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The Florists' Review 



JuMi) 3. 1015. 



they had and could have sold many 

 more. They have added snapdragons to 

 their list of plants for the trade. 



E. L. F. 



A BLUE GABDEN. 



Unusual aad Artistic. 



. Things out of the ordinary, although 

 artistic, seem to be much in demand in 

 the way at laying out gardens, accord- 

 ing; to the correspondence we have re- 

 ceived of late from all directions, and 

 we felt that nothing would produce a 

 better effect than to have such matters 

 discussed by the much read paper. The 

 Review. This is written, therefore, in 

 the. hope that many others may take 

 part in the discussion, by giving their 

 opinions on how to be&utify the coun- 

 try, and the beautificsition will certain- 

 ly be realized if everybody does his 

 part on his own grounds. 



We, as bulb growers, would say: 

 Have you ever seen a blue garden? It 

 is the latest floral curiosity. Buy bulbs 

 throwing blue flowers, make your gar- 

 den, yard or room beautiful and be 

 happy! 



Let this article help you to realize 

 your ideal of beauty and comfort in 

 or around your residence. Blue is the 

 color of mystery. In the universe we 

 know several adjuncts which we call 

 blue and in which are concealed many 

 secrets and mysteries; for instailce, 

 "the blue deep," or ocean, and "the 

 blue sky," containing so many things 

 that are wonderful or interesting. It 

 is probably for that reason that Maeter- 

 linck, the celebrated Belgian draniatist, 

 uses blue constantly in his fascinating 

 stage settings, and it is said to be 

 owing to Maeterlinck's influence that 

 the blue garden has become the loveli- 

 est corner of many a famous European 

 or American country estate. 



A garden made up entirely of blue 

 flowers, with a white or light colored 

 residence in the center or in the back- 

 ground, produces a beautiful aspect. 



Not a Blch Iiiaii's Monopoly. 



The blue garden itself need not re- 

 main a hobby of the rich only, as the 

 outlay for the bulbs, plants, tools, etc., 

 is not extremely great, but the success- 

 ful arrangement of such a garden re- 

 quires some exact knowledge of bulbs, 

 roots and plants which will produce 

 blossoms of a really blue color. A 

 number of such varieties we mention be- 

 low, and those who would like to lay 

 out a blue garden should buy a quan- 

 tity of bulbs, roots and plants and set 

 them out at the right time, so that a 

 good root-growth will be made before 

 flower stems begin to shoot up. When 

 freezing weather comes on, the planted 

 area should be. protected with a cov- 

 ering of straw or leaves. Hyacinths 

 and gladioli must be entirely protected 

 from frost, while other bulbs or roots 

 only want a little protection, to prevent 

 the frost and wind from taking a di- 

 rect hold of the ground. The covering 

 should be taken off when the bulbs have 

 thrown up shoots about two inches long, 

 or earlier if heavy frosts are over. 



Lovers of flowers, as we all ought to 

 be, who are not in possession of a 

 garden or back yard, may buy a small 

 quantity of bulbs and roots to be 

 grown in the house for winter flowering, 

 in order to give the conservatory or 

 the room a cheerful aspect. 



Buy good sized bulbs. As a rule, the 

 Inrger the bulbs the better the results. 



The alarm clock went off at 

 four o'clock in the morning. 



"I fooled you that toime," 

 said Mike with a grin, "for 

 I wasn't aslape at all." 



The florist fools himself who 

 thinks there is any way of 

 selling goods in the trade 

 more effective than adver- 

 tising in The Review. Also, 

 it's the most inexpensive way 

 in proportion to results. 



"We are completely sold out and baye 

 had to send money back. The Reyiew 

 is, without doubt, the best adyertising 

 medium in the trade."— J. C. Renni- 

 soN Co., Sioux City, la. 



Review readers are not 

 asleep. Note this: 



"Please tell us confldentlally what you 



think of . Why doesn't be 



advertise in The Reyiew if he is O. 

 K.?"— Miller Floral Co., Farming- 

 ton, Utah. 



The alarm clock rings in The 

 Review office at 4 o'clock (p.m., 

 not a. m.) every Tuesday. It is 

 to let everybody know adver- 

 tising forms close for that 

 week's issue in just sixty 

 minutes. 



in the number or strength of the flow- 

 ers. The bulbs must be heavy for their 

 size, solid and well ripened. 



