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The Florists^ Review 



May (). lOlTj. 



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I SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS I 

 I FOR SOUTHERN FLORISTS I 



conditions bloom tlio next year? Will 

 tulips, daffodils, jon(|iiils or hyacinths? 

 li. 1). G. C— Ark. 



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NEPHROLEPIS IN THE SOUTH. quent cnouoh to do any harm to the 



plants under the laths. 



Belore taldng the plants to their 

 summer quarters, it is Avell to dip each 



Planting Runners and Divisions. 



At ;iiiy time now the small pot plants one in a nicotine solution to kill any 



'"• lunncrs oi nei)iir(depis can Ije thrips or other insects. A laver of 



}. hinted (mtsid<', eitiier under a lath tuhacco stems between tlie roWs is a 



liouse or in Irames covered with lath o,-cat tlirips preventive and should be 



saslK's. Old spt-cimen plants may be louewed everv two weeks, at the same 



cut down, divided and planted out also. time respacin'^^ tiie plants and eultivat- 



'I'he ground slnmld have a good coat- \u>s the surface soil around each one. 



iny; of manure, spa.led in, W(dl broken 'piiev will re(|uire waterinjr twice each 



u], ami smoothed. A half-inch layer of ,|;,v; unless it is cloudv. Each plant 



leaf-mold on toj. makes an excellent „nist be watered accorilinj,^ to its in- 



ruiinino- .-zround for young su(dvers. dividual needs, using a slender stream 



'" ^""' '■ fl"' «'xtr(>me southern sec- fyum tlie hose. After thev are watered, 



tions it is better to jdaiit out in the the jilaiits should be spraVeil gentlv, or 



open than uiid.'r a -hade of any kind. ratli.'r .lewed, all over. A tiiial spray- 



Tlie lar\;i' finiii a iiiylitprowling moth 

 di> an iiiimeiise ;imoiiiit ol' damage to 

 till' Ndiiiig sliiMits lit' |daiits grown under 

 a <lia(le. while these grown in the oj)en 

 (nidentl.\ h.i\e no attractinn for the 

 night loxi'i. August seems to be the 

 month of greatest damage and the ]iests 

 :ne hard to i-each with any kind of 

 spr;iy. \\'e(d\ly spiayinj^s ol' l"ir Tree 

 Mil seem to be the best rc'uiedy. 



The Favorite Varieties. 



Tli(^ (dd Rnstnii ;ind W. K. Harris 

 seem to be t\\o Ix^st sellers for \ases 

 and porch boxes in the sining, \vhile 

 the dwart'er \aiieties, like X. conipact;i. 

 8tdiolz(di and Smilliii. aie the \vintei 

 favorites. X. Smithii la-^t wiiitef <\'is- 

 il\' led ill jMipular fa\ (ir and is the |iret- 

 tie-t and most graceful <d' the wlode 

 genus when well grown. Thi- \;iriety 

 can be grnwn in shallow |iaii- and tliesc^ 

 c.'in be ]da'ed (HI ill\ei1ed pet-, allow- 

 ing ldeii1\- ul' riHiiii betWi'cli the plants. 

 Siiliii- clile i^ needed ill \\ .'i t e li lig. to 

 keep the Inlirii^e dry. It' IlllnWi'.j til 



•jet wet, the JMittuIli fidiai^e der,'i\v ;ii,,i 

 tlie pl.-iht lii-e- Miilch iil' it- lie:iuty. 

 'rill- \aiiet\ t;il,e^ lip nmie luum than 



the iithelv. I, lit it -ell- t'lH' tlinle IlinlieV 



al-n. 



\. d;i\ .■illii'ide- tnrcan- i- a L^iand 



did t'ei II. W Inch -till i-;ili held ll|i it- 

 he.'ld with the lie-t < 1 1' tllelll. but tile 

 J.itv i- th;it it i- seldem -eeli now. 

 Till- \arietv due- imt loodiice rillilKM- 

 sii !e;idily .'I- niD-t id' the other-, but it 

 pbiiited iMit and iiljiiwcl to leiiiain un- 

 di-tiuiied t'lir twip ye.'ir-, it will ].riiduc(' 

 rniiiiei- literally b\- the niillinii. Surely 

 -dine 111' the ijiiiwei- who ,'i re ]>i;ict ically 

 behiw the t'rn-t line could deVote a 



I'r.'inie tu till- line \;irietv. with lo-ofit. 



iiig just at (|uitting time will tak(! the 

 |dace of the nii;lit dew, whiidi the lath 

 lious(» exiludes. 



In repotting. s(>e that the pots are 

 clean aiel use jdeiity of drainage: for 

 tlii- a piece ipf brokiMi pot, with soin»' 

 small ciihUMs on to]i. \\\\\ be satisfac- 

 t(ir> . The soil sliniild still cimtain a 

 m'lieroii- (|uantity of leafni(dd and 

 neail.v niie-third nf old. wtdl rotted cow 

 manure. L. 



BULBS A SECOND SEASON. 



' 'nnsideralde uiicertaintv 

 here regarding the secuiid blooming of 

 biillis. The i)iiesti(ui is, will certain 

 kiinl- of bull's IdiMMii next year, it' the 

 llnwer- h:i\e been cut this y(>;ir.' l*oes 

 the pickiii;^ 1)1 llnwer- liiise ;iiiy etfect 

 llpnll the Idiiiilllillg nf the liulbs the 

 next \e;ii .' Will narcissi under these 



If hyacinths, tulips and narcissi are 

 forced under glass, thev are of no 

 value for forcing a second season. 

