.IiLY 30, 1014. 



The Florists' Review 



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LAWN VASES GOOD SELLERS. 



:'i'rliai).s it is bi'cuuso lie is linuncially 



.•rosto<l ill a factory tliat makes, 



■ iiij,' other thiiijfs, lawn vases of eoii- 



'(', that i'\ A. I'arkmire, of the Lake 



re (ireeiiliouses, Chicago, finds them 



I sellers in si>ring. lie is interested 



•lieni and puslies them — and what a 



>st j)nslies usually sells. 



Iiei'e lias l>een coniidaint on the part 



I'ltain llorists that the call for lawn 



rs, and the (iiliii;; of lawn \ases, is 



loiif^er what it once was. This, Mr. 



Uniire thinks, is due to the fact that' 



'tnient houses are invadiii";' the dis- 



rs of tilt! complaining lloi-ists — fur 



part, he was wise enough to locate 



■A neigli!)orliood eX(dnsi\ely pri\ate 



lliiigs, each with its piei-e of hind 



ijiwn or garden, and he finds lawn 



's to lie filled on e\ ery hand. 



lie vase shown in the accoiniianying 



-t ration is of concrete. It lias a olJ- 



1 howl. A Draca'iia indivisa occn- 



tht! center, surroumU'd by S. A. 



r geraniuins and white jietunias, 



U viiicas and 1-Jiiglisli ivies around 



edge. These lawn vases in Mr. 



Kinire's section are making so good 



liowing this month that he exjiects 



-ell and fill more of them next season 



M tiiis. 



r:OSES WITH OTHER FLOWERS. 



■-hould roses be grown in a house 

 ;il lie, or could some other flowers or 

 phuts he grown in the same house.' 



II. 1'. 



' 'I course you could grow some other 

 \..iieties of flowers with roses, lint if 

 y. I want to do the roses justice keej. 

 til. uther plants away if possible. If 

 vii 1 introduce a variety of other plants 

 }" I will at the same time make it more 

 'liilicnit to keep your roses free from 

 l'"fli insect pesls and fungoiil aft"ec- 

 ti.MK. ' C. \V. 



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PROPAGATING DRAC^NAS. 



\Ve placed both Dracaena ^Slassaii- 



iiia and Dractrna terminalis canes in 



" sand at the same time, and the 



•Miiinalis shoots are well rooted ;iiid 



•ely to be cut olT the caiu; and jjotted 



. while the .Mass*iigeana shoots are 



• to six inches high and show no 



^-ii'^ of roots. What shall we do to 



' them rooted so that w(» eaii ]iot 



!■ '11 .' II. .\. 



he b(>st way to treat the young 

 "ts (if Draca-na Massang(>ana is to 

 • them off the canes and root them 

 < sand bed in the propagating house. 

 '■ tht> i-uttings some bottom heat. 

 !' them moist and ]irotect them fnun 

 ^nn. and tliev will soon mot. 



\V. II. T. 



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ISTARIAS NOT FLOWERING. 



Ill Von tell me why some Wistaria 

 lisis do not bloom.' The plants ar<' 

 'tliy and the growth normal. I 

 ted them four years ago. Init iievi'r 

 a llow(>r. I lia\e seen some old 

 Is which had neviM' borne a flower. 

 i' I'jiiises this.' Is there ;i remed\' 

 11.' .1. A. 1. ' 



!■- not at all unusual tor wistarias 

 'ti| e\-en loii;:er than tour years 

 ''I bloom. The s;iine plants miowh 

 "t< or tubs might bloom )iidfiisely. 

 \ oil pruning your plants baid\ siit- 

 I'ly.^ Instt'ad of root primiiiii. 



Concrete Lawn Vase Featured by a Chicago Retail Florist. 



piiiih baidx the lateral growths well 

 llirough the sumuu'r. This will eiicuui 

 age the jirodiii'tion of flower buds. 

 Tiiere siH'ins to be in c(Mniiiei(e a form 

 of Wistaria Sinensis wliiiii ue\ei 

 lilooins; at least I ha\c seen a numi>er 

 id' plants, some (piite old, wiiirli lia\e 

 never idoomed at all. < '. W. 



POINSETTIA CUTTINGS ROTTING. 



I ha\e |iut til a batch of- poiii^et t i.a 

 I-uttings from stoidv \\hi< li I tiiiiik \\a~ 

 in i;(M)d coiol it ion. 1 put them in w.i 

 ter while making them, ainl then in 

 ^aiid. Three dav> .-itter placing tliern 

 ill the s.aild I loillhl that the eUttiliLls 

 li.ad all tiiriie(| blaek :it the bottom. 1 

 li:i\e iievci had tlii- trouble before and 

 should like to i.,iici\\ the ciiu^e ol' it. 



W. b'. 



It i^ povsllde til., u.-iter ua> imt pei- 



t'e.-tly jiiire. Ol till' receiitaiie luddiiii: 

 the w.itei may not ha\'e been (piite 

 (lean. In hot weather great care must 

 be taken when |daeing rnttin^is in \\ a 

 ter, a^ it soon becomes tainteij ami the 

 sliyhte^t iin|>iirity sjioils the .•iittiiies. 

 uiih'.-- they are i|uite tou;/li. The troii 

 ble. iiowe\er, usually sliow^ in bbo k 

 eiied loli.age. but i I' yon let't \our poin 

 <ettia- 111 the w.ater lone- tiley \\(Mlld 

 absorb <i) iniii li w.ati'r that they would 

 lie l;ir more likely to damp off than if 



they had niiM'tdy been sprinkled to kee[f 

 them frcmi wilting. .\notlier point tf> 

 teiiiembei i^, iieNcr to gi\'e water to 

 ciittines if it has been standing mere 

 ly oxer iiijiht. Let it be always fresh 

 t lum the faucet. There should iie\ei 

 l>e whob'sale rottiii!^, smh as \(>\i have 

 had, unlc'^s the cuttings )ia\e had too 

 iiiiK h water b( f(uc going into the sand 

 or ;ifter. or ;i coiidii ii;i t iou of both. 

 ('. W. 



ASTERS FOR CHRISTMAS. 



Ulieii would be tlie proper time to 

 -ou aster ~;eed to h;i\<' the pljints in 

 lilooni foi < 'htistma^ .' A. 1 >. i;. 



^^hile I would not care to >,n- tli.at 

 alters could 'lot be tlowereil for 

 •'kristma-. I would advise y<iii against 

 in.akiug any attempt to (louei them at 

 that time. wIk'ii Minli;jjit i< at it- 

 'iii'ii'iiuin. <'hrys;iiitlieinunis l;i<t until 

 Cliristmas, and I ,1111 afraid asterv 

 wmild ha\e ;i poor sale e\ en if voii 

 <-oiild urow them. It wouj.l pay von 

 better to ;;iow some more certain 

 < liristimis crop, such ;is \i(dets. (•;iiiia 

 tions. ste\i;is. r.'ipei- White ii.-ir(dssi, 

 b'nin.-ni liy;i<-int hs. ot,-., for t||,. holldav 

 t rade. ( • ^w 



Whitestoiie, N. Y. .1. McMullen mil 



build two siMlil i;reenlious,.s on IIiii-,( 

 .■!\ eniie. 