Bulbs in general are sensitive to stag- 

 nant water, so put one or two inches of 

 sand under each bulb if your ground is 

 not sandy. Do not plant in rows or 

 wide apart, lest you lose the beauty of 

 the flowers. 



Some Blue-Flowered Varieties. 



Hyacinths — The fragrance of a bed 

 or a windowful would delight the soul 

 of even an oriental. There is a wide 

 range of these exquisite blossoming 

 bulbs, in navy-blue, sky-blue, porcelain, 

 indigo, light and dark blue and violet, 

 in both single and double varieties, viz.: 

 Grand Lilas, Grand Maitre, Johan, 

 King of the Blues, Queen of the Blues, 

 Regulus, Schotel, Bloksberg, Charles 

 Dickens, Lord Raglan and Othello. 

 Plant hyacinths about three to four 



inches deep and fou? to five inches 

 apart. 



Tulips — In the blue and violet shades, 

 among the best in early singles are 

 Couleur Cardinal, La Remarquable, 

 Moliere, Potter, President Lincoln, Van 

 der Neer and Wouwerman; in doubles, 

 Lac van Haarlem, Blanc Borde, Blue 

 Flag and Rhinoceros. In the Darwin 

 or single late-flowering tulips we can 

 most highly recommend in the blue 

 shades Dream, Faust, Kate Qreenaway, 

 Mrs. Potter Palmer, Nora Ware, 

 Nymph, Rev. Ewbank, Violet Queen 

 and "William Copeland. 



Crocuses come next, in varieties like 

 Albion, Baron van Brunow, Maximilian, 

 C. purpurea grandiflora, etc. And do 

 not forget the Muscari botryoides, blue 

 (grape hyacinths), Scilla Sibirica, Cam- 

 panula coerulea, chionodoxas, Babiana 

 purpurea, Camassia esculenta and 

 Erythronium Dens-Canis. You can also 

 use Iris Anglica, Hispanica, Germanica 

 and Ksempferi, in varieties like Bleu 

 Mourant, King of the Blues, Prince of 

 Wales, Alexander von Humboldt, Dar- 

 ling; I. formosa, australis and neglecta; 

 Violet Queen, Uncle Tom, Atlantis, 

 Kleber, Rossini, etc., all in the most 

 striking blue and violet colors. 



For later blue shaded flowers such 

 gladioli as Adeline Patti, Baron J. 

 Hulot, Blue Jay, Faust, King of the 

 Blues, Master Wietze; also the single 

 and double blue anemones, delphininms, 

 phloxes and Aconitum Fischeri will do 

 nicely. 



In this way blue or blue shaded flow- 

 ers can be found in each garden from 

 the time the snow is gone till Jack 

 Frost comes again, when nothing is 

 with us till spring but the blu" ocean, 

 blue sky and blue eyes. 



C. Keur & Sons. 



BESETTING SPBENGEBI PLANTS. 



Will you please tell us whether As- 

 paragus Sprengeri plants that have 

 been in a bed three years will give 

 satisfactory results if taken up and re- 

 sett The plants look well, but must 

 be changed so that the bed may be 

 repaired. J. A. F. & S. 



Three-year-old Asparagus Sprengeri 

 plants may be taken up and replanted, 

 but are not likely to produce as satis- 

 factorily as a fresh planting of young 

 stock. It would be better to make a 

 new bed and plant with young plants, 

 doing this as soon as possible. 



W. H. T. 



CUT THE HYDBANQEAS BACK. 



I have a lot of good sized hydrangea 

 plants that did not flower this sea- 

 son. Should I cut them down when 

 I plant them out or just leave them 

 untrimmed and plunge them out in 

 their pots? L. M. — N. S. 



Yes, cut the plants back well. They 

 will then break strongly and come much 

 more shapely. The pot-grown stock for 

 early forcing is better than field-grown 

 stock, but for late spring and summer 

 flowering the latter is preferable. 



C. W. 



Gloversvlllei, N. Y.— The Peck Floral 

 Co. has leased the store at 59 North 

 Main street from Hiram Darling, and 

 will take immediate possession. The 

 quarters have been reconstructed with 

 a view to adapting them to the com- 

 pany's use. The two small windows 

 have been replaced by a large one and 

 the center entrance by one at the side. 



