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Januahy 5, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



357 



Christmas Plants at Warrendorff s, the Ansonia, New York. 



many varieties that are fine when 

 grown in England are useless here. I 

 have noticed this for years in import- 

 ing and when one buys a variety solely 

 on account of its European record he is 

 apt to be disappointed. 



Such in their day were Edith Tabor 

 and Vicar of Leatherhead, both grand 

 yellows over there. Elsie Fulton, a 

 white, imported two years ago, is a 

 magnificent thing in England, yet here 

 it shows a big eye and not one bloom in 

 ten is presentable. Mrs. J. Dunn im- 

 ported this year has been called a white 

 F. S. Vallis this fall in English period- 

 icals. This would make it one of the 

 largest varieties grown, yet Dunn with 

 us, while neat and pretty, is far too 

 small for our exhibition standard. True, 

 it does not show an eye, which is the 

 usual fault, but why this difference in 

 size? The only thing to do, apparently, 

 is to keep on importing and any kind 

 that will not stand our "strenuous life" 

 must be regretfully deposited on the 

 rubbish heap. Brian Boru. 



square foot of glass exposure to carry 

 him through the winter of 1903-4. 



Another grower near Chicago writes 

 that he uses a southern Illinois coal 

 which costs him $2.55 a ton f. o. b. Chi- 

 cago and it took thirty-two pounds for 

 each square foot of glass to carry him 

 through the past season, carrying the 

 houses at 50 to 52 degrees at night. 



We should be glad to hear from others 

 with the quantities and qualities of coal 

 required. Much valuable information 

 seems likely to be gained by a compari- 

 son of notes. 



from, the mines in West Virginia to the 

 florists north of Chicago, including seiv- 

 eral of the largest cut flower and vege- 

 table growers. Last season this firm 

 sold Peter Eeinberg 7,000 tons of this 

 coal. Florists differ as greatly on the 

 question of the best fuel as they do on 

 the subject of the best white carnation, 

 but the United States Government has 

 adopted this grade of Pocahontas coal as 

 the standard for grading all steam fuel. 

 It is the standard fuel for the warships 

 of the United States Navy. 



When you are in the market for coal 

 address the * nearest office of Castner, 

 Curran & Bullitt for prices on Pocahon- 

 tas and for literature on its heating 

 value. Mention the Review when you 

 write. 



CROTONS. 



Please give the right treatment for 

 crotons. I bought some nice small plants 

 last spring and they did nicely until of 

 late, when many of them have died. I 

 have kept them in pots all summer, re- 

 potted them this fall in good soil, such 

 as I use for begonias — black loam, sand 

 and a little manure. Is this all right or 

 too light f Do they require more heat 

 than begonias f They stand on the bench" 

 where they do well. I*. M. B. 



These crotons should be in a tempera- 

 ture of not less than 66 degrees and 

 should get plenty of water if the drain- 

 age is good. It is a safer plan to defer 

 potting crotons till the spring growth 

 commences. They should be placed on a 

 bench with full exposure to the sun. 



PROPAGATING MUMS. 



Will chrysanthemum cuttings taken 

 from the stumjw already rooted give as 

 good a flower as if rooted in sandt 



W. W. 



There is no earthly reason why they 

 should not give just as good flowers as 

 though they had been rooted in sand. 

 They will, of course, be very early and 

 will need topping several times before 

 planting time but this, if properly donp. 

 does not detract any from the value of 

 the plant, and the tops can he rooted 

 and used to increase the stock. From 

 March onward is as early as propagating 

 need be done for commercial use. B. B. 



QUANTITY OF COAL. 



There seems to be an even greater 

 variation than was thought in the num- 

 ber of pounds of coal required to heat 

 a given area of glass. Of course,_age_ 

 ^ nd e x p o sure of 'Irouser'cbiinls^ as well 

 as quality of coal. 



One large grower north of Chicago 

 states that burning Pocahontas coal took 

 approximately fifteen pounds for each 



ANOTHER COAL MAN. 

 In this issue of the Review we begin 

 the publication of the advertisement of 

 another coal dealer, the firm, Castner, 

 Curran & Bullitt, being one of the lead- 

 ers in its field, with offices at New York, 

 Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Cincin- 

 nati and other cities. Theirs is Poca- 

 hontas smokeless coal and they already 

 do a large business with those in our 

 trade, shipping 600 to 1,000 cars a year 



FORCING LONGIFLORUMS. 



On December 8, W. & N. gave their 

 experience in forcing of Japan longi- 

 florum bulbs. To start, I am not claim- 

 ing to be an expert or an authority on 

 forcing bulbs, but in the past I claim to 

 have grown as fine longiflorums as I 

 have ever seen. A few years ago I had 

 the very same trouble as W. & N. At 

 Christmas I found my lilies had not 

 started one iota, so I tried this experi- 

 ment. I brought them in the full light 

 and heat, 50 degrees at night and 65 

 degrees in the day to start and increased 

 the heat a trifle. At Easter they were 



Christmas Window at Wadley & Smythe's, New York. 



