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The Florists^ Review 



.Iiii.v .iO. liU4. 



Callas. 



I'i;ul\ III Aii>;ust is Milliciciit I y cjuIn 

 t(i slinkc (lilt ;iii(l ]i()t i;il!;is. Tlu' loli- 

 .'ijii' \\ill li;i\c (liic'l ;i\\;i\' Imi;^ ;il^(i il 

 llic |i(it> were l,'ii(| on tln'ir siilcs Miit 

 ■ ludis ill ;i silliliv (SJ«(»t t'i\s;U'l tlic ciiil 

 111 iM;i\. All <S iiii-li |i(it will .•MToiri 

 iiiod.'ltr tliirc yood si/cii tiilicrs. More 

 1 r(;(|iiciit I s we sec jidts of tlii-- size con 

 l.'iiiii iiu ;i xilirary root, Imt it t lie |il;(iit> 

 .-ire v\ t II i'v<\ tlirv will (•.■isil\- sniiport 

 three >lroiiij tiilier>. Tile majority ot 

 L!r()v\eis ,-till Ljrow the ohl \ariety 

 .l']t liiopica , liiit an j inrea'^i hl; niiiiilier 

 are ll^ill^ the iiewei {hlU'icv. '{"he lat 

 ter sort is not i)nite so lart^e a^ tlie ohl 

 ^ort , hut I-; {Ml I e white in rolor a in I 

 ninrh nioii' tloi i I'erons. I'"rei|neiit in 

 ijiiirie- loine Iroin ^jrower^ who lia\e 

 lioii^ilit (Mult'rey:- in !''•_. iin-li or .'I iin-h 

 pots anil who WDinier whether they 

 --liouhl he )e-tei|, aiol wli\ t In s .|o iiol 

 llowcr. N'oiin^ )ilants slionhi not lie 

 lesteil, 'Tint i^rowii aloiiL;. | iret'ei alil \ 

 oiitihiois in lii-ii soil, where t lie\' ran 

 LTct an oeeasional watering, anij slionhl 

 lie jiotteil earcrillJN- in Se|iteiiilier. 

 With this t reatiiiiMit the |ilants are 

 woMiJerlnlly st reii^^t lieiic'il. 



(vallas like a fairly coai>e Imt rich 

 iOin|iC)st; one consistin;^ ot t\\(i thiiils 

 litirous loam aiiii oiiethiiil ohl cow ma 

 ■mire, with a '^ooil ilash of line lioiie 

 aihleil, •-lilts tliein. After the |iot^ are 

 tilleil with acti\c roots, a to|ci| ressi iiij 

 of lione once a Idrfni^ht will lie fonini 

 inucli to their liking, a^ well n^ wiilei 

 iiii:^ oi liijiiiil iiianiire. 



Poinsettias. 



''ontinne the |iro|i;i;^a t loii ol |ioiii>et 

 1 las ;i^ la~t as iiittin^^s are oht a i na hie. 

 Now that We ha\(' hot niuiits ;is well 

 as hot ila\s. there shonhl he no Iron ^ 

 lile in Kiotini^ tlieni either in the Lireeii 

 liOUses ol cohll'r.a nie<. I'.e -lire not to 

 .allow the cuttings to liecoiiie too Ioiil: 

 liefoie takiii;; them, ;inil aiw.ays I'e- 

 lliemliei that those with :i heel are the 

 least lialile to i|am|i oH . .\ttei the 

 lilant- ;ire est alilisheil in -in, ill |iots in 

 ;i clo-e. moist house. ieiiio\e them to 

 cooler ami airier comlition-. liii|ilior 

 tiia lacijii iiiiallor;i is ;i lie.aii t i till ('lirist 

 mas |il:iiit, the culture ot .which is sim 

 ilar to th.at ol' i;ii|iliorlii;i pn Icherrima. 

 It I- ii'.'i'lils -alalile wlieii se\ iMal root 

 ei| cntiiiiL;-' .all' |ilaci>i| in ." mdi or (i 

 inch |iot-, iiiit where loii;^ -|ira\,- ot' 

 it- liiiHi.ant tlowcrs ;iii' w.anteil. ohl 

 plant- shouhl he ^i\cii liench culture 

 ami tieil to ;i root', where lhe\' will 

 jiro'linc w umlert'ii I aichin:^ -|ir;i\-. 



Begonias. 



The W lllt"r tlowcrilie l)e;^oliias, sllcll 



as (Moire lie Ijorr.aiiie ami (ilor\ ot' 

 < 'iiici tin.at i, now are iiiakinj^ ecio*! lie.ail 

 way .an'l plants for early liowciin^ 

 shouM ^o into their tloweiinc pots or 

 jians. Keeji liowcrs ami )iiiia\v;iy .slioot^ 

 jiiiicheil. He sure tlie compost con 

 t.ains jilenty of llak\- leat'-inohi ami is 

 poroii,-: ,a lie;i\y soil is iinsiiitalile for 

 them. While the plants need some 

 -hade, it vlionld not lie )iea\ v, Imt tliev 



like ;i waiiu liouse. Late rooted cut- 

 tiiijis, even smdi as .are taUou fi'om the 

 |irojiaj;;it in^' liench now, will be use- 

 ful, as tliere always is a lii<i call for 

 small plants, especially (d' Jiorraiiie. 

 Lorraine (lowers earlier than (Jiiudn- 

 nati and is tlif' one for seiliiicr mitil 

 eail_\' ill Lecemlier, when ('iiiciiuiati he 

 iiiiis to assert its sa]ii('macy. A couple 

 of years aj^o it looked as thouj:h Lor 

 r.iiiie was to he .a hack nnmlier, hut 

 mote ot' it now seems to lie l;i'0\\ii 

 exerywhere tliaii ,a year a;^o. 



