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The Florists^ Review 



AfBlL 10, 1919. 



(iiuoli [M>t<; coiitniniiijj o!io luilb, or 

 Sijioli jKits coiitniiii. ji tliii>i' Imlhs, 

 niooly llowciTtl, slioulil |ir{p\o salable; 

 witli iitlicr spikes slidwiiiji, ( iisttniu'is 

 ail' (■('I'taiii (pf yt'ltiiiji j,M()(l \aluf for 

 their inoiu'v. ("alias are s|il('iiilicl lumsc 

 plants ami. witli an aliiiiidant water 

 sujiply, will <iive sat ist'actioii t'<n' a 

 loMj:;(^r |ieii(iil tliaii alinnsf any nthiT 

 lldwciiiii; plant. 



Dutch Bulbous Stock. 



hutch bulbous stoek will be miucIi less 

 j)lentifiil tliaii a year a^o, but there 

 slioubl be no troulile in yi'ttiuif all \'a- 

 rietios in flower. Murillo will no doubt 

 take ])rece(U'nco over all other eail,\ tu- 

 lilis, but Daiwins promisi' to be much in 

 <Mii}onci' aTul W(>11 flowcieil pans of sucii 

 varieties as William <'opeIan<l, Nora 

 Ware, T'rido of Haarlem, (ilow and Clara 

 Hutt should soil on sii^ht. X'ictoria will 

 be the siufrle narcissus )iar exeellenee. 

 AVe ]ia\e nothing amon^r daffodils to 

 oqiial it as a stocky-growiny ami hand 

 sonu> bic(dor. There will be, as usual, 

 some of the old ijouble \'on Sion for 

 those who can see beauty in ilouble daf- 

 fodils. Ilyaciiilhs brought alony in a 

 cold house and Just co:nin<j into llower 

 are to he ]>rcforred to thos(» fully e.\- 

 jiandod. Some nice ]iaiis of Sjianisli 

 iris promise to make a widcome addition 

 and sliould lie in demand. In the way 

 of tlie inoie uncommon bulbs I have seen 

 siuiic jiots or ]ians ot' ixias, Tritonia 

 erorata, IJoman aneuumcs and laniinculi. 

 There are always buyers wlio will ))re- 

 fer these to the more common tulijis, 

 • luft'odils and hvacinths, and a vear 



luMice, with the bar.s up on all these nice 

 little bulbs, how we shall miss them! 



Cinerarias and Calceolarias. 



< inerarias and calceolarias aii' not 

 usually seen at Kaster and, while the 

 larj^e-ilowcred ciiu'rarias are now on the 

 wane, the smaller and more ilecorative 

 stellatas are at their best. They come 

 in a wide ranjjje of colors and are nnudi 

 nu)re effective than the grandillora type. 

 This year 1 have seen a pood number 

 of stocky, well-bloomed lierbaceous cal- 

 ceolarias in 6-inch and Tiiu h ]»ots. In 

 fornu'r years the few offered were easily 

 disposed of and this year, with the 

 plants better o])eneci than e\-er before, 

 they should sell well. 



A Few Azaleas Available. 



It seemed a short time aj^o that aza- 

 leas would scarcely be set>n at all the 

 comin<; Kaster, but considerable shi])- 

 ments from Helf^ium ha\'e reacheil east- 

 ern forcers this s|uin<j' and a part, at 

 least, of these will lie a\ailable, but at 

 miudi ad\aiu-e(l prices, lihododendrons, 

 in(dudiny the ex(|uisite Pink I'earl, arc 

 also beiny ofTcicd from arri\als this 

 spring .aiiil make a most wtdcome ad- 

 dition. 



The supply i>\' tb'ciduous tlowerin^ 

 shrubs will not be at all ecpial to that 

 of fornuM- years, but a fair number are 

 beiiif; jjrown, amonj; which I iiaxc noted 

 laburnums, wisteria.s, I'runus tril(d)a, 

 deut/ias, lilacs, ornamental a]ii)les and 

 plums and hawthorns. All these are 

 much better if only ojjened a little. 

 They sliip better then and {>i\e a lonfjer 

 season of ])leasure to the customers. 



There are some nice little low-grow- 

 in j^- j)lants suggestive of spring which 

 we can ])lant carefully in ))ots or ])ans 

 now an(l which never fail to attract 

 buyers. Included among these are pan- 

 sies, violas, double daisies, double vio- 

 lets, forget-me-nots, yellow and white 

 polyanthus and English primroses. In 

 some cases single plants will suffice for 

 ea(di receptacle, while in other cases 

 several are needed. These need not 

 necessarily be used in the house at all, 

 but can be planted outdoors, where prac- 

 tically all will prove hardy and flower 

 for a considerable time. Then there are 

 geraniums, which will always meet with 

 some demand .at a late Easter. 



Many Other Plants. 



.\ number of c>ther (dants are avail- 

 able in additi(ui to those named. Among 

 them are late flowering acacias, ericas 

 in \ariety, borouias, white marguerites, 

 .Agatluea c(elestis, lietter known as the 

 blue marguerite, an old ])lant but a nov- 

 (dty to many; metrosideros, or bottle 

 lirush; I'limula inalaciddes and I\ ob- 

 conica, the beautiful Delphinium Bella- 

 doniui, s(uuethiiig of a novelty for the 

 Kaster trade; Canterbury bells, fuchsias 

 and nicely llowered snapdragons. With 

 tln' severe icstiict ions on fu(d last fall, 

 it is astonishing what a fine assortment 

 of flowering plants is available and, 

 with the .addition of crotons and other 

 (■(dored lea\t'd plants, ferns, i)alms, 

 ficus, araucarias and diacauias, the offer- 

 ings of Kaster, li)l}), will be well varied 

 e\en if somewhat less abundant than 

 those of simie former vears. 



