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The Florists^ Review 



Ji'i.Y 20, 1917. 



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FROM FIELD TO BENCH. 



Position of Different Varieties. 



On .'u-cMjinit di' till' ;iliiionn;illy ciuil 

 we.'itlicr thi- siiinincr, cii rnalHuis h;ivi' 

 ko])t uji in i|ii;ility iMiusually well, and 

 many ^idwiis liav(> \tocn shnver than 

 usual to llirnw out \ho old stock to make 

 room I'lu- the ju \v. TIuti^ lias been a 

 <,'ooi| prnllt in tiic blooms, too, for the 

 si'a^on. anil that has addoii to the incli- 

 nation tn lidld im. N'ot much more time 

 shoiihl be Inst iiiiw, however, in ;;jottin<^ 

 ready tHr the new stock; otherwise the 

 new |ilan1s will be late in jr<'ttin<r into 

 form next fall, and the p^rower may lose 

 more than hr gained li\' holdinj^ the old 

 {dants. As stated in jire\ious notes, 

 tluTc i^ notliin;; <,^ained by dill\'-dally- 

 injj aloni,^ with tlu' bench filling, and 

 the later it becomes tlu^ truer this is. 

 Put (111 exei'v man you can and rush it 

 through. 



You should uive a little thoujjht to 

 the ]ilacin<r nt' your varieties. Kvery 

 greenhouse range has j'ortions that run 

 warmer during the tiring season than 

 others, and liy planting the stiffer- 

 stemmed sorts in the warmer locations 

 you will lia\e less l rouble with \ve;ik 

 stems next winter. We tind that ^Irs. 

 Ward will stand three oi- four degrees 

 more of warmth than White Wonder, 

 without .'iffecting the stcun. .\ 11 the En- 

 cdiantress varieties like ,t coid tempera- 

 ture, while I'.eaciui and St. Nitdiolas will 

 thrixf in the w.'iiiner end. '^'tdlow 

 Prince, too. will stand ot degrees Avith- 

 oiit coiniiiainiiiL;. The same is true; of 

 Meny < 'liiist nia^. 



Shade, Soil and Watering. 



The abiiiolant rainl'.-ill li;is kept the 

 field soil in sjihMidid coiulition i'ov dig 

 ging. Xe\-ei- bi't'ore Ii;i\'e the jdants 

 come u|> \\itli such a fine root system as 

 this year, and this should be of great 

 assistance to the plants in becoming re- 

 est a bl i'-heij ill the bellidies. So far We 

 ha\e .adtled but little to the shade wliicli 

 was on the glass b(>fore \]\o old jilants 

 were taken out, inendy touching up 

 the light spots where the rain liail 

 washed oil' part ol' the shading. N\'e lind 

 that the less shade we c;iii get .along 

 with, the better it is for the plants. It 

 requires closer attention during the first 

 three or fcuir d.ays. but the jilants c(»nie 

 through the orde.al in better <'ondition. 



Be sure the soil is in a ]iro|ier state 

 of moisture beldrc you begin planting. 

 It should, of course, not be wet enough 

 to pa(dv unduly when the phanting is 

 done, b\it it should be moist enough not 

 to draw the nudsture from the roots 

 of the jdants between the time of ]dant- 

 ing and the first watering. After set- 

 ting a few hundred plants, turn the 

 water (ui slow ly and water each jd.ant in 

 well. Of late years we have watered 

 more heavily at the first watering than 

 we formerly did, when we ajtjdied more 

 shade to the glass. We find that under 



the increased light the soil keeps in 

 better condition, even with the heavier 

 watering, and the young rootlets take 

 hold much more (piickly, too. After the 

 first Avatering, little more is api)licd to 

 tlie soil, aside from that wliicli drops at 

 the time of spraying overhead. This, 

 too, is gauged by the conditimi of the 

 ■I)lants and is diminished as rapidly as 

 the plants will allow. We do, however, 

 keej) the walks flooded well for about 

 ten days and find it a great help in pre- 

 venting flagging. 



Spacing and Depth of Planting. 



The distance between your ]dants in 

 the benches will be gauged liy the va- 

 rieties and the size of your ])lants. Such 

 \arieties as Victory and (dorios.a do not 

 need so much room per plant as P.eacon, 

 White Wonder and the Kiudiantress v;i- 

 rieties. You may either ]i]ant tlie form- 

 er varieties singly, and ])lant more 

 closcdy, or you m.'iy jiut two or three 

 Jilants together and set them at the reg- 

 ular distances. We plant seven plants 

 across a 5-foot bench and set the rows 

 not less than ten, nor more than twelve, 

 inches apart, for the average run of va- 

 rieties. liQ careful atjout getting vour 



rows straight, for the sake of the su; 

 porting later on. 



