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The Florists^ Review 



DXCEMBKB 30, 1920 



watered and placed in a partly shaded 

 place in the greenhouse. The seedlings 

 should be protected from drafts by 

 covering with paper during the day for 

 a week or so, after which they may be 

 more exposed to the air, but not to full 

 sunshine. 



After the young plants have put out a 

 leaf or two, they may be potted in small 

 pots, but must still be protected from 

 too much sun and air until they become 

 established. A night temperature of 

 58 to 60 degrees during the winter is 

 satisfactory to these plants and almost 

 any light soil without manure will an- 

 swer at this time. W. H. T. 



insects will be lessened. It is probable 

 that your plants have been infested for 

 some time and are now just showing 

 the effects. W. H. T. 



NAME OF FESN. 



Can you tell me the species to which 

 the native fern I am sending you be- 

 longs! E. B. E.— Mich. 



It is a species of polypodium, use- 

 ful in bouquet and other floral work. 

 It might be useful ft)r pot culture if we 

 did not have such a wealth of nephro- 

 lepis of easier culture. C. W. 



REMEDY FOB FERN SCAUS. 



I am sending you some fern leaves, 

 on which you will notice small spots, 

 which are first yellow and then brown. 

 We grow our own ferns and have never 

 had any trouble until last winter. Can 

 you tell us what the remedy isf 



W. G.— Wis. 



The ferns in question are infested 

 with fern scale, an insect that is fre- 

 quently found on these plants. A close 

 examination of the plants will show 

 some of the large, light brown female 

 insects and a much greater number of 

 the small, white n^ale insects. The 

 attacks of these inseots soon produce 

 yellow spots on the foliage. Dipping 

 and spraying with solutions of whale 

 oil soap and nicotine seeim to be among 

 the best methods of fighting this pest, 

 and by cutting out some of the most 

 seriously affected foliage the stock of 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The prophets who predicted a poor 

 Christmas for the flower growers saw, in • 

 a way, their predictions verified. It cer- 

 tainly was a poor Christmas trade if we 

 count upon a fulfillment of growers 'hopes 

 and the attainment of the price standard 

 which many of them set. And right here 

 it might be said that this price-setting is 

 entirely out of place and conflicting with 

 a healthy demand for perishable goods. 

 By this is not meant a pre-Christmas 

 quotation, for if the majority of retailers 

 are to be believed, they could have dou- 

 bled their sales of cut flowers if the 

 wholesalers had quoted prices a day or 

 two in advance. To put one case as a 

 general example, a retailer was asked for 

 a price on hybrid tea roses for Christmas 

 day delivery, and he had to make a safe 

 guess on cost, so safe that he did not get 



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THE EEVTEW receives so many queries in regard to giganteum lilies, for Easter 

 mostly, but in some measure for other occasions, that it has endeavored to 

 arrange a planting table, with the dates of starting, the approximate time of 

 flowering, and the average temperature needed to bring them into bloom at various 

 periods. Of course these dates are merely approximate; severe cold or intense heat 

 may retard or advance plants, and long spells of dark weather will also have their 

 effect. While some lilies do well when grown comparatively cool, the best success 

 with giganteums is always secured when they are grown warm from the start. 

 Moderate watering is necessary until the pots are nicely filled with roots; then 

 an ample supply is needed. Fresh bulbs require more water at all stages of their 

 growth than cold storage ones; they also require a longer season to come to 

 perfection. 



Prom January to .Tune the small sizes of cold storage bulbs give most satis- 

 faction; from June until early October the 7 to 9 and 9 to 10 sizes do better, while 

 during the last three months of the year, when fresh bulbs are to be had, the 

 larger sizes should be used. 



As lilies make all their best roots from the tops, and not from the bottj>ms of 

 the bulbs, it is an advantage to start them in 4-inch pots, later shifting and burying 

 the bulbs deeper in 6-inch pots, or to pot in 6-inch pots at once, setting the bulb 

 well down, and, after growth has started, to give a top-dressing. 



Planting 



Time. 

 Jan. 1 

 Jan. 

 Feb. 

 Feb. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 May 

 Hay 

 June 



Flowering Time. 



15. 



1. 

 IB. 



1. 



.Apr. 

 .Apr. 

 .May 

 . May 

 .May 



10 to Apr. 

 20 to May 



1 to May 

 10 to May 

 20 to June 



1 to June 



15 June 



1 June 20 to July 



16 July 5 to July 



1 July 16 to Aug. 



18 Aug. 1 to Aug. 



1 Aug. 10 to Aug. 



Juno 15 Aug. 25 to Sept. 



July 1 Sept. 5 to Sept. 



July 15 Sept. 20 to Oct. 



Aug. 1 Oct. 6 to Oct. 



Aug. 16 Oct. 20 to Nov. 



Sept. 1 Nov. 10 to Nov. 



Sept. 16 Nov. 25 to Dec. 



Oct. 1 Dec. 15 to Jan. 



Oct. 16 ...Jan. 6 to Jan. 



Nov. 1 ...Jan. 26 to Feb. 



Nov. IB Feb. 10 to Mar. 



Dec. 1 Feb. 25 to Mar. 



Dec. 16 Mar. 10 to Apr. 



Kind of Bulbs. 



