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The Florists^ Review 



August 9, 1917. 



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Yellow Maxguerites. 



The yellow marguerite has become a 

 popular flower in some of the large mar- 

 kets the last few years and as the win- 

 ter culture becomes better understood 

 more florists are trying the crop. 

 WJiile anyone can bloom marguerites in 

 spting or early summer, only a few have 

 as yet had f dll i^uocess with them,, as a 

 winter CB|{). 



The idea, held for yearp, that old 

 plqiits, must bfi earned' Q^r from year 

 to year is largely cixplo^lja. The best 

 results are now had from young plants 

 propagated in late spring and planted 

 out in July or August, in solid beds. 

 Some growerjj"ohly allow twelve inches 

 each way between their plants, but 1 

 tliink fifteen inches is better. 



There are more uncertainties in grow- 

 ing yellow than white marguerites. 

 Apparently healthy plants may never 

 prodii^e a flower, no iaatter h^ much 

 they grow; others wHl give flowers of 

 inferior quality and careful W»guing and 

 selection are necessarjr to get. '*ny thing 

 like a uniform ero^. | If leaf miners 

 attack the plants, spray with a nicotine 

 solution. 



Schizantliiis. 



The schizanthus makes one of the 

 most attractive of spring pot plants. 

 S. Wisetonensis and improvements on 

 it should be sown now, where handsome 

 plants are wanted for Easter or the 

 spring exhibitions. Sow the seed 

 thinly; it will germinate quickly. Do 

 not allow the seedlings to become 

 drawn. Prick off into flats and later 

 pot off singly. The large specimens 

 seen at the big eastern flower shows 

 each spring are grown from single seed- 

 lings, but have one or two pinchings 

 and are kept potted along, using a rich 

 soil for the two final pottings. 



Schizanthus needs a cold house; one 

 not over 45 degrees at night in winter 

 suits it best. 



Show Pelargoniums. 



Plants laid on their sides outdoors 

 about the end of June should now have 

 well ripened wood of a nutty brown 

 color. These can now be pruned back 

 quite hard and watered moderately. 

 When they have started to break 

 nicely they can be shaken out, have 

 the longer roots cut back and be ^re- 

 potted in pots a couple of sizes smaller 

 than they have been flowered in. 



If young plants are wanted, save 

 some of the tops when pruning back 

 and place them in flats or pans of sand 

 in a coldframe, where they will root in 

 a few weeks and can be grown along 

 to flower in 5-inch or 6-inch pots next 

 spring. 



Repairs. 



While the weather is extremely warm 

 and it is almost dangerous to work in 

 the greenhouses for long periods, some 

 attention should be given to the boilers, 

 and any necessary cleaning and repair- 

 ing should be attended to. It is neces- 

 sary to do this work now and not to keep 



putting it off. Firing may be necessary 

 within six weeks, in spite of the present 

 torrid conditions. 



Painting and glazing should be done 

 when the weather is suitable; there is 

 nothing like getting the roofs tight now. 

 Perhaps you have a lot of hotbed sashes 

 which nlped painting and glazing. Why 

 not haul <theMp into a cool shed and do ^ 

 the needed tjjwrk now! j^d hp\!i| if,bQU<? ' 

 the coai sujji)lyf This jfi iWhat wof*|i4p 

 many of us now, but l^e outl(]it||(.is "bet- ■ 

 ter than it was. Lay in all zhe cdal 

 you need now if at all possible. It is 

 going to be hard to secure it during the 

 coming fall and winter. 



Buddleia Maguiflca. 



The beautiful, floriferous and ex- 

 tremely useful hardy shrub, Buddleia 

 magnifica, is commencing to bloom. It 

 is of easy culture, and has with us with- 

 stood 15 degrees below zero without 

 protection. Best results are had by cut- 

 ting plants down to the ground each 

 spring. If the cutting back is done in 

 the fall the plants are pretty .sure to • 

 die. The long, lavender-mauve racemes 

 are sometimes eighteen inches in length 

 and stand erect. Plants under quite 

 ordinary conditions will bloom from 

 early August until mid-October and the 

 flowers are sweet scented, well adapted 

 for cutting and splendid in floral de- 

 signs. 



The two best Buddleias, both forms 

 of variabilis, are magnifica and superba, 

 but the former I find to be far the more 

 floriferous. Propagation by either soft 

 or hard-wood cuttings is quite simple. 



If CONTRIBUTIONS TO A. D. KINO. 