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^ BACKING UP ON No 37 s^ 



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A SECOND AMENDMENT. 



Will Issue Special Permits. 



The I'eiieral Horticultural Hoaril has 

 a liiieiiiiced a scrond amciuhueut to the 

 oiijer for (Quarantine No. .''.7. The first 

 aineihlnieMt, first reported in The Ke\ievv 

 ('or Kebru.'iry bl, ])ermits lily bulbs to 

 enter jiacked in soil; the second amend 

 nieut, dated .March 27, gives notice that 

 sjiecial permits will be isKue<l for the im 

 ])Ortation of ((uar.-iiit iiied stock. The 

 full text el the ailielnlineiit tn the re^ 

 u l;it ions i^ .as fidjow ^: 



• • I'nder autlmiity miiteired iiy the 

 jiL-int ipiarantinc act ot August L'o, 1!»]L' 



:;7 ^Stat.. ^■\\T^^. it i- ordered that Reg 

 ulatieu It oi' the Kules and b'eunlat ions 

 Siijipleinenlal In imticc ni' (,tu;n a nt iiie 

 Nil. •'" ( iiiv iiMiini: tlo' 1 ni|'iirt at inn nt' 

 Nuiser>' Stock and other I'l.anls ami 

 SiM^ds into the I'niteil ."stale-. efleeti\'e 

 June 1, 1!M1", be, and the -anie is heieliy, 

 aini'inleii to read ;is lullnw - : 



• ■ Ivegulatinn 11. Special peiinits fur 

 importation in liieite.j ipi.-mt it ies ot pm 

 hildted stock. 



' ' Ap|d icil inn inay l.e made In t lie 



S.-iM'etary nf Agriculture ln|- s|ieci;il per 



niits t'ur tin- i nipni t at inn, in limited 

 qn.MUtities aiid under siifenuards lo be 

 |in'scribi'd in smli jierinits, of nuisery 

 stock and nt In • I' plant s and seeds not co\ 

 lied by the preceding re;;ulations for the 

 puipnse id' keeping the country supplied 

 with new \;iiiities and necessary jirojia- 

 Lratin;: stock: rroxide.j. That this shall 



not ap|>l\ In nursery stock and othei 

 plants ,tnii seeds co\-ereil by s|iecial 

 ipiarantiues .and other restrictive orders 

 now in t'oice, nor to suidi as uuiy here 

 after be made the silbject of speidal 

 <|naraiitines. 



Lets Down the Bars. 



The new modification of the quaran 

 tine seems, lui short acipuiiutatu-e. to be 

 the worst thin;; that possibly could hap 

 pen. because it i(pe!ls the door till' the 



pl;i\' of jiolitics, Idarnex' and faxoritism. 

 When the door w.as (dosed, we knew we 

 all were shut out, but when the door is 

 open a cr.aek with a door tender on the 



nthei' side, who krmws who .and wh.at 

 w ill slip t }ir(uin;h .' 



It seems |d;iili. hn\\c\er. that the 

 |-"edei;il IIi)|-t icult ni .al Heard is begin 

 \\U\<X to fee] the pressuie of (dijection to 

 its unw arr;inted i[u;i i;i ti t ine aiol that ;i 

 thorough .and well ad\ i--ed. pi'.actical le 

 \ ision m.ay yet develop. 



HOLLANDERS COMING HERE. 



Till' bniiid I'.ulb Cn., Inc., Mount 

 ''leniens, .Mich., is the n.anie U7ider whiidi 

 1 wn ui' the leading Holland groui'rs of 

 gl.adinhiv bulb- lia\'e established them- 

 sehes in .\ineiica .as the result of ipiai'- 

 ••inline order No. .''.7, which will pr(diibit 

 the impoi'tation of gladiidns bulbs after 

 .lune 1. 



K. \'eltliuys is widely kimwn ;is a 

 ;;l,adiolus speci.alist at llillegnm. llnl 

 l.md. and 1'. \'os also is well known to 



the trade in America as a bulb grower 

 at Sassenhidin, Holland. Mr. V'os was 

 one of the pioneer bulb travelers in the 

 Tnited St.ates, having made annual trips 

 here from 1S!>0 to 1.S99. He has been 

 growing and exporting to the United 

 States for thirty years. These two 

 growers have combined thtdr interests 

 ami their stocks of bulbs for the Amer- 

 ican trade. They have secured sixty 

 acres of land at Mount Clemens, Mich., 

 and their ]dantiiig stock is airiving. 

 Their jd.ace is to l)i' known as Maple 

 I '.ark Farm, according to Th. l)e firoot, 

 who has been American representative 

 for K. \'elthuys for some years. While 

 the company will speidali/e on gladiolus 

 bulbs, including the dissemination of a 

 lai'ne collection of novelties, peonies, 

 dahli.as .and other llidland cnqis will be 

 uinwn. 



DEFENDING THE QUARANTINE, 



Government Replies to Objectors. 



'ihere .are increasing evidences that 

 the protests of tiie horticultural trades 

 witli reference to I'l.ant Qu.ar.antine No 

 .".7 are haxiug some (dfect on the I'^ederal 

 ibuticidt oral lioard, the author of the 

 measure. In response to the ])rotests, 

 the bo.ard has 7iot only jdaced itself dis 

 tinctly on the defensive, but h.as even 

 refie.ate.l in certain s(>ctioiis ot' its line 

 of battle, .abandoning imjiort.ant posi- 

 tions. In f)ne of these retreats, known as 

 Ameiolment No. 1, the 1 ard nullified 



