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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBBB 5, 1916. 



PEONIES FOE C3UTTINO. 



In planting peonies for cut flowers, 

 do not plant out a long list of varie- 

 ties, says Gilbert H. Wild, of Sarcoxie, 

 Mo. Take the advice of a grower who 

 has been supplying a good snare of the 

 Memorial day stock for years. Follow- 

 ing are a few reasons: First, in cut- 

 ting, about all varieties must be at 

 different stages before they are ready 

 to cut, or at least look different. For 

 good results, they must be cut just 

 right, which is a little hard to do if 

 you have a good many different varie- 

 ties and are employing several cutters 

 who are not acquainted with each and 

 all varieties. Again, each color and va- 

 riety should be tied and wrapped in 

 separate bunches, so the parties you are 

 shipping to wUl know, without unwrap- 

 ping, the color of flower in each bunch. 

 This, you will find, is a lot of trouble if 

 you have several varieties to keep sepa- 

 rate and it seems that a mixed lot, if 

 wrapped separately, don't bring the 

 price straight lots do, and it is the re- 

 turns that count. I could give several 

 other reasons about on same line, but 

 believe above is enough to convince you 

 that a few good varieties are better to 

 plant for cut flowers than an equal 

 number in several varieties. 



THE MOST BEAUTIFXJL PEONIES. 



In an article for amateurs, published 

 in the Gardeners' Magazine, A. P. 

 Saunders, secretary of the American 

 Peony Society, makes the following se- 

 lection of varieties, "regardless of any- 

 thing except the sheer beauty of the 

 flower." The cream of what we now 

 have would include these sorts: 



Thirdte — Perhaps the grandest peony In exist- 

 ence. No flower lover who has seen well de- 

 veloped blooms of Th^rfse could ever forget them. 

 The flower Is flat, seven or eight Inches across, 

 looking like a loosely formed rose, and of 9. deli- 

 cate and lovely pale rose color. 



L« Cygne — Probably the finest white yet pro- 

 duced; a magnificent bloom that is rapidly be- 

 coming a great favorite. 



Mme. Emile G-allfi — Most delicate shade of flesh 

 pink. One of the finest for color. 



Albatre or Avalanche — ^Two varieties almost 

 If not quite Identical; white with flesh center. 



Marie Crousse — An unusual shade of pale pink, 

 almost a salmon color. 



Grandiflora (Richardson) — Finest of the late 

 pinks, flat flower, pale rose color, delightfully 

 fragrant. 



James Kelway — Palest flesh white, loosely 

 formed flower of exquisite beauty. 



Venns — Light pink, high built bloom on extra 

 tall stems. 



Suchetse de Kemonrs (Calot) — ^Pale Ivory 

 white, with green marks near the center; a grand 

 old favorite. 



Jeanne d'Arc — A fine big bloom of mixed petals 

 In pnle pink and yellow, with large pale pink 

 gnard petals. 



Fhilomile — A charming plant for the garden: 

 the flowers consist of a row of broad pink guard 

 petals, and then a mass of deep honey yellow 



narrow petals In the center, with sometimes a 

 tuft of broader pale pink ones In the 'very heart 

 of the bloom. 



Marie Lemoine — Late white with much yellow 

 interspersed; a grand sort. 



Eugdne Verdler — Rather dwarf groveing; a 

 magnificent bloom; the body of the color pale 

 pink but yellow lights come through from the 

 base of the i>etal8, adding a peculiar richness to 

 the color. 



Mme. Boulanger — The best peony knovm to me 

 that could be called mauve. The color is a de- 

 lightful shade of pale mauve rose. 



Baroness Sohroeder — A grand white and one 

 of the best standard sorts. 



Mile. Leonle Calot — Pale flesh pink of the 

 finest quality. 



Milton Hill— Like the variety P. grandlflora, 

 Milton Hill was raised by John Richardson in 

 Dorchester, Mass. ; It Is only now beginning to be 

 recognized at Its true worth; the color Is shell 

 pink, deepening toward the center, but there is 

 In this flower a quality of color that la beyond 

 the power of words to describe. 



