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The Florists^ Review 



FEBUUAia' 15, I'.tlT, 



SECOND-YEAR GLADIOLI FAIL. 



Arc the t'lirciiiy <;lailinli, liliishiiig 

 Itiidc mill I'o.'K'h J-!l(i'<<(jiii. o(i(>l I'oi a 

 -.T.Mi.l M'.'isoii .' (.. n. i{. — 111. 



GLADIOLUS PINK PERFECTION. 



M;iiiy t hcolo;^i;iiis li;i\c ln'licNrd, niiii 

 in,ui\ ■-till lieli('\(', ill tln' ilnctiiiic of 

 ■ ■ [xTt'ert ioiiisiii, ' ■ III- ' ' Clirist iaii ]iri 

 t'cct iciii. ' ' or ' ' pel rci-tioii ol' tlir Slli'lts."' 

 ^\'ln•ll Idlil flint j'crl'ci-lidii o\' ili;ir:ic 

 111-, ill < 'lii'istiaiis nr (itlicis, is ;iii imi'd- 

 nihility in this 'WdiM ot' iiiipci IVrt i(iii>. 

 these t lii'oloyiMiis ha\i' rr|ilici| that thcrr 

 may In' r(^lati\'(' ])i'il'('ct inn. m 'll■^^(■('- 

 dl' |i('itt'('tion, or pdrt'cctidii dl' rcitain 

 at 1 1 iluitds. t'tc. l-iy the \\ay, i l' tin' |iic-- 

 t'lit writer slmws an ini|ii'rl'i'cl kiidwl 

 Ciiyt' dt' this ildi-triiH', it i-< hdjn'il th;it 

 niiy t lic'dld;j icall y wise idii-li'is will he 

 pert'drtly kiiel aihi rdn--iiliTatr in tlu'ii 

 jiiiljiinciit. At .-iiiy i.aid, it will In' a^l 

 iiiitt<'il that in cdniiiKin iijiilaino ami in 

 liorticiiltnral s|m'('cIi. ;i> wtII as in tlio<i- 

 loj;ical rrci'iK, tlnTi' aic nian\ -nrfs nT 

 I'crt'dit idii. 



Anil jicrl'i'it idii is siiiely imt liiiiitr'l 

 td any unt' i-olnr. In this lase The prr 

 frrfidii irtVrroil tn is I'ink' i'orfn-t ion. 

 dl till' L;l''i'li'ihis whirli In'.ars th.at iiaiin'. 

 I'dssilily till' oi'i;_n ii;i t iir, wlirii iiaininu 

 ihc tlowcr. sniiliiiLily i rpriit nl In liiiii^i'll' 

 tlit^ familiar plirasi-, ''It is tin' pink nt' 

 pi-rt'i'i-t inn till' lii^li('--t typi' nt' I'Xn'l 

 ti'iH-i'. ' ' I'.. Ilaiiiindiiil Trar\ . nt' <'i'il;ii 

 A.-rc^ laiiii'. wild liirnisho'l tlif plidtn 

 irrapli lidin which the illnst rat imi wa^ 

 inailc. -a \^ thai I'ink rritcrt inn i^ "'a 

 tnih w iiinlcrlul Lilailiiiliis in ruldi aid 



trXtllli', dlic dt' the rlldire^t d l" the lieW'CI 



v.arietii'v. The i-dlur i> a sut't. rleai pin'' 

 lit' the I, .-I I'raiiee sliaile. It hears lanje. 

 iipeii lldvvcrs. (Ill a strniiL; spike.'" An 

 iithei t;id\vcr ilcsrrilies tlie i-dhn .a^ "'a 

 ■ Iclii-ate apple MdsSdin jiink, with a Lean 

 T i 111 I \ ei II i iiu dt' sa liiidii pink. ' 



GLADIOLI FROM SEED. 



I lia\e e illci'tccl a i-iiii>-ii|i'ra lile ipi.-in- 

 tit\' df eJailidlus seeils thi~ sca-ini. Will 



\'dll kilellv tell me when i-- the lie-t time 

 td -d\\ them.' I'le,'l~e --tate. ;ilsd. 



whether eleai sa Id I d 1' ;i mi.Ntllle nl -nil 

 aidi saidl -lidllhi he U-^ei|, .ami L;i\i' any 



ntlicr paifiiul;n- .-ilMiiit the t ie;i t men t 

 vi-ipii ii'l . M. II. \. -1. 