 These bulbs can be planted outdoors, 

 however, and will give fairly good re- 

 sults a second and succeeding seasons. 



n.vacinths planted outdoors and left 

 umiisturbed will continue to flower for 

 several .vears, even if th(> flowers are 

 removed. They graduall.v deteriorate, 

 however. None of the narcissus fam- 

 il.v are harmed b.v having their flow- 

 ers picked and many of them will con- 

 tinue to flower almost indefinitely if 

 occasionallv lifted when the foliage 

 has matured, and planted out more 

 thinly. The small trumpet section, 

 which includes forms of poeticus, in- 

 comparabilis, Leedsii, etc., generall.v 

 speaking are liardier and increase more 

 satisfactorily than the big trumpets, 

 but Knqieror, Empress, princeps and 

 Double ^'on Sion are exceptions to tliis 

 rule. All the true jonquils, such as 

 sim(d(>x, ('ainpernelle .and riigulosus, 

 will l;ist from .\ear to year outdoors. 



Tulips are more injured l>.v having 

 the lliiwers cut than are the other 

 bulbs, fur, if tli(\v are cut down to the 

 ground, .'ill the foliage is removed. If 

 the flowers mily are remo\"ei|, no harm 

 is done. Miilbs from which the entire 

 folinge is cut with tli(> llowcM- will 

 bloom sp.irsely, if at all. the following 

 se:ison. Darwin and cottage tulijis 

 inak(> long stems and it is |iossible with 

 tloMii to get a sullicient stem with the 

 prevails tbiwer withniit sacrificing too much 

 f(di;iee. Thes(> late tulips will not only 

 binoin fioiii Near to year, but often in- 

 crease. They should be replanted 

 e\ery third or fourth year, however, 

 riie early tuli|)s will tlower for sev- 

 eral season-, but do not we;ir so long 

 as the Darwins. („". W. 



OPEN LETTEli$>^'" KEADEG^. 



CYCLAMENS IN THE SOUTH. 



Their Simimer Treatment. 



The lie-t pl.-ice t'oi ivchiiiieii- diiiinir 

 Slimmer, in the smith, is in :i shallow 

 frame under a lath shed. Ihiring the 

 holte-t jiart of the d;iy they should 

 have another co\eriiig id' lath sashes; 

 otherwise thev wilt badlv. These latter 



WHERE IS THE OUTLET? 



Would it not lie ;i joii.l idea to get 



.III e\pie--ioii ol' opinion fioin florists 

 in dilfereiit section- ot' the coiintrv. le- 

 :;aidiiig the liij-ine-s conditions which 

 previiiled diiiiii'.j the month of April.' 

 We think' it 1- ueiieially cfniccded that 

 Apiil vv;i- .'i -oil of ''I',l.a<d< I'liday"" 

 to tlii^ flowei' tr.-ide in general. 



< 'ommeni-iiiL,' the lir-t of the luontli. 

 a severe -toim developed in the south- 

 west and gradually svve]it .across the 

 ciiiintr.v. eiidiiiij in a violent snow -toriii 

 .along the Atlantic co;ist. as f;ir north 

 as Hoston. This -torni. coming just 

 when the Ka-ter trade of the wliole- 

 s.'Jers should liave been at its height, 

 resulted in a tremendous loss to the 

 growiMs. In the Chicago district, the 

 shipping trade to the south, southeast 

 and east was nearlv cut off l)v this 



cm be removed geiierallv about 4 storm, and a severe slump in the mar- 

 o'clock in the afternoon. In the Caro- '<«♦; the day before Easter .loveloped. 

 linns I have never found it necessary to while along the .Vtlantic seaboard the 

 ]'iotect the [plants with glass -ashes dur- losses to our eastern tlorists were enor- 

 ing rain storms, siinjply bec;iii-e the nious. 

 rains have never been -eveie or fre- A fi'W davs after Ea-ter tlieie de- 



veloped an uniisii.-illy hot wave, which 

 l:i-ted .'ill throiiLili the month of Ajiril. 

 Thi- hot v\;ive si'emed to become more 

 ;il;l:i ;i v :ited .-is the month wore on. The 

 I". S. Wenther J'.iireaii states that the 

 teniperat lire during Ajiril had an ex- 

 cess ot' ]il.4 deglees ;i|pove the nolllKil 

 Ajuil. and that the hent waNe, both in 

 iiiten-ity ;iiid .'ilea, broke all |irevioii- 

 recorils for the iiionth of April. This 

 hot w;ive brought on sin-h rpiant it ii^s 

 ol' flowers that it vv;i- ini|pfpssilple to di-- 

 |iip-e of our |product at satisfactory 

 jprices. (Quantities of -lock h;id to Ipo 

 thrown ;iw,'iy. .'nid ;i severe ■lemoraliz.'i 

 lion e\i-ted in the market the gr(\ater 

 part of the month. 



The question which has come to my 

 mind is whether this serious slump in 

 the flower business was caused entirely 

 by the we.'ither or if there has not been 

 too gre.'it a development of the growing 

 end of oiir business, without eipial at- 

 tention being ^iven to the selling end 

 of tlie line. It is an easy matter to 

 build additional glass and jpioduce ad- 

 ditional stock, but we must bear in 

 mind tliat additional outlets must be 



