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The Florists' Review 



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Berried Solanums. 



In making your sowings of seeds, 

 do not overlook the necessary Jerusalem 

 cherries. Select one or two large ber- 

 ries on specially strong plants. They 

 will contain all the seeds you will need, 

 as practically every one is sure to germi- 

 nate. Transplant these into flats. Later 

 pot off singly and set the plants out- 

 doors about the middle of May. Do 

 not trouble to root cuttings; they are 

 not worth the candle. It is true they 

 will ripen fruit earlier than seedlings, 

 but there is no special sale for them 

 until Christmas and then seedling plants 

 are well ripened in a cool greenhouse. 

 Furthermore, plants grown from cut- 

 tings are too squatty, so why waste time 

 with them? 



Hardy Perennials from Seed. 



Perhaps yon want to work up a large 

 sto^k of hardy perennials and would like 

 sa2|tt^»' plants by fall. If so, get a 

 go<lft fefl^h of seeds sown now. Later 

 prielt''<S''9-ifiedlings off into other flats. 

 Tbey.. fete.ig p into coldframes in April 

 a aij^^jfe^fflwP ntit can be done by May 1. 

 Tl^l^B^^lf^Ve them a long season for 

 gij^wil^r.' .Bnch perennials as delphini- 

 unisl^* BCJuil^gias, Shasta daisies, lupines, 

 Loijelia cardinalis, lychnis, hardy primu- 

 las, galegas, campanulas other than C. 

 Medium, poppies, pyrethrums and a 

 number of others can be advantageously 

 sown now. 



Deciduous Shrubs for Forcing. 



It is somewhat early to start forcing 

 any decrduous shrubs for Easter, but 

 there always is a call for nicely flow- 

 ered plants earlier than that date, and 

 if you can house small batches of such 

 plants as lilacs, deutzias, Azalea mollis, 

 Prunus triloba, Malus floribunda, la- 

 burnums, Viburnum Opulus, Crataegus, 

 wistarias, forsythias, or any others of 

 this class of stock, it will come in well 

 for store decoration, and you could, no 

 doubt, dispose of some at the green- 

 houses. It is better not to force too 

 hard, but give the plants good light, 

 plenty of water, frequent springings 

 and, as flowers open, move them to a 

 cooler house. 



Marguerites for Easter. 



Eoses, azaleas, genistas, lilies, hydian- 

 geas, spira-as and bulbous plants may 

 be said to be the leading plants sold 

 at Easter each year, with smaller num- 

 bers of ericas, camellias, bougainvilltas, 

 acacias and a few other plants. We 

 do not see many marguerites except as 

 cut flowers, yet what could be finer 

 than a well shaped and well flowered 

 marguerite plant? The yellow varieties 

 do not make shapely ones, but the white 

 ones arc much better to handle. To 

 have them in good bloom for Easter 

 give the plants their last pinch now. 

 If they are starved at the root, give 

 them a shift, use a rich compost and 

 grow them in a temperature of 48 to 

 r^O degrees at night. If any leaf miners 

 appear, spraj' the foliage with Black 



Leaf 40, or Nico-Fume juice properly 

 diluted, and they will be speedily de- 

 stroyed. 



Boses for Easter. 



All rambler and baby rambler roses 

 intended for Easter should now be un- 

 der glass. Do not give the plants too 

 much warmth at first; 50 degrees will 

 suflSce; but once they are well started 

 they will stand a few degrees more 

 warmth. Hybrid perpetual roses, such 

 as Brunner, Laing, Jacqueminot, Frau 

 Karl Dr-yschkr and others, should be 

 pruned bac3fe now and the plants started 

 in a cool liou^. They will be on time 

 if grown in a temperature of 52 to 54 

 degrees at night and will be of much 

 better quality than if grown warmer. 



Standard Heliotropes. 



Have you ever grown any standard 

 or tree heliotropes? If not, try a few. 

 Your customers are sure to admire them. 

 Salable plants cannot be produced, how- 

 ever, for thj^- season 's trade. Seedlings 

 are more vigorous than cuttings. Select 

 some of the strongest, pot them off sin- 

 gly, rub off any side shoots and remove 

 any blooms as they appear. Keep the 

 main stem securely staked and when 

 it has grown from eighteen to thirty- 

 six inches high, according to how tall 

 you want your standards, pinch out the 

 top. This will need several additional 

 pinchings from time to time and before 

 fall you will have nice little heads. 