Camea elegans (Calot) — ^The full beauty of this 

 sort will be known only to those who mature 

 blooms indoors; it Is sensitive to sunlight, and 

 the flowers fade quickly In the open, to a tone- 

 less white; Indoors they preserve an enchanting 

 combination of flesh color and pale yellow. 



STORAGE OF FOBCINa STOCK. 



Can you give me any information as 

 to the proper treatment of forcing stock 

 in winter storage? I am handling a 

 large quantity of lilacs, spirseas, aza- 

 leas, skimmias, rhododendrons, etc., for 

 the winter and spring trade. Any in- 

 formation as to the light, air, water and 

 heat requirements for the successful 

 handling of such stock would be ap- 

 preciated. D. H. N. Cc— HI. 



It is better to leave all the plants 

 named outdoors until they have had one 

 or two moderate freezings. In the case 

 of deciduous stock, it can stay out until 

 all the foliage has fallen. Lift the 

 plants with good balls of earth and 

 pack them in a storage shed or cellar 

 where they can be freely ventilated dur- 

 ing all favorable weather; a few de- 

 grees below freezing will not harm 

 them. If the balls are at all dry when 

 lifted, soak well with the hose when 

 heeling them in. If the soil in which 

 they are heeled is damp this watering 

 should carry them through the winter. 

 No fire heat should be necessary in a 

 well constructed storage shed or cellar. 

 A moderate light only is necessary. 

 C. W. 



CEIJiAB FOB LIUES. 



Will a good, cool cellar do to start 

 lilies and hyacinths t . J. M. — ^Ind. 



A cool cellar is a good place to start 

 tulips, narcissi and hyacinths. While 

 lilies may also be started in such a cel- 

 lar, it is well to remark that L. longi- 

 florum giganteum succeeds best if given 

 a good heat from the time it is potted. 

 L. Harrisii, speciosum and auratum may 

 be started cool. C. W. 



OTDM 



FAIEY RING ON CARNATIONS. 



Under separate cover I am sending 

 you a sample of my carnation plants, 

 which, as the specimen shows, are badly 

 diseased. I am of the opinion that the 

 disease is a bacterial one, and I wish 

 you would tell me if I am correct. My 

 employer maintains that this condition 

 of the plants was caused by red spider 

 in the field. 



The plants were set in the . field in 

 April. Directly after the planting wet 

 weather set in and lasted about two 

 months. At that time I think the dam- 

 age was done. The wet weather was 

 followed by ten weeks of excessive heat 

 and the plants suffered some from red 

 spider. 



About three weeks ago the plants 

 were benched. The White Enchantress 

 plant sent you was stripped of all dis- 

 eased leaves at that time, but now it is 

 in worse condition than when it was 

 dug in the field. 



I use the right compost and water the 

 plants properly. The soil is three parts 

 light loam and one part leaf-mold. The 

 leaf-mold was taken from an old ditch 

 and is almost a good, black soil. I 



used a liberal quantity of cow manure, 

 well rotted. 



You will notice that the spots are 

 even on the buds and flowers. Do you 

 think the plants will survive the dis- 

 ease? What is the best remedy! I 

 have sprayed the plants with Bordeaux 

 mixture, three pounds of bluestone to 

 four of lime, in fifty gallons of water. 



J. W.— Ind. 



The specimens submitted were liter- 

 ally covered with fairy ring spots. If 

 they are a fair sample, I would lose no 

 time in throwing out the plants, taking 

 out the soil, fumigating the house with 

 sulphur and then replanting with clean 

 stock. To clean them you would be 

 obliged to strip the plants of all the fo- 

 liage and only a weak growth could be 

 expected to follow this, if the plants 

 did not actually die. It would be im- 

 possible to control fairy ring with 

 spraying after reaching the stage it 

 has with you. Bordeaux mixture is the 

 standard remedy for these spot dis- 

 eases, but I hardly think it would prove 

 adequate to control your case. 



You and your employer are both 

 right in your contentions, as to the 

 cause of the trouble, but you have both 

 failed to recognize the greatest factor 



