OCTOBEU 21, 191." 



The Florists' Review 



15 



lio room, against the wall in tlio style 

 if cordons, strands being carrii^l across 

 ■ 1,0 ceiling and joined to cordons on 



tie opposite sides. 



MRS. SCHLING'S DECORATION. 



That the Schling decorative genius 

 •: not entirely a masculine trait is 

 mply testified by the illustration on 

 'lis page, which shows a home table 



'coration by Mrs. Max Schling. In 

 ; the wife of the New York retailer 



;ed white lilac, azalea sprays, valley 

 .11(1 Mr. Schling 's new hybrid carna- 



ons, as yet unnamed. It may be 

 : entioned in passing that Mr. Schling 



as eight varieties of these, including 

 .ii colors. In size they are, when dis- 

 'iiddcd, as large as the best carnations, 



lit when not disbudded, they are about 

 .s large as the old Scott variety. Their 

 ['looming period extends to the arrival 

 .1' frost. 



CROP TO FOLLOW NEPHROLEPIS. 



At this time of year our liouses are 

 lilled with different varieties of 

 iiephrolepis grown in benches, part of 

 which are under contract for delivery 

 in October. We usually have a house 

 111- two empty between the departure 

 iif the ferns and the time when Easter 

 stock is to be potted. This year the 

 jieriod will be exceptionally long, as 

 Easter comes late. We grow a consid- 

 erable quantity of spira'as at Easter, 

 which, this coming year, will not take 

 up bench room until about the middle 

 of March. What would you suggest as 

 a crop between October and March, 

 sometliing that would be profitable to 

 occupy the space mentioned above for 

 that period? What depth, heat, etc., are 

 required for tomatoes, lettuce, etc.? 

 Delphinium Belladonna has been sug- 

 (jfested. Will you advise us what depth 

 of soil is required for forcing this, and 

 when should it be put in? 



T. N. Y. & C— Pa. 



Lettuce succeeds in a minimum win- 

 ter temperature of 45 to 48 degrees. 

 Good varieties are May King, Hit- 

 tinger's Belmont and Boston Forcing 

 Tennis Ball. By sowing now you can 

 ^et two crops of lettuce liefore you will 

 need the houses for spring crops. Let- 

 tuce needs a ricli soil twelve inches 

 deep, containing an abundance of stable 

 manure. Tomatoes could be planted and 

 ijrown with success if you can give 

 them a night temperature of 60 de- 

 grees. They do best in winter with a 

 somewhat restricted root run, and need 

 a dry atmosphere. Good forcing sorts 

 are Comet and Lister's Prolific. 



Delphiniums, such as Belladonna, 

 should not be lifted before November. 

 They need several freezings before 

 planting, require a temperature not 

 over .^O degrees at night, and would, 

 if planted late in November, fiowor 

 from March 20 through April. You 

 could plant Spanish iris, or gladioli, 

 such as Peach Blossom or Blushing 

 Bride, and clear the houses by the mid- 

 dle of April. These should have a tem- 

 perature of 50 degrees at night. The 

 largo gladioli, if used, would not come 

 in until April. Such bulbs as Paper 

 White narcissi could be benched, and 

 would do well in a similar temperature, 

 i^ingle violets, if planted after the mid- 

 dle of October, would be done flowering 

 by the end of March. They need a 

 low temperature, 40 to 42 degrees at 

 night in winter. Double violets can be 



Wedding Decoration at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, fay Max Schling. 



planted now. They do well at 45 de- 

 grees at night, and bloom until the 

 middle of April in your latitude. There 

 are a variety of other winter crops, 

 but the foregoing may contain some- 

 thing to fill vour particular need. 



C. W. 



MOTHS IN GREENHOUSE. 



Will you kindly advise me how to 

 get rid of little moths in the green- 

 house? I have l)een bothered with 

 them this season and it seems that I 

 cannot kill them olV. I have chrysan 

 themums, ferns and cvclamens in tlit^ 

 house. ■ M. .T. P.— 111. 



Try fumigation witli one ot" the nice 

 tine extracts. These are mapoiatcl 

 over denatured alcohol laiiiiis, and, if 

 us(m1 fairlv stronir, slioiiM ilc;ni out tlif 



moths. This form of fumigation will 

 not harm your plants. If nicotine does 

 not clean out the pests, hydrocyanic 

 acid gas will be the only alternative. 

 Tliis must be used with the greatest 

 care, as it is deadly to insects and all 

 other forms of animal life, human life 

 included. Tlie formula for this has 

 often been given in Tlie Eeview. If 

 used witli due care, it is the most re- 

 liable of all fumigants. It is least 

 likely to harm foliage in a low tem- 

 perature. C. W. 



Robinson, 111. — Ernest T. Oldham has 

 ptircliased two acres of land near the 

 new cemetery and is moving his green- 

 house from Palestine, 111., to the new 

 ■^ite. Tlie new location affords better 

 transportation facilities and is a bet- 

 ter business site tljan tlH> I'ornier one at 

 liuliiii'^on. 



Home Table Decoration by Mrs. Max Schling. 



