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December 1, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review; 



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does not necessarily have to be sod, but 

 it should be soil that has not been worked 

 too hard. If you can get soil from a 

 field which has been producing good crops 

 you will not go far wrong, however. By 

 mixing in a liberal amount of cow ma- 

 nure you can bring up its fertility. If 

 you are obliged to continue using the 

 same soil you now have I would advise 

 you to mix in cow manure liberally when 

 composting it, but you can never make 

 an ideal carnation soil out of it. 



A. F. J. Baur. 



OBITUARY. 



R. '^ill, Minneapolis. 



Keinhold Will, of Minneapolis, died 

 November 23 at the age of 62 years. 

 Mr. Will was born in Germany and came 

 to this country in 1873, locating in 

 Henderson, Minn. Ten years later he 

 removed to Minneapolis and established 

 himself as a wholesale florist, later 

 founding the firm of E. Will & Sons, 

 among the largest growers of carnations 

 and violets in the northwest. Of late 

 he had suffered from rheumatism and 

 had planned to spend the winter in the 

 south, but a serious stomach trouble de- 

 veloped, compelling him to remain at 

 home. He was taken to Eochester for 

 an operation, but the case was seen to 

 be hopeless, and he was taken home, man- 

 aging to live long enough so that the 

 «ntire family could gather around him 

 in his last moment. The deceased leaves 

 a wife and nine children. 



L. Unverzagt, Springfield, 111. 



Louis Unverzagt, of Springfield, 111., 

 died very suddenly, of pneumouia, No- 

 vember 23, aged 58 years. Mr. Unver- 

 zagt was one of the best known florists 

 in Springfield. He was a self-made man. 

 Born in Carlstadt, Germany, he came to 

 this country April 2, 1870, locating in 

 Springfield. Mr. Unverzagt was em- 

 ployed by Governor Matteson two years, 

 when the latter died. He then bought 

 the plants and flowers owned by the gov- 

 ernor and engaged in business for him- 

 self ,on the Matteson place. Mr. Unver- 

 zagt was successful and year by year ex- 

 tended his business. He was a man of 

 sterling qualities and by his honest deal- 

 ings made many friends. He leaves a 

 widow. 



TROUBLE WITH BULB STOCK. 



I planted some of my Easter lilies the 

 first of September and kept the rest of 

 the bulbs in a buggy shed, having no 

 other place to put them, and planted 

 them September 22, when I noticed that 

 the bulbs were getting damaged. I had 

 all of them under the middle bench of 

 a carnation house to start them, then 

 put them on the bench after they were 

 three inches high. I planted the jon- 

 quils in October and had them in the 

 basement, which probably is not cool 

 enough. In December they were grow- 

 ing through the sand, which was about 

 four inches deep over the boxes. Then 

 I took them in the greenhouse but thev 

 have not given a single bloom and no 

 sign of any. What can be the reason? 



I had Paper White, Von Sion and 

 hyacinths in that same basement and 

 they gave good flowers, only they started 

 growing sooner than wanted. Now if I 

 should put six inches of sand over them 

 instead of three or four inches would it 

 be better to retard them? The rest I 

 planted outside in flats and laid the 



Chrysanthemum Mrs. A. J. Miller. 



boxes on boards, covered them with 

 leaves, then three inches of soil and 

 about six inches of manure, which I was 

 very careful would not ferment. Then 

 later, as the season advanced, I increased 

 the amount of manure, little by little to 

 about two feet and a half. Those that 

 I took out for Easter were very poor. 

 The Murillo tulips were not more than 

 half size. The Von Sion and hyacinths 

 were short-stemmed and of poor quality. 

 Some of the bulbs in some of the boxes 

 would not grow at all while the other 

 part of the box would be doing well. I 

 would also ask you to let me know if 

 Von Sion does well outdoors, in boxes to 

 be taken in later in the greenhouse. 



L. A. G. 



First, it seems L. A. G. is talking 

 about his Easter lilies of this season, 

 while his complaint of the other bulbs is 

 evidently his experience of last fall and 

 winter. If the lilies are strong and 

 well rooted they are all right and 

 should be forced for mid-winter. As 

 Easter is very late, they would have 

 to be kept very cool to retard them for 

 that date. Start your lilies in a cold 

 frame and not under a bench. 



Most likely your basement was too 

 warm for the jonquils, but more likely 

 you kept the soil in the flats too dry. 

 Put all your bulbs outdoors and cover 

 with three inches of light soil or tan- 

 bark. Those you are going to bring into 

 force by the middle of November will 

 need no other covering arid those to be 

 left out later will need no more than 

 six inches of leaves or manure at any 

 time. Two feet or more of stable man- 



ure covering these bulbs is ridiculous. 

 They are all hardy except the Paper 

 White and polyanthus narcissi, wMch 

 should not be frozen. 



If your basement is warm, or even 

 40 degrees, no amount of sand will re- 

 tard them. They will keep growing, be 

 long, attenuated stems and of little 

 value. The Von Sion narcissus is a 

 splendid bulb for beds or borders, but 

 not 'often planted commercially, because 

 there is such an abundance of the daffo- 

 dils in every old woman's garden. 



If you can't possibly put up a cold 

 frame for your Paper White narcissi 

 and French Boman hyacinths you might 

 use your basement, yet it's a poor place 

 for them. . I am inclined to think that 

 you have kept all your bulbs too dry and 

 that they made little roots and those 

 that had the covering of two and a half 

 feet of manure were smothered. 



Murillo 18 one of the easiest and surest 

 tulips to have in flower after March 1 

 and in all the years we have been forcing 

 bulbs we never remember having a fail- 

 ure with this queen of tulips. Album 

 Neapolitanum cover only lightly and 

 protect from severe freezing. When 

 well rooted removfe to greenhouse. 



W. S. 



Baitimore, Md. — Ed Van Eeuth, Jr., 

 says the outlook is very promising for a 

 good winter's business. 



Uniontown, Pa. — The Barton Floral 

 Co. had a very large wedding decoration 

 November 23, which was executed by 

 I Wm. Steele in very commendable style. 