A- t he lllipiil el . pi iiha li|\ . i~ i nil v 



aw.aii, iirdwiiiL:' Lil.'elidli irum ^eeil i^ a 



Je.lidll- Jiel 1 dl inalli'e, lillt it is the ii||l\ 



x\ay til prdijure new \;irietie-, if that 



!>• the llltelitidn. 



At'tei the ^lailiiilll- <ee.N li:i\e l.eeh 



III ii'i't I'M. t I'ey -hull I'l 1 le ea I I ii'l ii\ i I 



illltil the I'dlldW illL,' spIlllL;. 'I'llev III a \- 



iie snWIi ill lai^e ]i;in'~ 111' ^.'iiiiij. lii^ht Sdil, 



•^arly in Maii h. aiel pl;ii-ei| in a warm 



.' reelllidUse. ,a 1 1 1 1 the Hill;;s 111,'iy In 



•hiiineii aii'l ;illiiwe.| tn iini:iiii in tle-i 



• ei'ept:|i- le- 'llirill^ tie lil'--1 -ea^iili 



Alter the l;i I 111 i lia I inn I'l' the -eeil-, tin' 

 :i:it- -linuhi lie lenin\e.| tu ;i li ^ ll t i ■ I ail'i 



.■III I. I pi.-itiiiii. -II th.at the little pl:iiit- 

 m.'i \ I.e J I a'l ii:i 1 1 \ ha l ileneil ;i li.l pie 



; '.'i I I'll Til -j eiiil till- -II mmei i nit 'li'iir-.. 

 At til 1 he Mimmei in ihe llat-. the lilt le 



iiiim- >hdn|i| lie llpi'lieil ill the t'a II .aidl 

 -t"|e,| like l.'irLjer line-. Slime dl' them 



.i,:i\ jii mliici' lildiiin- the seriiiel year. 



I'llh.'lp^ a nidle i-nmmiill methu'l. lldW 

 e\el, i- td Iilallt the - I- dl|ti|ddl< ill 



-hallow iliills, eiiNcriiiLi them td a depth 

 III' ;in ei;^h1h ot' ;iii iiieli or a litth^ more. 

 The tiii\- ediins thus vermeil are hnnsoil 

 I'm- t he w iiit er ami t hen plant cil in 

 ■ liills .alidut an iinh .-iihI a hall' ilceji, I'dr 

 a -eciiml seasdii "- Ljrowtli. I'.'W, it' any. 

 Ill' them hear llnwei- the sci-dlhl suiii- 

 mei ; they llin.-t lie lirtcii, -tdl'eil ailil 



plaiitcil aiiaiii liei'die lldweriii:^ satis- 

 I'artdiily. 'riiii- the piiircNS is a slow 

 iiiie aii'l llie le-iiltant llowcrs ;ire a 

 pi iiini-ciidiis ami um-ertain lei. A simi- 

 lar statciiieiit m;iy he iiiaile atitnit the 

 liiillis raiscil I'l'diii -ee.l: t lie\- rc(piire 

 three dl' I'diii year- tn ;i11aiii iii;i rUcI ahlc 

 -i/e .-iml then ran'; mih a- mixlnrc-. 



While (ilailioliis Peach I'.lossoiii and 

 iithers dl' the nanus tyjie will lia\e s]ileii- 

 iliil Vnilbs wlieii forccil, much lari,f(M' than 

 llnise imported, 1 ha\e tiiuinl them to he 

 almost wortliless for t'eicind- ,i sepoiul 

 season, a small proportion di' tlnMii diily 

 lldwcriiiLi'. < '. \V. 



n, 



CARRIED-OVER GLADIOLI. 



