Apbil 20, 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



33 



Bench of French Hydrangeas at C. C. Pollworth's Range, Just Right for Easter. 



be kept in subjection by regular fuuii- 

 gatious. 



The finished plants in 5-inch or 6-inch 

 pots will be fairly presentable and 

 marketable if they have three or four 

 large heads or cymes of flowers. Un3er 

 expert treatment, however, they may 

 bear an average of twice that number 

 of flower heads, and specially fine 

 plants in 6-inch pots may carry as many 

 as twelve to sixteen cymes apiece. The 

 results depend mainly on the two essen- 

 tials already emphasized — vigorous 

 growth in the period of growth and 

 proper ripening in the period of rest. 



Any plants that remain unsold may 

 be planted outdoors in good soil and 

 developed into fine specimens in 12-inch 

 to IG-inc'h tubs for the following season, 

 if the grower has a market for such 

 plants. Tlie main crop of plants, how- 

 ever, should be propagated annually. 



Buying a Stock of Plants. 



Beginners in hydrangea culture, hav- 

 ing no accumulation of stock or of ex- 

 perience, may find it advisable not to 

 start with a crop of cuttings, but to 

 purchase, instead, some well developed 

 plants early in the fall. If the earliest 

 possible blooms are wanted, pot-grown 

 plants in 5-inch or 6-inch sizes will be 

 desirable. If, however, the intention is 

 that the plants shall be in bloom for an 

 ordinary Kaster and shall continue in 

 bloom until Memorial day, field-grown 

 plants will siTve efjually well, if pot- 

 ted as soon as received. In either case, 

 the subsequent treatment will be the 

 same as that already recommended for 

 home-grown plants. 



The requirements of different grow- 

 ers vary so greatly that it would be 



unwise to attempt to designate here 

 which would be the best French hy- 

 drangeas for a beginner to select, but 

 the varieties are so numerous that near- 

 ly all tastes or preferences can be satis- 

 fied. The following are among the best 

 of the varieties carried in stock by the 

 leading wholesalers: 



Avalanche, pure white; Baby Bim- 

 benet, large trusses of silvery rose; 

 Eiclaireur, carmine rose; E. G. Hill, im- 

 mense clear pink; Gen. de Vibraye, 

 large, bright pink; Gloire de Boissy, 

 deep, brilliant pink; La Lorraine, pale 

 rose, turning to light pink; Lilie Mouil- 

 Icre, carmine rose; Mile, de Tremeault, 

 white; Mile. Renee Gaillard, white; 

 Mme. Auguste Nonin, large heads of 

 lovidy pale pink; Mme. E. Mouillcre, 

 large pure wliite, with rosy eye; Mme. 

 H. Jacquet, light pink; Mont Kose, 

 early and persistent-flowering pink; Ra- 

 diant, rich carmine rose; Souvenir de 

 Lieutenant Cliaure, larg# heads of 

 bright rose carmine; Souvenir de Mme. 

 K. Chautard, early, free, bright rose; 

 \'ieux Cliateau, light pink, tinted white. 



Au(ong the somewhat scarcer, higlier- 

 j)iicod vjirieties .are these: Gracieux, 

 liglit rose, fringed; Louis Foucard, deep 

 carmine; Mme. Foucard, bright car- 

 mine; Mme. Truffault, light rosy pink; 

 Ojiale, delicate rose pink; Prof. D. Bois, 

 bright carmine rose. Last in this group, 

 ali)hnbetically considered, but first in 

 some other respects, is Trophee, a free- 

 flowering, brilliant carmine. 



shows a bench of French hydrangeas 

 in full bloom and in good season for 

 Easter at the establishment of the C. C. 

 Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Sev- 

 eral thousand of these plants were 

 grown this year by U\e firm mentioned. 

 As a competitor for laurels with the 

 bench of Easter lilies to the left in the 

 same illustration, these hydrangeas, 

 with their large, "snowball" flowers 

 and abundance of foliage, made a strong 

 showing in the race for popularity. 



HYDRANGEAS AT POLLWORTH'S. 



The popularity and abundance of hy- 

 drangeas for Easter sales was much in 

 evidence in many sections of the coun- 

 try this year. The accompanying cut 



AMEND CORN BORER ORDERS. 



Tiie Federal TForticultural Board has 

 amended the quarantine orders issued 

 originally in October of last year, on 

 account of the spread of the Euroi)ean 

 corn borer, so as to limit the applica- 

 tion of its restrictions to those areas in 

 the various states which lia\e been des- 

 ignated as actually infested by this pest. 

 Tliis lias been acccjmplished by provid- 

 ing that in any state where quarantine 

 measures have been ailopted which are 

 suflieicnt to prevent the spread of the 

 <'(U-n borer from the infested regions to 

 otlier parts of the state, the noniufested 

 sections may be released from quaran- 

 tine. In those states, howe\"er, where 

 the state authorities have failed to take 

 protective measures, the whole state will 

 remain under restrictions. 



As a matter of fact, all the states 

 which have been named in the various 

 quarantine orders of the board, with the 

 exception of Ohio and Michigan, have 

 already established quarantines which 

 will enable them to secure the release of 

 uninfested sections, and it is probable 

 that those two states now will take the 

 action necessary for securing like priv- 

 ileges. The other states which have 