 Carry these over in a fairly warm 

 greenhouse and do not let them starve 

 at the root. They will make handsome 

 plants for selling in the spring of 1918. 

 Thes^e standards are fine for dotting in 

 flower beds, as indeed are standard 

 j^eraniuins, lantanas and fuchsias. 



Ten Weeks' Stocks. 



Ten weeks' stocks are favorite 

 Memorial day flowers. It cannot be 

 said that they are particularly popular 

 flowers on the market except at that 

 time. Timing a crop of stocks for 

 Memorial day is not easy. For in- 

 stance, last year, owing to the pro- 

 longed winter and cold spring, many 

 stoicks flowered too late. The plants 

 cannot be forced hard. It is, there- 

 fore, a good plan to start the seeds 

 soon after the middle of January for a 

 Memorial day crop. The large-flowered 

 ten weeks' stocks are the best for forc- 

 ing, and for bunching bright colors have 

 first call; but almost all shades will sell 

 well. Sow the seed in shallow flats. 

 If you have any mice around, they are 

 sure to locate them and will soon ruin 

 every seed. Therefore take precautions 

 to cover the flats with squares of glass 

 to exclude pests. 



Show Pelargoniums 



Keep these showy plants in a cold 

 house. They do not need over 45 de- 

 grees at night. The majority will need 

 repotting now, or quite soon. Finish 

 all pinchings now. After that allow all 

 flower buds to come along. These 

 pelargoniums are wonderfully showy 

 subjects and the wonder is that more 

 are not grown as pot plants. Objections 

 raised against them are that they do not 

 bloom all summer, that they will not 

 stand outdoor culture as bedding plants 

 and that aphis has a special fondness 

 for them. We have many other plants 

 to which similar objections might be 

 raised, but they remain popular pot 

 plants, as these will continue to be. 



Newark, N. Y.— Mr. and Mrs. George 

 C. Perkins last week issued invitations 

 to the marriage of their daughter. Miss 

 Dorothy Perkins, to E. B. Estabrook, 

 of Germantown, Pa., which will be sol 

 emnized January 27. Miss Perkins' 

 name is familiar to the floricultural 

 world as the name of the well known 

 climbing rose, which was raised and in 

 troduced some years ago by the Jack 

 son & Perkins Co. and named in honor 

 of Mr. Perkins' daughter. 



SHRAPNnET 



London, England.— The hall of the 

 ii'oyal Horticultural Society, known to 

 every British gardener in America, has 

 been taken over for the use of the 

 Australian Imperial forces. The R. H. S. 

 shows will be held in the drill hall of 

 the London .Si^ottisli. 



London, England.— Tlic Carnation So- 

 ciety held its annual exhibition early 

 in December. It was not so large as 

 before the war, but fine stock was 

 staged. It will be of interest in Amer- 

 ica to note that the best pink was Pink 

 Sensation, the best scarlet Aviator, the 

 best white White Perfection and the 

 second best white White Wonder. The 

 prize for the best fi>a3 vases in five vari- 

 eties was won by an exhibitor who 

 showed Mrs. Ward, Triumph, White En- 

 chantress, Enchantress Supreme and 

 Beacon. 



Worthing, England.— In a successf 1 1 

 attempt to secure exemption from mil - 

 tary service for a number of men en - 

 ployed under glass here, the nation: I 

 importance of the local glasshouse in- 

 dustry was shown. Evidence was intr - 

 duced to prove that in the height < f 

 the season the quantity of produi e 

 handled at Worthing station average s 

 from 2,500 to r.,000 packages each Mo.i- 

 day, Wednesday and Friday, with n 

 third to a fourth of that quantity < " 

 other days except Saturday, so th t 

 roughly it worked out at about 10,0i '^ 

 packages a week. In the cucumbt r 

 season as many as fifteen tons and in .i 

 heavy season eighteen to twenty toiis 

 a day of this one item are dispatch' 1 

 by the Worthing fruit train to London. 

 On the three main days this special 

 train averages five van loads or larirf^ 

 coaches. 