J. F. Ammann, secretary of the Illi- 

 nois State Florists' Association, who 

 made an appeal for funds and donations 

 of stock to help A. D. King, when he 

 lost his greenhouse range and home in 

 the cyclone which struck Mattoon, HI., 

 May 26, submits the following list of 

 contributors: 



Previously reported $209.00 



Kring Bros., Falrbury, lU 5.00 



French & Salm, Union Grove, Wis 10.00 



B. Hammond, Beacon, N. Y 6.00 



C. Ijoveridge, Peoria, 111 lO.OO 



George Madsen, Alton, 111 8.00 



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Total $244.00 



In addition to the cash contributions, 

 the following have donated ^r offered to 

 donate stock to |tfr. King: .' \ „ 



R. Qammoaj Qql^on, 111.; David D. P. Boy, 

 .Chic«ilP>; George "Vrntbold, Chicago; Emil Kr^. 

 Obicag^, J. S. Wilson Floral Co., Des MofoHb. 

 la.; Z6ch 4k Mann, Chlcag*; Albert V.Amlihg 

 "Caf., Maywfcjjd, Ilh; Bestland FIoraVGo., Ifendota. 

 111.; F. R. Weissgerber, Chicago; Archia* Floral 

 Co., Sedalia, Mo.; J. M. Smely, Aurora, III.; 

 Thomas & Scaife, Springfield, 111.; Peter Schous- 

 boe, Chicago; John A. Helfrich, Paris, 111.; Alois 

 Frey, Crown Point, Ind. ; C. C. Pollworth Co., 

 Milwaukee, Wis.; Weiss & Meyer Co., Maywood, 

 111. i 



W. A. Rowe, Kirkwood, Mo.; MarrtSlll Floral 

 Co., Marshall,^ Mo.; Enid Floral 06., Enid, 

 Okla.; Webster Greenhouses, Centralla, 111.; 

 the W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago; D. Ruttle & 

 Son, Covington, Ky. ; John V. Laver, Brie, Pa.; 

 Roselawn Greenhouses, Rockton, 111.; the B. G. 

 Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.; W. G. Thomas & Son, 

 Sheffield, 111.; D. E. Curtis, Corpus Christi, Tex.; 

 Port Alleghany Greenhouses, Port AUeraany, 

 Pa.; Hembreiker & Cole, Springfield, 111.; Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., Chicago; Wisley's Greenhouses, 

 Murphysboro, 111.; George A. Kuhl, Pekin, 111. 



In addition to the above, Addems, 

 Morgan & Co., of Paxton, 111., sent Mr. 

 King a receipted bill for $24.80 for 

 plants sold him before the cyclone, and 

 John A. Evans, of Eichmond, Ind., has 

 offered to rebuild any ventilating ma- 

 chines Mr. King may send him and also 

 offers to pay the freight both ways. 



Mr. Ammann concludes his statement 

 with: "In the name of Him who first 

 taught the world what it meant to be 

 charitable, I want to again thank every 

 contributor. ' ' 



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A NEW THOUGHT. 



Irwin Bertermann believes that one 

 of the things for the Florists' Telegraph 

 Delivery to do is to let every one of the 

 young men going abroad as soldiers 

 know that the Florists' Telegraph De- 

 livery will take care of their needs 

 while gone. Of course, many of the 

 soldiers will not care to buy flowers, 

 but, again, thousands of the Sammies, 

 officers in particular, arc easily able 

 to buy flowers. All of them will leave 

 behind loved ones whom tliey will wish 

 to remember upon different occasions. 

 Why not have every member of the F. 

 T. I), impress upon the thousands going 

 abroad that their florist friends will 

 take care of orders for their sweet- 

 hearts, wives and, in particular, their 

 Christmas orders? It is doubtful if a 

 more suitable present could be sent hero 



in this country than a beautiful lot of 

 flowers as a remembrance from the Eu- 

 ropean trenches. Let the members of 

 the Florists' Telegraph Delivery make 

 a united effort so that the fact will be 

 impressed upon the minds of the young 

 men before they leave on their noble 

 mission. 



The following is the letter used by 

 the Bertermann Bros. Co., of Indian- 

 apolis, in the official paper at Fort Ben- 

 jamin Harrison, reminding the soldiers 

 of the above: 



TO OUR NOBLE SAMMIES AND FRIENDS. 

 .\rrangements are being rapidly completed (or 

 the leading florists in France to relay orders to 

 this country and to give particular care to the 

 wishes of those carrying forward the Stars and 

 Stripes. There will be occasions, particularly 

 tlie holidays, when the services of the Florists' 

 Telegraph Delivery will prove invaluable. We 

 nre at this time booking orders and carefully 

 laying them aside for the coming year, so that 



