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The Florists' lUview 



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An Unusual View of a Gigantic Greenhouaci that of Davis & Steiner, Ottawa, 



tills the^iefst labor and give? the most 

 satisfactory results. 



It is a common error to give the 

 bulbs a soaking oil water in the cellar 

 and then tb lea/e them alone until 

 growth is well started. This is wrong, 

 and is accountable for most of the 

 blind bulbs and deformed flowers seen. 

 Bulbs must b^ kept damp at the roots, 

 or else returns will be /poor. This is 

 especially true in fall, /when we have 

 much hot, dry weather. Bulbs have a 

 general tendency when growing to 

 heave the soil in the pans or flats. A 

 good way to prevent this is to soak 

 the plants well, and then cover with 

 sand one or two inches deep. The sand 

 holds the soil down, and prevents sur- 

 face drying. 



If the bulbs are kept in the open air, 

 coal ashes can be placed over the sand 

 as cold weather advances, and later, 

 straw, leaves or pine needles may be 

 used as a covering to exclude the frost. 



What Nafcissi to Orow. 



While the majority of growers need 

 no advice as to what varieties to grow, 

 there are many new florists each year, 

 and the numerous bulb queries received 

 at The Review office annually show 

 that a list of varieties will be appre- 

 ciated by not a few. The most popular 

 Dutch bulb for cutting is the narcissus. 

 For a succession of blooms the follow- 

 ing large trumpet varieties should be 

 grown: Trumpet major, Single Von 

 Sioi^ (Spurius), Double Von Sion, Sil- 

 ver Spur, Golden Spur and Victoria. 

 The last three named are all good for 

 pan culture. For such a late Easter 

 as that of 1916, Victoria and Double 

 Von Sion will be the best to grow. 

 Other large trumpets of commercial 

 value are Emperor, Empress and Mrs. 

 Walter T. Ware. Of the short trum- 

 pets. Sir Watkin, the giant Welsh daf- 

 fodil; Leedsii Mrs. Langtry and poeti- 

 cv8 oruatus are inexpensive and quite 

 useful. 



Of the polyanthus narcissi, everyone 

 knows and grows the Paper Whites, 

 but Double Roman, double yellow, and 

 Grand Monarque, white with a prim- 



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rose cup, aro ^two splendid, sweet- 

 scented and easily grown varieties. 



Best Tulips. 



Tulips are not sold as cut flowers to 

 the same extent as narcissi, but they 

 have a heavy sale in pans. For early 

 forcing, La Reine and White Hawk are 

 fine whites. Yellow Prince forces eas- 

 ily. Goldfinch and Ophir d'Or come 

 along later. Thomas Moore is of an 

 orange color and is sweet-scented. It 

 is good for cutting, but not good for 

 pans.- Cottage Maid is the least ex- 

 pensive of the pinks, but Flamingo and 

 Queen of the Netherlands are gradu- 

 ally displacing it. Vermilion Brilliant 

 is a good scarlet forcer, while (a good 

 many people like the big, 'showy 

 Keizerskroon, scarlet bordered, clear 

 yellow. The double tulips are splendid 

 for pan culture, especially Murillo, 

 which is probably the most valuable 

 florists' tulip of today. It will be the 

 tulip par ■ excellence to grow for next 

 Easter. Other good double tulips for 

 cutting are Brimstone Beauty, a sulphur 

 yellow Murillo; Crown of Gold, or 

 Coutonne d'Or, and Imperator Ru- 

 brorum, scarlet. '] 



The Darwin tulips,, ha^e not, until 

 the last two seasons, been given any 

 attention for forcing, but some varie- 

 ties force well and make splendid sub- 

 jects in pans. As they are naturally 

 late bloomers, they are worthy of be- 

 ing more largely planted for so late an 

 Easter as will come next year. Good 

 varieties to grow are: Pride of 

 Haarlem, rosy carmine; Gretchen, some- 

 times called Margaret, flesh pink; 

 Glow, vermilion scarlet; La Candeur, 

 or White Queen, nearly pure white; 

 Clara Butt, clear pink. The Darwin va- 

 rieties are all stronger and taller grow- 

 ers than the early tulips. 



Hyadntlia for Cutting. 



Hyacinths are not used to a great 

 extent for cutting. The miniature bulbs 

 are the best for this purpose, and seem 

 to be growing in popularity. Good 

 commercial sorts are Gertrude, pink; 

 King of the Blues, dark blue; La 



t Iu.» in Course of Erectioii. 



Grandesse, pure white. If large spikes 

 are desired, grow first-sized bulbs sing- 

 ly in 5-inch pots, or three in 6-inch 

 deep pans. The varieties already 

 named, with Queen of the Blues, light 

 blue; L 'Innocence, pure white, and 

 Moreno, blush, will make a nice assort- 

 ment. Hyacinth bulbs should be barely 

 covered. On the other hand, tulips and 

 narcis^ can be covered a- little deeper. 

 Use care in watering hyacinths in the 

 early stages of growth, or else the 

 spikes will be rotted out wholly or 

 in part. 



AN UNUSUAL PICTURE. 



The advent of the steel frame green- 

 house has caused changes in the meth- 

 ods of greenhouse erection that have 

 resulted in some novel sights, one of 

 which, recently caught by the camera, 

 is reproduced on this page, ,,It shows 

 the new house of Davis & Steiner, Ot- 

 tawa, 111. The structure is 76x900, one 

 of the largest in the country, and is 

 being put up by Winandy Bros., from 

 plans and with material by the Gar- 

 land Mfg. Co., of Des Plaines, 111. In 

 the erection of the structure the posts 

 were first set, six feet six inches to 

 the eave plates. Then the purlin sup- 

 ports were set — the house is twenty- 

 seven feet high at the ridge and there 

 are only two lines of pipe supports. 

 The tee-iron rafters connecting the 

 purlin with the eave went up as the 

 pipe supports were put in place. When 

 both outside sections were up the house 

 presented a most unusual appearance. 

 The long opening in the center was 

 closed by a force of men working with 

 a derrick, as shown in the illustration. 

 The house covers 68,400 square feet of 

 space and will be used for cucumbers. 



Toronto, Ont. — John H. Dunlop has 

 removed from 96 Yonge street, where 

 he has been located many years, to a 

 new store at 8 and 10 West Adelaide 

 street, where the equipment is such that 

 it classes as one of the finest retail es- 

 tablishments in America, every detail 

 having been carefully planned by Man- 

 ager George M. Geraghty. ^ ■.: 



