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The Florists^ Review 



Mauch 22. 1917. 



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Dutch Bulbs for Easter. 



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II \ ;iii('t it's (if iiai'- 

 i-issi ;iihl iiiiii's idiin' iiinii^ rajiidly ;;t 

 this sc.'isiiii. Tlii-Cf wrcks slidulii siitlico 

 ti) lidwcr pijii't ii'allv niiytliiiij; in this 

 lino, while ;i lort iiiij:lit would enable 

 sninc to llowcr in a niulit loiniicraturc 

 ol' ."ii (Ictrrecs. Do not si ami \\\\y of tin' 

 [Hits or pans below the hent-lies. You 

 want tlieni as stoeky ;\s jiussiMe. in order 

 to (ibviate tlie nei'i'ssity of stakinjx. Spc- 

 fialh- iiopul.'ir vnrictios in pans tliis 

 ll,i--1ir will he (l(iMc-ii Spin and \'ic 

 1"ri,'i iiaici<-i. Murillii .and Tea IJose 

 tnlips, white ;ind pink liy.atdnt lis. ri.ant-- 

 \\hiili ;ii(' a little loo advaneed can 

 I'lisih- 111' i-('tardcd on th(> lloor ot' w cool 

 c.'llaV. 

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A !i\- w liicdi s( I'll! at .all 

 Kiiild !h' i:i\i'!i a little iniiv(> 



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llieni near thr i;la- 

 ecoini- drawn up'. 



Violets for Easter. 



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The iniieasiiifif power of the sun will 

 now send violets alonjT r.apidly. I'ar- 

 ticulaidy is this tiaie of the sinjrle va- 

 rieties. As soon as the pl.ants start to 

 throw uj> a bijj erop of lusty leaves, that 

 is a sure sign of the boginninp of the 

 eii'l, so far as flowers are eonecrned. 

 \t Master there is a heavy rail for vio- 

 lets, and they will bring inuoh better 

 priees tlian at present. In order to hold 

 flowers in good condition until that date, 

 it will be neeessary to plaee some 

 shade on the glass to assist in lowering 

 the temperature, in addition to keeping 

 ventilators and doors wide open. Propa- 

 gation should be started at onre. Se- 



lect strong, lu^althy i)lants fur stock. 

 Vou can alford to sacrifice some flowers 

 on these. Tear the plants to pieces, 

 cut away all but a few of the new leaves 

 and shorten the roots. Pla<'e them in 

 sandy foam. Cuttings without roots 

 slnnild go in clear sand and if kept 

 shadc'd and properly watereii will prac- 

 tically all root. 



Easter Lilies. 



Tiie date of Kaster is April S. and 

 this is a reminder th.at lilies will need 

 i-lose att(Mition lietween now and tli.at 

 d.ate, to time them coia'ectly. i'ut the 

 laggaids in the warmest house ytni have, 

 spiay and water them freely and tdosc 

 the house early in the aftfiaioon, in or- 

 der to bottle up a hrisk licit, always 

 provided the house does not c(.)ntain 

 plant.-; which will be injured by such 

 treatment. Plants well adxani'ed should 

 go into a soraewhat cooler house. If 

 buds are now ready to bend <lown they 

 will be on time if given a night tem- 

 perature of no to Go degr(vs, but do all 

 the forcing you can now rather than 

 nearer Easter, and remember that wdiilc 

 you can get from .$S to $i;2.oO per hun- 

 dred for buds and flowers before Easter, 

 they are worth but little after that date. 

 Therefore hurry them along .all you can 

 now. 



Pansies. 



Pansies carried over the winter in 

 coldframes should now have the mulch 

 of dry leaves over them removed. Give 

 them a watering with the hose and firm 

 any which frost may have heaved. Air 

 freely, but keep the sashes closed on 



cold nights. These plants will furnish 

 early flowers, and plants in small bas- 

 kets, a dozen in each, will be found sal- 

 al)le. The same holds true of inyosotis 

 and double daisies. Do not bo in too 

 much of a hurry about removing mulch 

 over the plants outdoors. March is a 

 notoriously treacherous month. One day 

 of heat reminds us of the tropics, but ia 

 followed by an arctic wave. ]f your 

 mulch was somewhat heavy and snows 

 lia\e pa(d\e(l it down solid, remove a 

 little of it, but go slowly about uncov- 

 ering pansies, violas, Canterbury bells, 

 toxgloves, daisies, forgot-nie-nots and 

 beds of bulbous plants. 



Amarylllseg. 



It is ])ossible to have amaryllises in 

 bloom over quite a long season by keej)- 

 ing the dormant l)ull)s in a cool, dry 

 house or sheti, a few degrees above freez- 

 ing. Amaryllises are beginning to have 

 more commercial value. One grower 

 wholesaled all his sjiikes at .$12 per 

 do/A'ii this season. This is not an extrav- 

 agant price for good hybrids, but as 

 many plants ]iroduce two spikes they 

 pay fairly well. 



The plants should h.ave some of the 

 id(l surt'ace soil removed and be given 

 a top-dressing of fibrous loam and old 

 cow manure before starting up. Any 

 that are badly jiothound shoidd be care- 

 fully rejiotted; be sure to give them good 

 iliainage. Ciive the plants a tempera- 

 ture of ()() degrees when started. It will 

 not take the flower stalks long to ap- 

 l>ear. Move the j»lants into somewhat 

 cooler (juarters as the flowers open. For 

 shipjdng it is always best to cut the 

 spikes before the blooms become fully 

 devclojied. They will open well in 

 water. 



Snapdragons. 



Snapdragons in the benches now are 

 throwing up a fine crop of st'Mit shoots 

 for spring tlowering. If you want fancy 

 spikes, cut out the weakest of these, 

 but if your trade calls for small to me- 

 dium stalks, do not trouble to do this. 



Carnations and Roses at the First St. Louis Spring Show, March 15 to J 8. 