30 Cold stoi age 



10 Cold storage 



20 Cold storage 



30 Cold storage 



10 Cold storage 



2ri Cold storage 



10 Cold storage 



20 Cold storage 



6 Cold storage 



20 Cold storage 



30 Cold storage 



10 Cold storage 



25 Cold storage 



10 Cold storage 



25 Cold storage 



16 Cold storage 



80 Cold storage 



20 Cold storage 



10 New season bulbs 



30 New season bulbs 



15 New season bulbs 



1 New season bulbs 



15 New season bulbs 



1 New season bulbs 



Start at. 

 55 degrees 

 55 degrees 

 55 degrees 

 65 degrees 

 00 degrees 

 60 degrees 

 60 degrees 

 60 degrees 

 62 degrees 



65 degrees 



66 degrees 

 66 degrees 

 70 degrees 

 70 degrees 

 70 degrees 

 66 degrees 

 66 degrees 

 66 degrees 

 60 degrees 

 60 degrees 

 60 degrees 

 66 degrees 

 66 degrees 

 66 degrees 



-Temperatures- 



Later. 

 •65 to 75 degrees 

 65 to 75 degrees 

 65 to 75 degrees 

 65 to 75 degrees 

 65 to 80 degrees 

 65 to 85 degrees 

 65 to 85 degrees 

 65 to 85 degrees 

 65 to 85 degrees 

 70 to 85 degrees 

 70 to 85 degrees 

 70 to 85 degrees 

 75 to 90 degrees 

 75 to 90 degrees 

 75 to 90 degrees 

 70 to 85 degrees 

 70 to 85 degrees 

 70 to 85 degrees 



65 to 80 degrees 



66 to 80 degrees 

 65 to 80 degrees 

 65 to 75 degrees 



65 to 76 degrees 



66 to 76 degrees 



the order. The criticism here is that 

 while Chicago wholesalers can qurte 

 prices a week or more ahead, New Y(.rk 

 wholesalers cannot, and so crab th« ir 

 own game. One wholesaler in the i p. 

 town market ventured quotations and u 

 a result cleaned up on everything. 



The Christmas buying of cut fiowi rs 

 did not really set in until Christniris 

 eve, retailers preferring to push plant 

 trade to the end before speculating in out 

 flowers, and then the buying was of a 

 hand-to-mouth nature. With one or two 

 exceptions, the wholesale houses wiie 

 open all night, a certain inducement 'a 

 small purchases. It is not learned th.it 

 any plant-growing establishment con- 

 ducted a night business. 



The rose offerings were especially fii.v'. 

 Never before at Christmas were seen 

 such hybrid teas as were available, but 

 they did not get home at $150 per hun- 

 dred as was expected, but slumped at the 

 end to $50 or less. In contrast to this, 

 American Beauty specials sold as high as 

 $250. It's true, there were not many of 

 the big rose, and a market for them is 

 always certain. A quantity of lon^;- 

 stemmed Premier made some nut-sized 

 flower heads of Beauty look ridiculous in 

 comparison. 



Violets were in fair supply, but there 

 was no demand for them and Christmas 

 morning street venders were offering 

 them at 50 cents per hundred, despite the 

 asking price of $2.50 the afternoon be- 

 fore. Sweet peas met the same fate; 

 nobody cared to handle them at $8 per 

 hundred for the best. 



Carnations were not in especially large 

 supply, and the usual Christmas prices 

 were in force, $12 for Enchantress, $15 

 for Mrs. C. W. Ward and $20 for reds, 

 these prices for best quality, of course. 

 Cattleyas were in good supply and 

 the best moved at $1.50 to $2 per 

 flower. The supply this year was charac- 

 terized by a quantity of pa8s6 flowers of 

 a quality which really disgraced the mar- 

 ket, and which would not move at any 

 price. Oncidiums, held at $20 per hun 

 dred flowers, were not in demand, al- 

 though the quality was superfine. 



Lilies of the valley were in too largo 

 supply to clear and much stock was left 

 over. The price range was $8 to $12. 

 with a few tops at $15. Paper White 

 narcissi were available in great quanti 

 ties and moved slowly at 40 to 50 cents 

 per bunch. 



There was the usual quantity of 

 cut poinsettias, but business in them 

 was not active, and much stock was left 

 over, as usual, for post-holiday use. 

 About $50 per hundred flowers was the 

 average price. Miscellaneous flower- 

 presenting a bit of color sold fairly well. 

 Monday, December 27, the market wa- 

 dull, arrivals being light and trade being 

 largely in left-overs. Prices in general 

 went back to the pre-holiday level. The 

 supply of roses is large, with short 

 grades in best demand. 



Carnations are in light supply, but 

 meet an equally light demand. 



About every orchid that could be cut 

 evidently figured in the Saturday arrival 

 list, so no fresh stock was to be seen 

 Monday. Easter lilies are in small sup- 

 ply, and command $25 per hundred flow- 

 ers for the best. Lilies of the valley are 

 in oversupply and moving slowly. 



The list of miscellaneous flowers is 



augmented by arrivals of Iris tectorum, 



Buddleia asiatica, and tulips, the latter 



of inferior quality in most shipments. 



Asparagus plumosus was in rather 



