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The Weekly Floristsr Review* 



Decbmbeb 15, 1904. 



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"THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING." 



Floshinjj, L. L, N. Y., November 25, 1904. 

 Mr. Benjamin Hammond, Fiskill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



Dear Sir: — I have used your ''Grape Dust'' for the last six years in all my Rose Houses and find 

 it is the very best preservative against Mildew, and it also checks Green Fly and other vermin. 



Very truly yours, A. L. THORNE. 



HAMMOND'S GRAPE DUST IS SOLD BY SEEDSMEN. 



"SOLUTION OF COPPER," "BORDEAUX MIXTURE, GENUINE," SLUG SHOT, FOR SOW BUGS, ETC. 

 TWEMLOWS OLD ENGLISH GLAZING PUTTY STOPS ALL LEAKS. jtjt^jUjtjXjtjX 



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Meiitloo Tte RcTlew when yon write. 



FORCING SPANISH IRIS. 



How should Spanish iris be handled for 

 Easter flowering? C. W. E. 



The Spanish iris, I. vulgare or i. Xiph- 

 ium, is very easily forced for Easter if 

 the bulbs are planted in good season and 

 grown slowly. The bulbs should be planted 

 in flats as soon as received, which ought 

 to be early in September, using flats 

 four inches deep, with ample drainage, 

 and soil of a light, rich, sandy nature. 

 The bulbs should be planted with the 

 necks above the soil, as they are very 

 impatient of dampness at that particular 

 spot and are apt to suflfer from the iris 

 fungus, Mystrosporium adnatum, if ex- 

 posed to much dampness. 



After boxing they should be placed in 

 a cold-frame having a northern aspect 

 and loosely covered with litter to prevent 

 too rapid evaporation. When the weather 

 becomes severe they should be protected 

 and kept dry by putting on the sash. In 

 January they should be moved into a 

 house with a temperature not to exceed 

 48 degrees at night for at least a month. 

 The temperature should be gradually in- 

 creased as exigencies demand but to se- 

 cure good buds, and they should always 

 be cut in the bud, the night temperature 

 should never exceed 55 degrees. 



Bulbs handled as late as the middle of 

 October or November rarely succeed. 

 There are few hardy bulbs so impatient 

 of interference as the Iris family and any 

 disturbance should be conducted during its 

 most dormant period, August and Sep- 

 tember. R. 



I ENCLOSE a dollar for renewal of my 

 subscription; it is worth several times 

 that sum to me each year. — Jesse P. 

 King, Mt. Airy, Md. 



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317 N. Vermilion, DANVILLE, ILL. 