Hydrangeas. 



1! \di a ii;^ea- ill the o[ieii ,::ioiind must 

 he ke|it well ciilt ix'ated. in jK'riods 

 ol' se\'eri' drought the jdaiits will he 

 iiiindi lienefited if a ;^ood soakin;^ ol' 

 w.ater is occa-ioiia lly yi\en. When tlie 

 plants ;i i-e i^row n in )iot-; .and talis 

 fhioii^h the summer they want an open. 

 -iiiiny location. ( >ii extremelx- hot days 

 llie\' m.ay wilt a little, Imt if ke|it uidl 

 w.atered and spr.axed wadl toward e\'e- 

 iiiii'^ they will soon plump up. These 

 pot Lirown ]ilaiit-, hy the w;i\,' are the 

 one-; to use for early t'orcin.;, ;is they 

 will llowcr much earlier and more 

 -tronyly than sioh as are potted uji 

 Iroin the Held. 



The newer I'rench li \'dra iiecas are 



less loliust than the old Otaksa a 

 seem to take more kindly to pot ■ 

 tare than to the open Held. There 

 a wide; I'anjjje of colors aniou^ tie 

 aiul there can be no question that 

 early fureinj;' they are splendid, I 

 for tnh culture and later tlowering i 

 old \ariety still is invincible, as In 

 foliiijze and flowers possess greater si 

 stance than the French varieties. 



Cyclamens. 

 No matter -whether cvelameus 

 yrown at this season in grecnhou- 

 moderately shaded, or in coldfraui 

 they will now be making excelh 

 jirowth. Wo have just given our plai 

 tludr fimil potting into O-inch and 7dii 

 pots, but there still is suHicieut tii 

 for {lotting the plants wliifh are 

 ilowei- for Christmas and .January, 

 though 1 like to get the last jtotti 

 d(me by tin* end of August. Let t 

 comjiost li(^ light and at the saiiu' lii 

 lie such as to allow water to ]>,•( 

 through it (|uickly. if siime g.ath. 

 on the surface, the plants start to ••■ 

 terior.ali. (iood drainag(% porous co 

 post and careful watering, added 

 jiroper teniperatuie and onl\' necess.a 

 siuide. ^\ill give stocky plants and 

 surl'ace soil free from scum. S|)i 

 once in ten ilays Avith nicotine. \e\ ■ 

 mind it' no insects ,are seen; .aphis ;i' 

 thrips are liable to l)e j)iesent, wln^ 

 the dreaded mite is iK'tti'r controlh 

 li\' nicotine than bv anv other icmed 



Kearney, Neb. — The Kearney Floi m 

 <'(!. w.as a pri/e-winiier in the autoin ■ 

 bile ]i,arade here .Inly 4. The speci I 

 elfort put upon the decoration was wi II 

 rep.aid by tin.' interest sliown in it b 

 the crowd ot' spect.ators. 



FERNS AND ASPARAGUS. 



Will yon plea-e tell me which i^ the 

 better wa\ to jjiow ferns, in solid beds 

 or in bem he-.' 1 shall .also grow Sjiren- 

 ueii and pliimo-iis. Wliat kiiol of com- 

 post would you recommend foi' the t'erns 

 •and what temperature would In' le- 

 ipiireil.' (an 1 L;iow cat nations suci-es-- 

 fiilh' in the -ani" house with ferns.' 



.1. A. W. 



'I'lie (|iiei\ doe- not -tate what I'eiiis 

 ;ire to be ^rowii. but it' Lo-ton t'erns 

 ail' referred to. a bem h cont.ainiiig tour 

 to (i\(' iiiche- ot' ijood carnation soil 

 w oiihl answer well. 



.\spara,i;ns Spien^^eri and .\. |ilnmosus 

 may also be j^rown in a bem h five or 

 si.K imdies deep if it is purposeil to cut 

 them for spia\s, but if jdumosus is to 

 be grown on long strings it woubl do 

 Ixdtcr in a solid b(>d well eiiri(dnMl with 

 cow m.aiiure. .Asparagus will not grow 

 s;itisfactoril\' in a c.arn.atioii house, as 

 it i('(|uires too mm li he.at for the wad 

 f.are of the c.irnat ions. .\ ui^ht tem 

 per.atiire ot tin d<',i:rees is best for as 

 par.agiis. W. II. T. 



FERNS WITH OTHER PLANTS 



('ould yer.aniums, ferns and cam 

 tions be prolitalilv ^rown in the sai 

 house.' ■ H. 1'. 



of course these tliree {)lants do In ' 

 tei' in separate houses. Ferns lik(> sm ■■ 

 shade .ami Tiuire moisture than i '' 

 otliei- two jdants, but the nephiole[ - 

 will stand more sunlight tlian the otl ' 

 v.irieties of feiais ami can be grown 

 ;i c;irn;i1iou temperature. Ger.'iniu - 

 would do better in ;i house f) degii - 

 cooler than carii.at ions, liut at the i^ > 

 end ol' the house will do quite well. 



(,\ W. 



IT IS NEPHROLEPIS PIERSONI 



We arc sending under separate co\ 

 •a fern of whii h we iia\e lost the n.an 

 <'an you gi\e us the name ot' i 

 N.aiiet'v.' .1. L 



'i'lie tern in i|uestioii is N'ephrole| - 



i'iersoni, ;i f ol ni of N. liostoniensis th ' 



originated with J'. \\. I'ierson a nu , 

 ber of '\('ars auo. W. If. T 



