wonderfully improve them. Be sure 

 you use a generous compost. If there 

 are plenty of drainage holes, you need 

 no regular drainage. A layer of well de- 

 cayed manure should be placed in every 

 box and let the balance of the compost 

 contain some well rotted manure and 

 fine bone. 



Eemember that these plants will 

 have but a limited root run and will 

 be expected to grow, flower and thrive 

 the whole summer. A great quantity of 

 plants is available for window boxes, 

 but, as a general rule, geraniums of 

 one variety look and succeed best. For 

 drooping plants variegated and green 

 vincas and English ivy are the moat 

 satisfactory. 



Sowing Hardy Annuals. 



Quite a few of the hardier annuals 

 should have been sown before now, es- 

 pecially mignonette, lupines, sweet peas 

 and bachelor's buttons. Many other 

 varieties should be sown at once, such 

 as larkspurs, Gypsophila elegans, hun- 

 nemannias, salpiglossis, sweet sultans, 

 nemesias, Shirley and other poppies, 

 scabious, coreopsis, everlastings in va- 

 riety, annual sunflowers and celosias. 

 Be sure the soil is well pulverized 

 where these annuals are to be sown 

 and do not sow too thickly, or, if you 

 do, be sure to thin them judiciously. 

 Two or more sowings should be made 

 of Gypsophila elegans and Shirley pop- 

 pies if a succession of flowers is wanted. 



Lily of the Valley Outdoors. 



Lily of the valley is at present in 

 somewhat short supply in the markets. 

 It is one of our most popular flowers 

 and every small country florist should at 

 least have a bed of it outdoors, even if 

 he does not force any of it. In the 

 more northerly states it is usually in 



good condition outdoors for Memorial 

 day. The ground should be deeply 

 spaded and well manured for a bed of 

 valley, as it must stay undisturbed for 

 five or six years after planting. 



If you can procure Fortin's varietj', 

 you have the best for outdoor culture, 

 the bells being larger than those of the 

 ordinary Berlin variety. It is not too 

 late to plant a bed or row now, and 

 once planted it needs no more atten- 

 tion than to be kept clean and given 

 a mulch of decayed manure each fall. 

 Valley succeeds well in the open, but 

 does better where it can have a little 

 shade from overhanging trees and 

 where it is fairly moist at the roots. 



Cleveland, 0. — Cleveland's voters, in 

 an avalanche of public approval, in the 

 April election passed the $2,500,000 

 bond issue for the erection of a magnifi- 

 cent convention hall seating 15,000. 

 Cleveland's mayor has promised to use 

 every effort to get the work started at 

 once and M. A. Vinson, secretary of 

 the Cleveland flower show, believes tho 

 building will be finished in time for the 

 next National Flower Show in the 

 spring of 1918. 



Springfield, 111.— The T. P. A. had a 

 large parade September 6, in which 

 about eighty-five decorated automobiles 

 participated. The car decorated by 

 Hembreiker & Cole was awarded first 

 prize. The body of the car was cov- 

 ered with ferns, over which were Easter 

 lilie§ and Ophelia roses. On the fen- 

 ders of the car were three large baskets 

 of roses, while rising above the engine 

 was a large vase filled with lilies. In 

 the back of the car stood two large 

 vases of Ophelia roses and two baskets 

 •of lilies. William Hembreiker and lies 

 Cole were much pleased at their suc- 

 cess. The local papers published illus- 

 trations of the decorated car, consti- 

 tuting altogether an excellent advertise- 

 ment. 



Atkinson, N. H.— Harry B. Tuttle has 

 started work on a large greenhouse. 



Bristol, Conn.— Paul M. Hubbard & 

 Son have opened a flower store in the 

 Gwillim block. 



South Manchester, Conn. — Tlie Bon 

 Ton Flower Shop has been purchased 

 by P. A. Eeese. 



Braintree, Mass. — John Streiferd & 

 Son were the successful bidders for a 

 6,000-plant order last month. 



Cambridge, Mass. — George F. Osgood, 

 formerly in business at Everett, Mass., 

 expects to start a greenhouse business 

 here about June 1. 



Hartford, Conn. — At the recent meet- 

 ing of the Connecticut Horticultural 

 Society, Fred Boss, of Elizabeth park, 

 exhibited a fine collection of calceo- 

 larias, for which he was awarded a 

 certificate of merit. W. S. Mason 

 showed Eupatorium ianthinum of ex- 

 cellent growth. There were lively dis- 

 cussions on grafting and pruning, led 

 by Mr. Boss and F. Boulier. 



Lynn, Mass. — F. Predeaux is erecting 

 greenhouses on the old Phillips farm, 

 on Eastern avenue. 



Revere, Mass. — A smart flower store 

 has been opened at 167 Sherly avenue 

 by Miss D. A. Chase. 



Exeter, N. H. — John E. Perkins has 

 purchased the greenhouse establishment 

 of W. S. Perkins, who has conducted 

 the business successfully for twenty 

 years and considers himself entitled to 

 a vacation. 



Newport, R. I. — The Gibson property 

 on Malbone road, comprising 23,124 

 square feet of land, several green- 

 houses, a small cottage and outbuild- 

 ings, was sold a few days ago by 

 Duncan A. Hazard, commissioner, to 

 Joseph and John W. Gibson, for $7,000. 

 The sale grew out of a decree of the 

 Superior court in the equity suit of 

 Margaret E. Gibson against Joseph 

 Gibson, by which a commissioner was 

 appointed to dispose of the property. 

 The land is now occupied by the pur- 

 chasers under the name of Gibson Bros. 



