JUNB IC, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



Iti'liinciliii l.<l[i. :t hc^iiMil'iil shu'l-' ol s.arli't 

 Willi ii ilistiii. I uliiii' rye. 



I^»^ulll:l. 'rinisoii pink sli:i(le; :i «r:iiiM hivMi-r. 

 I\ V CKUAMI MS. 



Allijliii-. Iil:i'- ivliiti', l'i'iilll<Ti-i| :illM lil.ilclifil 

 ■ riiiisoii icisi . 



.Icaiiiii- il'Ai' , ^"I't l;i vi'IhIit, wliit.- iii:iikiii^H. 



M 'Miil.Miil , I li'iir, riis.v pink, ilfliralcl.v 



r.Mllici'4Ml ili"P ■rinison innnioii. 



I'irrri' t'ri'/.,'. -laiii'i. iTi-n in liiilpii. 



S.Hiv.'Mir '!.■ I liaili-s 'I'lirriiT, dri']. [link: line 



"''"' .-<( i:nii;i> <;i:i{ami .ms 



I,;m1,v ri.viiiontli. Viirirt-'ali-il ni<f li-ul' 



l,fni<>n. (Iclic iinis IcniuM oilur. 



.\nlnic;:. ilwarf. iiiiliMf^' fiMmanriv 



l"rlai';;i>niiirii ■ ris|inMi lal ifHliiiin. lincl.N' sii'nl- 

 .'■I. of crcrt lialiit. u-i'fiil i'i<v riiilini; lui- niaiki'i, 

 xci-llcMt l|..i'isls" plani. 



ItDsr I/'af. iii(lispi'ii>alili- fi>r- raliinui. 



\ai{ie(;ah;ii i'.ko.nzk and ikicolok 



i;.>l(|rn l'..-il.l<T. rirli. ucilclcM l.'avcil. 



llapp.v ■riiiini.'lit. dark uici'M. wliil iitiT, 



Mai-slial .Ma. .\lal lirn' lirmi/.i'. uiili ili^liinl 



ciiik ziini'. 



.Mnii'. Sali'Tni. ...nipart \ari.'L;a tr.l plain: ex 

 ..•II, ■111 fur iil;;iiic. 



.Mniintaiii i.f Snow, pur.' wliili. ami urci'ii leaf; 

 a iii.i^t (lr.-iral.l< plant. 



Mrs. I'ark.i \arn--air.| f..liai;.': il.ml.l.. piiiU 



II.UIT. 



.Mrs. l'iilli..k. l...aulifiil triiulm l.^af 

 Silver l/caf .\iitt. vriTii f.iliaKr, i.i|.;i.il silvi-i: 

 Ilk.. IIh' i.vp- ix.-cpl fur the- vari..i;ati..l li-av.'s. 



TWO GROWERS' GERANIUMS. 



' ' GiTiiiiiuiiis, tlir (iiicst WO have e\t.r 

 L;r(ivviil'' Tliis chci'rl'ul cxjirc^isioii. 

 ■ •omiiij^ almost siiiHiltaiicoiislv from .1. 

 !.. North. S.wcll. .\. .]., •■mil T. 1{. Me 

 <liiiiiis.s A; >?C)ri, of Soiilli Williamsport . 

 I'.i., is imiircvsivc of tlio fact that '^cva 

 iiiiiiiis arc tlirivinp in more tlian oin' 

 loc.ilit\ this M-asoii. And tlic view ot 

 .\lr. North'- liiuist., on Jiaj^c ];!. anil th it 

 1)1' t lif Mi-ii'iunis rauf^X' on ]>at;e 11. fur 

 iiisht's coiiN iiiiiiij; jiroof. 



Mr. North, who o|Hratc'S four ^roi'ii 

 hoiiso.s. has <:rown '>."), (KIO <i;oraniums this 

 si'asoii, the l.rst 111' lias ovor had. In 

 says. 



T. K. Miiiinnis & Son ^rew 20,0UU, 

 .ilsi) the bcf-t in their experience. Those 

 in the illustraiion are Beaute I'oiteviiie 

 .Mill Helen Michell varieties. Mr. Mr- 

 <iinni.ss .•iiul his son started in liusiness 

 in 1!»0!) with one house, 22 x fin feet. 

 'I'liev jiow ha' e ''1,0(1(1 feet under eover 

 Mill .ire jilaiininfj to liiiild an additional 

 hiiiise. 22 .\ t'lO feet, and a pro|)agatin;,' 

 iiDUse. lo X loo feet, this summer. In 

 the view of tlieir house appear both 

 father ,'iiid s(,|i. 



MAKING GERANIUM CUTTINGS. 



It i^ reiiiai kaldi- to see the jioor .iiid;; 

 Mi.^nt (or i- it i-arelessness?i of somr 

 •lorists ill sUrii a simple thin;; iis mak 

 in;; euttii;;:^. We lia\e been told that 

 i-uttin;; at a .joint was not at all essen 

 lial; don't i.rlieve it. ('iittiny;s will 

 loot, of many kinds of jilants, if eut an 

 iinh below a joint, but not so surely. 

