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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 10, 1921. 



Hydrangeas Are Yearly More Popular at Easter. 



bo a llorist. That offeitivo EastiT dis- 

 jtlays are made in Inindri'ds of stores 

 throughout the United ^^tates there is 

 no doubt. But to those who liavc not 

 yet appreciated the fact tliat the tlow- 

 ers are quite capable of selling them- 

 selves if given a chance, the ideas in 

 this article may be of interest and 

 value. 



DATE OF EASTER. 



Not until 1932 will Kaster again fall 

 so early as it does this year. Then it 

 will be on the same date, March 27. 

 Not until 1929 will Easter again occur 

 in March. In that year it will be 

 March 31. During the next five years 

 it will range between the first day and 

 the twentieth of April. Next year it 

 is comparatively late. The dates for 

 the next five years are: 



1»22 April 10 



192:1 Vpril 1 



1924 Vpril 2<> 



192.1 April 12 



192fi April J 



second year, (ireat care should be taken 

 in watering. Do not give them too 

 much, yet they should not be allowed 

 to become bone-dry. These flowers are 

 issues of Begonia socotrana, and re- 

 (juire a short jieviod of rest. They 

 should be kept moderately dry. but not 

 allowed to dry out entirely. Allow the 

 jdants to kee]) all the foliage jiossibie. 

 Do not cut the plants back before the 

 young ])lants start to grow out strongly 

 from the base. A temperatui-e of about 

 •}8 <legrees to (id degrees should be kejit 

 at night. We prefer, however, to' grow 

 our plants from leaf cuttings propa 

 gated in Xovember of the |irevi(nis 

 vear. .7. .A. P. 



KEEP BEGONIAS QUITE DRY. 



We have a number of Cincinnati 

 begonias and KhfVild like tp know how 

 to keep them through— 4he summer 

 months. We buy the plants in the fall 

 and those that are not sold usually die, 

 and as we have a quantity on hand at 

 the present time, we should like to know 

 something about their care. 



M. C. J.— Ore. 



DAISIES FOR SPRING. 



Please inform me as' t" the jiroper 

 time for planting daisies, or Bellis ])ei- 

 ennis, so as to have triinsplantcd seed- 

 lings for spring sales. Full iiiforiiiation 

 as to their character, kin<ls most ]iopu- 

 lar and time of demand will be greatly 

 appreciated. How nnich seed will be 

 required for 50,000 seedlings.' 



H. J. P.— Ind. 



If these plants are projierly cared 

 for they will make fine specimens the 



You should sow two ounces of Bellis 

 perennis to be sure of .ji),(U)(( seedlings, 

 although you would jirobably get nioi'e 

 than that number of seeds, as they are 

 quite light. The best time to sow for 

 spring sales is early in August, ])ricking 

 oflf the seedlings into coldframes ot in 

 beds outdoors with a gentle slope, so 

 that no water can stand on them, and 

 when the ground is frozen hard mulch 



with leaves, straw, hayw~pine needles. 

 You could start the ^d now under 

 glass and the plants wouW bloom a little 

 later than the fall-sown ones. C. W. 



MITE AND MOISTXTBE. 



1 am sending under separate cover 

 some leaves taken from our cyclamens 

 and begonias. Can you tell me what 

 the trouble is and what to do for it? 

 These specimens are taken from the 

 worst affected plants and all are not 

 so bad. Although they are blooming 

 fairly well, they are not doing so well 

 as they should. They were grown in a 

 temperature of about 60 degrees and 

 have been sprayed and fumigated about 

 once a week since the cold weather 

 set in. W. H. H.— la. 



The cyclamen foliage was badly 

 frozen when received, but it showed in- 

 dications of having been attacked by 

 mite. For this there is no sure cure. 

 Spraying with nicotine helps in some 

 measure to check it. If your flowers 

 were wholly or in large part deformed, 

 it is either a case of mite or thrips, most 

 jjrobably the former. When mite at- 

 tacks a batch of cyclamens they might 

 as well be thrown away. -Some of the 

 best growers are sometimes hard hit in 

 this way with large batches of plants. 

 The condition of the begonia foliage is 

 probably due to excess of moisture at 

 the roots and on the foliage. Water 

 carefully at this season; maintain a 

 dry atmosphere, and when watering 

 a^■oid anv unnecessarv dampening of 

 the foliage. ' C. W. 



FLOWERS FOR MAY BLOOMING. 



I shouM like some advice as to flow- 

 ers to plant for blooming in May. My 

 houses are now ])iante(l to lettuce, 

 which is doing well. H. K. — Wis. 



I would suggest sowing seeds at once 

 of giant ten weeks' stocks. These sell 

 well for Memorial day, csi)ecially the 

 bright shades. Also you might try 

 giant white candytuft and Gypso])liila 

 elegans. If you plant bulbs of any of 

 the ])opular gladioli, like America, Mrs. 

 Francis King, mixed ])rimulinus, Pan- 

 ama, Halley or Augusta, they will be 

 on time. .\lso you could ]>urchase small 

 plants of antirrhinums from ]>ots and 

 got tlicni in bloom the sanio" time. 



('. W. 



Pittsburg, Kan. .1. Wb Stcinli.iuscr 

 lias gone on the road ia'He interest of 

 his wholesale plant dcp.-irtinent, calling 

 on southwestern buyers of Kaster pot 

 ]plaiits. 



Wilmington, O. Coorge H. Moorcs 

 states that at the funeral of C. K. Rich- 

 ards, a prominent architect at Colum- 

 bus. ().. there were 101 floral pieces with 

 an estimated c<ist of $l,Ouil. 



Houston, Tex. — (J. K. Franklin, who 

 was fomicrly a inemlier of the tra<le. 

 but discontinued his business on a<-count 

 of the death of his wife, plans to re- 

 enter the business iu this city. His 

 former residence was at Wilton .liinc- 

 tidii, la. 



Handley, Tex.— The Woods Floral 

 <'o., ojierating Flowerland, has two 

 houses, 40x100 feet each, in sweet peas. 

 The daily cut from these houses is 

 10,000 sjprays. The weather has been 

 't-oo warm, and the vines will soon be 

 gone, stated the manager of this firm. 