Ill the winter of lOJ-'J-lG i liouij;ht some 

 '.^lailidli and benelied tiieiii in a carna- 

 tidii hdiise. hojdnft' for i;odd le-ult'^. Tlie 

 \aiietic- were Aniei'ica, .Mrs. I'raiici.s 

 Kine, .\udusta and Cliicaao Wliite. I 

 licnelied over 20ii and eiit only ahout 

 t\\('nty'fi\c sjiikes. I left them in the 

 soil until .luly: then I lifted them and 

 dried them nlT. They were a line lot of 

 larue, -diiiid liullis. r wi-h to know 

 whether I ran force these jiullis this 

 winter. The weather wa- -i> wet in 

 l!t|."i that I think perliap- the Inillis did 

 not ripen well. S. .\r. --K;in. 



I -ee lid rea-on wliy th.'^e iiladioli 

 -hdiild iidt he jierfectly ;;()od for forcing 

 .ii;ain. 1 have tried such Inilh.- myself 

 and had ^ood results. Where the spikes 

 have 1 ceil cut down ■ Insc' to th-' ground, 

 the luilhs, even if of jiood si/.r-, do poor- 

 Iv. Imt as the hulk of vnui- .lid not 

 liiiwer at .all tliev shuiihi pinsi- ipiite 

 -at i<faetdrv, < '. W. 



CHEMICALS IN THE WATER. 



Ill pini t'\ inu diir w aler, t In- \v;iti-i iniii- 

 pa n \ u-e< t'diir poiiiids of ihlniide iif 

 lime .and ten |idUiiils nt' .alum tn Idii.diiO 

 L;;illdn- nl' water. Wmild tlii- he harm- 



llll 111 L;reenlldU-e |i|ailt'-.' It' -n. W-nllld 



it hi' ei|uall.\- harmful tn mitdnnr jdants 

 ;ini| ', e-etahle- .' I.. < . I'.. Kail. 



I wiiilld lint rnnsidel' tluit tie' idlelll- 



iiaK n-ed wniild In- likely tn have an 

 injiiridu- etfeet updii Liieenhduse plants, 

 e-pecially as a lar;^«- ju djioit inn of the 

 I liemiials wdiild must likely he piei-ipi- 

 tated het'dle the water Wnllld ellter the 

 ni;iin-. It is pds-ilde that in time a siilli- 

 rieiit ainiiiiiit miyht areiimulat e in th(» 

 hem h Sdil td intert'eie with the ^idwth 

 .<\ the pl.'iiit-, and it wnllld then he nec- 

 e--ar> td ii'iiidve the -iirt'aee snil. hut f 

 dn nut think it likely that -m-h a i-niirse 



Wnllld he llere-sa ly. 



Thi'ii- wnuld he h-- dam;' r in the 

 iipiii '.irniind. where tie i;iin- wniild 

 w;i-h .-1 n vt hi II'..; ih.-it i- -nliihl. Mitn the 



-llh-nll. ' T. 



Gladiolus Pink Perfection 



Brooklyn, N. Y. V.. I; >tnr,\ has 

 iiciii nppninted s;ile- iiianai^er ot the 



Met |iipnlil;in M:ite|i;il <n., th|- tn tllkO 



, tfei-t .Mandi 1 . 1;M 7. nil whi.'h 'tate ihe 

 rnmp;in\ will ieinii\e tn it- \\i\\ ]iiacri> 

 pl.'int .'It I'liishiiiM and Wnnd w .-i i'l -aw 



nili"-. I '.Iddk l\li. .\ -peei;il alllldllllCC- 



II, lilt In the lr;ide fmiii tin Aletropnl- 

 It :iii Mull I iai < 'ii. will 111' m.'id' l:iter. 



Jackson, Mich. A lire wheh -lalteii 



I Inlll : il -tii\ e ilid rnll-ld'l 'I hi, d.allC 



,',_;i- In till' A. W. riiiiii\:il vV ^nii e-l:ih- 

 li-limeiii I'l hiuaiv '■'. Tie - • . .nhnii-e 

 tn whi.-h the lire w;i- 'I'liliii,.! \',;i- ii;idly 

 -litti'd .'iml I -h nt' till' -tiM-1; in this". 



iinll-n W.'l- a tntal |n--. Tlln -Inli iutc 



I ini- wa- d.-ilmi^ed hy t h, -iimki . hilt 

 ■ int el|n|l;;ll tn inteirele with h'i-ill.'sS, 



-a\s A. W. ruriii\al. I n-uia H'-. was 

 .-,'1 II led nil 1 he huildin;^-. 