 .\t a joint is \\h(re the wood is niust 

 linn, and if yioi leave a pieee of s;ippy, 

 siiceulent st'iii an ineh Ion;; iielow a 

 joint, it is Uitire likely to beeome ovrr 

 i'Ii:ir;;ei| with moisture; then the walls 

 of tile cells are ruptured, decay com 

 iiienees and the stem turns black. It 

 ■ lit at a joint, this is not so likely to 

 occur, liy '-at a jtdnt'' is meant an 

 ci;;hth lo a fourth of an itich below the 

 joint. 



Then. .•i;;aiii. ^•oll will sec men denude 

 :i cutting' of ;ill the lca\es except the 

 sm.-ill, undeveloped ones. .'Miii others will 

 le.ive three or four lar;;e leaves, si.( that 

 it' the cuttiii;;s -were jnit into the sand 

 or potted th(v would Ite just :\ mass ni' 

 le.i\es unless you j'laced them far .aicirt. 

 These mist.'ikes are not always by the 

 iioys or bet;innrrs, but sometimes by 

 men wlio ought to know better. Tlie 

 trouble is due to carelessness, want of 

 lirains and want of thought. 



• 'uttin^'s s},(,i]li| |,p ntade ipiickly. but 



Did Yoti Ever Gro'w a Tree Geranium? 



tiny slioiiid be made. |ii'opcil\. The i-iit- 

 tiiio (..\is1s Iar;;(dy on wii:it the leaf ale 

 sorlis from the ;it iiios]dici-e and sends 

 down as material to form the root. 

 ( These remarks, ot coiirsi.. ;i]iply to soft - 

 wooded cuttings that .ire in active 

 ;;rowth.i So do noi |iiill olT all the 

 eeranium lea\'es. l.e.ixe one perfect 

 leaf and one h.alf developed; that will 

 .allow you to stand the siii..|ll jvots close 

 toL;e11icr. 



While the foreeuiiij.; ilrsclilies the 

 \\;iy to trim a ;;cr;Miiiiiii cuttiiie. jt is 

 not a eiiiil,. to the liiiinln-ils ,,1 othn- 

 sol't wooded plants w,- er(i\v. With 

 many ot' tin sni.-iller lea \ ed kinds .a 



IIIMIlbel- of le:i\is ,-;i|| lii' Irtt oil. ]ler- 

 liajis the more the iirtter tor the riiotilie 



jiroccss. liiit it' too iiianx' lea\es were 

 allowed you would snon li|| up your 

 |'rop:ie;itiiie liril. .-iiiil to crowd the cut- 

 tiii;;s. co\-eiiny the s;Mid densely, is just 

 the w;iy to ]iroi|iiie luiiens im the siir 

 i':iri' ot the sand, which is .a calamit\ 

 •Moi i.tteii results in siriuns loss. 



GERANIUM TREES. 



The illustration on this |i;il;c shows a 

 floral specimen th.it is r.irely grown, a 

 ;;er:inium in tree form. This was grown 

 liy Poole \ I'urll.Mit. Winchester, Ky., 

 who ha\e grown si.\,.];ii ot' tliese plants. 

 This line, howexer. is the best iilaut 

 'urne.l nut s,, i.ir. It is ;, trifle loss than 



'.\ years old, is li\e and a hail' I'eet high, 

 is three feet in diameter and, at the 

 time of photographing, carried lifty 

 Idoonis. The method of growing it was 

 a bit of labor, but it is interesting. 



It was grown from a ftill, liM.S. cut 

 ting of the variety lleteranthe. This 

 plant, with several others, was left o\ er 

 from the s]iring s.alo of lltlit; so it w.is 

 decided to train it into a |ilant of tli.' 

 tree form. It was put into a ti-iiich pot 



SI time during the Latter j>.art ot' 



,\ugust. llip.t. .MI the shoots but the 

 center one were cut off. That one w.as 

 .allowed to grow until it w.is twenty six 

 inches high. Then the center w.as cut 

 out .and the olant w.as allowed to grow 

 at its iiwn free will until late in the 

 t.all. when e.ach shoot w.as topped and 

 roote.l with other cuttings for the 

 spring. 



It w:is k,.pt cool and was pr.act icall.v 

 untoiiclie.j until March. l!t2o. Then it 

 W.IS re|iotte.| into an S-iiich pot. Diir 

 iiiU the t'.all of r.>2*i, it w.as .again tojipci 

 •at e.icli s|,,ii,i :ind treated the s.-niie a- 

 the ye.ar beinre. In l-'ebrii.arv ot' this 

 ye.ar, it \\:is |iiit into n lo-inch pot and 

 grow 11 ill a wanner jd.ice. Tho result 

 is the plant as it st.aiids in the illiistra 

 1 ion. 



Tlio soil used w.as hea\y .and w.as 

 enriche.l with bone and watered occ.a 

 sioiiall\ witli liijuid manure. 



■■Does ir p.iy ,'■■ ••Will they sell ^ ' " 