Much has been said in the past abo 

 deep and shallow planting. In my opi 

 ion both can be overdone. By jdantii 

 too (leej)ly you will encourage stem-ro 

 especially if the jilants are branch- 

 rather low. If you jilant too shallow! 

 the jdants will not stand up, an 

 you will have trouble with your su; 

 ports. We try to set every plant ju> 

 deep enough so that it will stand u 

 after the soil has been jtrossed arouti 

 the roots, and that should bo ,just aboi 

 as deep as they were set in the fieL 

 Thore should be no need to mention tli;i 

 the plants should be out of the soil a 

 short a time as jiossible. Keep the diL 

 ging and the planting going at abou 



the same gait. 



A. F. J. Baur. 



Council Bluffs, la.- -The Gardiner Flo 



ral Co. has purchased the retail store o ' 

 Herman Bros, at 10 I'carl street aue 

 announces that it will continue tin 

 business at that address. The compan\ 

 is comjiosed of John 8. (iardiner, Louise 

 Herman and Pauline Herman. 



Mechanicsburg, O. — The newsjiapers 

 hereabouts have a style all their own in 

 boosting the local industries. The "per- 

 sonal" items in one of them, for in- 

 stance, arc charged with the power of 

 jtublicity, C. ]M. Jack, the local florist, 

 recently making the column in this man- 

 ner: " C. ]M. Jack, the greenhouseman, 

 has a fine batidi of sturdy plants that s(j 

 far have dodgeit the 'high cost,' and 

 the good uKin is doing his best to anchor 

 fair prices, while everyone else is sky- 

 larking with the consumers' cash." 

 Hurrah for the power of the pressl 



Centerdale, R. I. — Mrs. Ruth A. 

 Mowry has jmndiased a greenhouse of 

 W. Kitchie, of the Lincoln Park Green- 

 houses, llillsgro\e, and has been busy 

 jiuttiiig out beibling stock. 



Springfield, Mass. — L. D. Robinson 

 has several thousand bulbs s.avcd, so he 

 will be in fair shajie for next season. 

 Large cuts of out<loor blooms are being 

 received at the store from the nursery. 



Brockton, Mass. — According to the 

 sign, they are the Central ( ireenhouses. 

 but an iiHjuiry for the boss will l)ring 

 out none otlier than A. L. Lothrop. 

 whose activities have been recorded at 

 other tinu\s at other ]ilaces. 



Franiingham, Mass. — Janus Butter- 

 worth has something interesting in or- 

 chids at all seasons. The stock is in 

 its usual \ igorous condition, with prom- 

 ise of abundant blooms later on, when 

 the market will be in a more ajijirecia- 

 tive condition. 



Springfield, Mass.- William S(hlatter 

 tSc Son are remodeling their store. They 

 are stimulating summer business in 

 decorative .stock by making sjiecial of- 

 fers in palms. It is a good idea, for it 

 (deans out the old stock and makes room 

 for a new line. 



Westerly, R. I. — Conrad Schultz was 

 in Provitleiice and Boston last week on 

 business. Mr. Schultz is making a drive 

 on cyrtomium ferns. 



Peabody. Mass. — J. M. Ward & Co. 

 exjiressed tlieiiis(dves W(dl jileased with 

 business. Cyclamens, always good sell- 

 ers with tlieni, are doing splendidly. 



Pittsfield, Mass. — The new seed store 

 of Frank Howard is conceded to be an 

 ornament to the town. It is both hand- 

 some in ajijiearance and comjilete in ar- 

 rangenu'iit. 



Westerly, R. I.— Mark A. Cassidy, 

 superiiitembiit of s(diool g.arden work, 

 who was seriously injured .about a month 

 ago by the (i\ erturning of an automo- 

 bile, returned to his duties last week. 



Northampton. Mass. - - The regular 

 meeting of the Holyoke and Xorthamj)- 

 ton Florists' and (hardeners' Chib was 

 held July Id at Smith College Botanic 

 Garden, with a good number of members 

 in attendance. The hardy perennial 

 garden was the most attractive feature 

 on this occasion, there being nearly 100 

 different varieties in flowers. 1). J. Gal- 

 livan read a jiajier on table decorations. 

 The tinly exhibit was well grown Japan- 

 ese iris in varietv from (jallivan Bros. 



